Bladder Trauma: A 7 Year Review

Abstract

This article reports our experience regarding the management of bladder trauma. The injuries were intraperitoneal in 79 patients (66.9%), extraperitoneal in 34 (28.8%) and in 5 (4.2%) patients combined. Bladder injury repairs surgically at 105 (88.9%) patients, 5 (4.2%) of them with isolated injury managed laparoscopically. 13 (11%) patients with extraperitoneal bladder injuries successfully managed without operation just with urethral catheterization. The mean duration of treatment was 13.8 (7-42) days; mortality is 11 (9.3%) patients;