Biomaterial Database

Injury to the male posterior urethra in fractured pelvis: a new classification. 1977

V Colapinto, and R W McCallum

The present criteria to diagnose a ruptured posterior urethra in cases of a fractured pelvis do not provide accurate information on the degree and site of the urethral injury. A method of retrograde urethrography in such patients is described and the results obtained in 15 cases are reported. On the basis of these results a new classification of membranous urethral rupture in cases of fractured pelvis is proposed: type 1--the prostate or urogenital diaphragm is dislocated but the membranous urethra is merely stretched and not severed, type 2--the membranous urethra is ruptured above the urogenital diaphragm at the apex of the prostate and type 3--the membranous urethra is ruptured above and below the urogenital diaphragm. The clinical significance of these lesions is discussed and a plea is made for the more widespread use of retrograde urethrography in patients with a suspected posterior urethral rupture.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008297	Male		Males
D010384	Pelvic Bones	Bones that constitute each half of the pelvic girdle in VERTEBRATES, formed by fusion of the ILIUM; ISCHIUM; and PUBIC BONE.	Coxal Bone,Hip Bone,Innominate Bones,Bone, Coxal,Bone, Hip,Bone, Innominate,Bone, Pelvic,Bones, Coxal,Bones, Hip,Bones, Innominate,Bones, Pelvic,Coxal Bones,Hip Bones,Innominate Bone,Pelvic Bone
D010808	Physical Examination	Systematic and thorough inspection of the patient for physical signs of disease or abnormality.	Physical Exam,Examination, Physical,Physical Examinations and Diagnoses,Exam, Physical,Examinations, Physical,Exams, Physical,Physical Examinations,Physical Exams
D011859	Radiography	Examination of any part of the body for diagnostic purposes by means of X-RAYS or GAMMA RAYS, recording the image on a sensitized surface (such as photographic film).	Radiology, Diagnostic X-Ray,Roentgenography,X-Ray, Diagnostic,Diagnostic X-Ray,Diagnostic X-Ray Radiology,X-Ray Radiology, Diagnostic,Diagnostic X Ray,Diagnostic X Ray Radiology,Diagnostic X-Rays,Radiology, Diagnostic X Ray,X Ray Radiology, Diagnostic,X Ray, Diagnostic,X-Rays, Diagnostic
D012007	Rectum	The distal segment of the LARGE INTESTINE, between the SIGMOID COLON and the ANAL CANAL.	Rectums
D001769	Blood	The body fluid that circulates in the vascular system (BLOOD VESSELS). Whole blood includes PLASMA and BLOOD CELLS.
D002965	Classification	The systematic arrangement of entities in any field into categories classes based on common characteristics such as properties, morphology, subject matter, etc.	Systematics,Taxonomy,Classifications,Taxonomies
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D012421	Rupture	Forcible or traumatic tear or break of an organ or other soft part of the body.	Ruptures
D014521	Urethra	A tube that transports URINE from the URINARY BLADDER to the outside of the body in both the sexes. It also has a reproductive function in the male by providing a passage for SPERM.	External Urethral Sphincter,External Urinary Sphincter,Internal Urethral Sphincter,Internal Urinary Sphincter,Internal Vesical Sphincter,Urethral Sphincters,External Urethral Sphincters,External Urinary Sphincters,Internal Urethral Sphincters,Internal Urinary Sphincters,Internal Vesical Sphincters,Sphincter, External Urethral,Sphincter, External Urinary,Sphincter, Internal Urethral,Sphincter, Internal Urinary,Sphincter, Internal Vesical,Sphincter, Urethral,Urethral Sphincter,Urethral Sphincter, External,Urethras,Urinary Sphincter, External,Urinary Sphincter, Internal,Vesical Sphincter, Internal