injuries and poisoning
Urethral Injuries
Treatment of Urethral Injuries
Bladder drainage tube Sometimes surgery (to repair urethral tears) For urethral bruises that do not result in any leakage of urine, a doctor can place a catheter through the urethra into the bladder for several days to drain the urine while the urethra heals. For most urethral tears, the urine should be diverted from the urethra using a catheter placed directly into the bladder through the skin over the lower abdomen. The urethra is repaired surgically after all other injuries have healed or after 8 to 12 weeks (when inflammation has resolved). Rarely, urethral tears heal without surgery. Treatment helps to prevent some complications of urethral injuries. Complications that cannot be prevented are treated accordingly. 