title: An unusual cause of bladder rupture in a paraplegic.
abstract: Over distention of the bladder or a bladder substitute may lead to rupture. The chances of rapture are more in a previously scarred bladder, particularly in a patient with poor sense of bladder fullness such as paraplegic.
authors.affiliation: Urology Unit, Pinderfields General Hospital, Wakefield, England.
authors.forename: O B
authors.initials: OB
authors.lastname: Shittu
authors.forename: S C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Harrison
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D004868:Equipment Failure; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010264:Paraplegia / Q000150:complications*; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D001750:Urinary Bladder, Neurogenic / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy*; D014545:Urinary Calculi / Q000209:etiology*; D014546:Urinary Catheterization