Evaluation of immediate endoscopic realignment as a treatment modality for traumatic urethral injuries

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1443-1449

  Hadjizacharia, Pantelis ^a   Inaba, Kenji ^a   Teixeira, Pedro G R ^a   Kokorowski, Paul ^b,c   Demetriades, Demetrios ^a   Best, Charles ^b,c  

^a Department of Surgery   (United States)

^b Department of Urology ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Complications; Urethra; Urethral injury; Urethral stricture; Urethral surgery; Urologic surgical procedures; Wounds and injuries

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DILATATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FOLLOW UP; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IMMEDIATE ENDOSCOPIC REALIGNMENT; MALE; MICTURITION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT; PELVIS FRACTURE; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; THERAPY DELAY; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT FAILURE; URETHRA FISTULA; URETHRA INJURY; URETHRA STRICTURE; URETHROPLASTY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; BLADDER CATHETERIZATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENDOSCOPY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; METHODOLOGY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETHRA;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ENDOSCOPY; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TIME FACTORS; TRAUMA CENTERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETHRA; URINARY CATHETERIZATION;

EID: 67650311517     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e318174f126     Document Type: Article

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