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Emergency Medical Minute

Podcast #375: Retrograde Urethrogram

Sep 6, 2018 · 5 min · 7.5 MB
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Author: Jared Scott, MD

Educational Pearls:

  • Blood at urethral meatus in trauma can be a sign of bladder/urethral injury
  • Blind placement of a Foley catheter can make an undiagnosed urethral injury worse
  • Urethral injury is evaluated using a retrograde urethrogram (RUG)
  • If urethra is confirmed to be intact, Foley catheter can be placed to allow additional tests

References:

Avery, L. (2012). Imaging of male pelvic trauma. Radiologic Clinics of North America., 50(6), 1201-1217.