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DIVERTICULA AND FISTULÆ OF THE URETHRA IN PARAPLEGICS 1
Author(s) -
GRIFFITHS I. H.,
WALSH J. J.
Publication year - 1961
Publication title -
british journal of urology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.773
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1464-410X
pISSN - 0007-1331
DOI - 10.1111/j.1464-410x.1961.tb11631.x
Subject(s) - urethra , medicine , fistula , surgery , catheter , general surgery
SUMMARY Thirty‐one cases of fistula of the urethra were encountered at the National Spinal Injuries Centre amongst 2,060 male paraplegics. Only two cases developed during treatment at the centre itself. Ten fistulae were due to avoidable external causes, and twenty fistulas were due to mismanagement of a urethral catheter. Treatment is discussed and a new application of Turner Warwick's principle is described for the more extensive and recurrent urethral diverticula.