Author:  Jared Scott, MD

Educational Pearls:

• Blood at urethral meatus in trauma can be a sign of bladder/urethral injury

• Blind placement of a Foley catheter can make an undiagnosed urethral injury worse

• Urethral injury is evaluated using a retrograde urethrogram (RUG)

• If urethra is confirmed to be intact, Foley catheter can be placed to allow additional tests

References:

Avery, L. (2012). Imaging of male pelvic trauma. Radiologic Clinics of North America., 50(6), 1201-1217.