title: [Urinary bladder injuries. Diagnosis and treatment].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Injuries of the urinary bladder can be associated with blunt and penetrating abdominal or pelvic trauma. In addition, they can be an iatrogenic complication in open, laparoscopic, and endoscopic urogenital or abdominal surgery.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  The present article reviews relevant causes of bladder injuries and the subsequent diagnostic and treatment modalities.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Urologie, Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen, Hoppe-Seyler-Str. 3, 72070, Tübingen, Deutschland. steffen.rausch@gmx.net.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rausch
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Urologie, Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen, Hoppe-Seyler-Str. 3, 72070, Tübingen, Deutschland.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Amend
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Urologie, Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen, Hoppe-Seyler-Str. 3, 72070, Tübingen, Deutschland.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Adam
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Urologie, Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen, Hoppe-Seyler-Str. 3, 72070, Tübingen, Deutschland.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Stenzl
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Urologie, Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen, Hoppe-Seyler-Str. 3, 72070, Tübingen, Deutschland.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bedke
mesh_terms: D016638:Critical Illness; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003950:Diagnostic Techniques, Urological; D004630:Emergencies; D004632:Emergency Medical Services / Q000379:methods; D004638:Emergency Treatment / Q000379:methods*; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D001743:Urinary Bladder / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000293:injuries*; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*
keywords: Cystogram; Iatrogenic disease; Perforation; Polytrauma; Urinoma