A Missed Case of Bladder Injury with Pubic Diastasis Injury

Abstract

High-velocity trauma results in pelvic injury along with bowel and bladder injury. Timely identification and management of genitourinary injuries minimize associated morbidity. Proper history regarding passing urine, physical examination and clinical suspicion of bladder & bowel injury is very important as these injuries can be missed on ultrasound examination. We had one patient with normal USG abdomen pelvis, with pubic diastasis, while fixing found bladder injury with extra peritoneal urinary collection.