Delayed Presentation of Traumatic Intraperitoneal Rupture of Urinary Bladder

Delayed Presentation of Traumatic Intraperitoneal Rupture of Urinary Bladder

Blunt injury of the urinary bladder is well known and usually associates pelvic fractures. Isolated bladder injury is a rare condition and on the other hand, delayed bladder perforation is an extremely rare entity. Herein, we described an unusual case of isolated delayed intraperitoneal bladder rupture that occurred on the third post injury day in a young male in the absence of free intraperito...

Late presentation of intraperitoneal rupture of the urinary bladder.

Beware of the ‘Ascites’ Patient: Delayed Presentation of Traumatic Intraperitoneal Bladder Rupture

Delayed diagnosis of an intraperitoneal bladder rupture is rare in the post CT era. We present a case of a middle aged male with a delayed presentation of a traumatic intraperitoneal bladder rupture. He initially presented with an acute distended abdomen and acute kidney injury after an alleged assault. He was initially admitted for investigation of his 'ascites.' This case to our knowledge is ...

Laparoscopic treatment of traumatic intraperitoneal bladder rupture.

Traumatic intraperitoneal bladder rupture requires surgical suture and bladder drainage. In stable patients the laparoscopic approach is the best short recovery and less traumatic treatment allowing visualization of the entire peritoneal cavity to exclude others lesions. We present one case of successful laparoscopic treatment of this entity.

Delayed presentation of traumatic rupture of the diaphragm.

Diaphragmatic injuries occur frequently after penetrating rather than blunt trauma and account for 8% of all organ injuries from penetrating trauma. Motor vehicle accidents account for approximately 50% of blunt injuries, followed in frequency by falls from height. The mechanism of injury in these accidents is that the body quickly decelerates while the organs continue to move downward or forwa...