Abstract
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.
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