Bladder rupture following osteoporotic pubic ramus and sacral insufficiency fractures.
We present a case report of an 86-year-old lady with pubic ramus and sacral insufficiency fractures who developed extra-vesical bladder rupture following displacement of the pubic ramus fracture, a very unusual complication.
Dotchin
Catherine
C
Department of Medicine/Care of the Elderly, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, UK. catherine.dotchin@newcastle.ac.uk <catherine.dotchin@newcastle.ac.uk>
Colman
Andrew
A
Shanshal
Yousif
Y
D000058:Accidental Falls / Q000517:prevention & control; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D004872:Ergocalciferols / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005242:Fecal Incontinence / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D015775:Fractures, Stress / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000534:rehabilitation; D006801:Humans; D009942:Organometallic Compounds / Q000627:therapeutic use; D015663:Osteoporosis, Postmenopausal / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D011630:Pubic Bone / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries*; D011859:Radiography; D012421:Rupture; D012447:Sacrum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries*; D013876:Thiophenes / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001743:Urinary Bladder / Q000293:injuries*; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000382:microbiology; D014807:Vitamin D / Q000627:therapeutic use
D004872:Ergocalciferols; D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D013876:Thiophenes; C081587:strontium ranelate; D014807:Vitamin D