title: Rupture of the bladder following blunt trauma: a plea for routine peritoneotomy in patients with extraperitoneal rupture.
abstract: Thirty-four cases of rupture of the bladder due to blunt trauma of the abdomen are reviewed. Intraperitoneal rupture occurred in 41% of the patients: extraperitoneal rupture occurred in 59% of them. Thirty-five per cent of the patients with extraperitoneal bladder rupture sustained concomitant intraperitoneal visceral injuries. While repairing the extraperitoneal bladder rupture a routine laparotomy through a small incision over the linea semicircularis was helpful in discovering intraperitoneal injuries in patients previously assessed by the general surgery service and considered to be free of intraperitoneal pathology.
mesh_terms: D000007:Abdominal Injuries / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D006465:Hemoperitoneum / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D010537:Peritoneum / Q000601:surgery*; D012421:Rupture; D001743:Urinary Bladder / Q000293:injuries*; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000150:complications*