Posttraumatic ventral urethral fistula: a case report.
BACKGROUND
We present the first case reported in the medical literature of a patient with a posttraumatic urethral fistula accompanied by retraction urethral catheter with balloon.


METHODS
A 69-year-old man was admitted to our hospital with the recurrence urinary tract infection. The patient reports history of urethral trauma, which is retraction urethral catheter with balloon 2 years ago. Cystoscopy and fistulography were performed, and urethrocutaneous fistula was detected. Initial surgical treatment consisted of surgical debridement of fistula tissue, and a urethral catheterization was performed. After 4 weeks of the operation the urethral fistula resolved. In a follow-up period of 24 months no recurrence and no urinary tract infection were occurred.


CONCLUSIONS
Self retraction of the urethral catheter with balloon may result with clinically important urethral fistula. A wide range of possible options such as complete excision of the fistula tract and primary closure may be considered for individual cases.
Yucel
Mehmet
M
Department of Urology, Dumlupinar University Faculty of Medicine, 43270 Kutahya, Turkey. myucel75@gmail.com
Kabay
Sahin
S
Sahin
Levent
L
Koplay
Mustafa
M
Yalcinkaya
Soner
S
Cucioglu
Tayfun
T
Hatipoglu
Namik Kemal
NK