• J. Am. Coll. Surg. · Feb 2008

    Retrograde urethrocystography impairs computed tomography diagnosis of pelvic arterial hemorrhage in the presence of a lower urologic tract injury.

    • Fernando Antonio Campelo Spencer Netto, Paul Hamilton, Ron Kodama, Sandro Scarpelini, Sarah Joy Ortega, Peter Chu, Sandro Baleotti Rizoli, Lorraine Norah Tremblay, Frederick Brenneman, and Homer Chin-Nan Tien.
    • Trauma Program, Department of Surgery, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
    • J. Am. Coll. Surg. 2008 Feb 1;206(2):322-7.

    BackgroundThere is controversy about the appropriate sequence of urologic investigation in patients with pelvic fracture. Use of retrograde urethrography or cystography may interfere with regular pelvic CT scanning for arterial extravasation.Study DesignWe performed a retrospective study at a regional trauma center in Toronto, Canada. Included were adult blunt trauma patients with pelvic fractures and concomitant bladder or urethral disruption who underwent initial pelvic CT before operation or hospital admission. Exposure of interest was whether retrograde urethrography (RUG) and cystography were performed before pelvic CT scanning. Main outcomes measures were indeterminate or false negative initial CT examinations for pelvic arterial extravasation.ResultsSixty blunt trauma patients had a pelvic fracture and either a urethral or bladder rupture. Forty-nine of these patients underwent initial CT scanning. Of these 49 patients, 23 had RUG or conventional cystography performed before pelvic CT scanning; 26 had cystography after regular CT examination. Performing cystography before CT was associated with considerably more indeterminate scans (9 patients) and false negatives (2 patients) for pelvic arterial extravasation (11 of 23 versus 0 of 26, p < 0.001) compared with performing urologic investigation after CT. In the presence of pelvic arterial hemorrhage, indeterminate or false negative CT scans for arterial extravasation were associated with a trend toward longer mean times to embolization compared with positive scans (p=0.1).ConclusionsExtravasating contrast from lower urologic injuries can interfere with the CT assessment for pelvic arterial extravasation, delaying angiographic embolization.

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