DOI: 10.36347/sjams.2013.v01i05.009

Pages: 393-394

Urethral injury is a common complication of pelvic trauma; it occurs in as many as 24% of adults with pelvic fractures. Injury of the female urethra is rarer (<6% of female pelvic fractures) than that of the male urethra. Unless urethral injuries are associated with major bladder trauma, they are rarely life-threatening in the acute phase. However, they may lead to significant long-term morbidity. The severity and duration of such complications may be reduced if urethral injury is promptly diagnosed and appropriately treated. This case report suggests how a trivial trauma can cause vestibular injury and proper examination and repair under anaesthesia can prevent long term urinary disabilities. To best of my knowledge there are no published case reports suggestive of such rare vestibular injury. It can be concluded that female urethral injury though rare should be suspected in blunt vulval trauma and proper examination and repair should be done under anaesthesia to prevent long term urinary disabilities.