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Lower urinary tract injuries in patients with pelvic fractures at a level 1 trauma center - an 11-year experience

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SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF UROLOGY
卷 57, 期 1-6, 页码 102-109

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TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/21681805.2022.2141311

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Pelvic fracture; trauma; urethra; bladder; lower urinary tract

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This retrospective study aimed to describe the incidence, diagnosis, treatment, and morbidity of lower urinary tract injuries in patients with pelvic fractures. The results showed inconsistent management and severe complications in urethral injuries, while long-term complications mainly occurred in patients with complete urethral ruptures. The treatment and follow-up of urethral injuries were found to be unsystematic even in an experienced medical center.
Background Urological injuries can occur in patients with pelvic fractures. Treatment recommendations lack solid evidence and is often pragmatical. There is a continuous need to describe short- and long-term morbidity following lower urinary tract trauma. Objective To describe incidence, diagnosis, treatment, and morbidity following lower urinary tract injuries in pelvic fractures. Patients and methods Retrospective study including patients with pelvic, including acetabular, fractures admitted to a Level I Trauma Centre covering 2.8 million citizens between 2009 and 2020. Outcome measurements comprised primary management, treatment trajectory, short- and long-term complications and outcomes. Results A total of 39 (5%) patients with pelvic fractures had concomitant urethral and/or bladder injuries, and one patient with an acetabular fracture had a bladder injury. The management of urethral injuries varied vastly, and complete urethral ruptures were associated with severe short- and long-term complications. Only one patient with bladder injury experienced severe long-term complications. Conclusions Management of lower urinary tract injuries in patients with major pelvic fractures remains a major challenge. Special attention should be focused on urethral injuries where we uncovered an unsystematic treatment and follow-up even in a highly experienced centre, although this is also attributed to complicated multidisciplinary patient trajectories. There is a continuous need to reduce long-term complications following urethral trauma which should be addressed in multicenter studies.

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