Rd. Cespedes et al., HERNIATION OF THE URINARY-BLADDER - A COMPLICATION OF TRAUMATIC PUBICSYMPHYSIS DIASTASIS, Southern medical journal, 88(8), 1995, pp. 849-850
Bladder rupture and urethral disruption are relatively common injuries
associated with pelvic trauma; however, bladder herniation into a pub
ic symphysis diastasis is an unusual sequelae of pelvic trauma. We rep
ort a case of anterior bladder wall herniation into a traumatic pubic
diastasis and review the literature. Recommendations focusing on avoid
ing possible urinary bladder complications associated with closed redu
ction and external fixation of the diastasis are offered.