title: Traumatic urethral injury without pelvic fracture in an adult female.
abstract: A 23-year-old female was involved in a motor vehicle collision with multiple injuries, including a right acetabular fracture, but no pelvic fracture. Urology consultation was obtained due to difficulty placing a urethral catheter. Examination revealed a longitudinal urethral tear with vaginal laceration extending 2 cm from the urethral meatus proximally toward the bladder neck. The longitudinal urethral tear was repaired primarily. Traumatic female urethral injury in the absence of a pelvic fracture is an exceedingly rare occurrence.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, USA. nathan-bockholt@uiowa.edu
authors.forename: Nathan A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Bockholt
authors.forename: Kenneth G
authors.initials: KG
authors.lastname: Nepple
authors.forename: Charles R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Powell
authors.forename: Karl J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Kreder
mesh_terms: D000059:Accidents; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D050723:Fractures, Bone; D006801:Humans; D018986:Motor Vehicles; D010388:Pelvis / Q000293:injuries; D014521:Urethra / Q000293:injuries*