Case Reports
Vol. 3 No. 1 (2025)
https://doi.org/10.4081/crest.2025.32

Delayed complicated extraperitoneal bladder rupture after blunt trauma: a case report

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Received: 24 October 2024
Accepted: 29 April 2025
Published: 12 May 2025
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Blunt trauma, delayed bladder rupture, pelvic ring fractures

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Binayak Deb
b.unitmailbox@yahoo.com
https://orcid.org/0009-0002-2917-7611
Trauma Anesthesia and Critical Care, Ganga Medical Centre and Hospitals Private Limited, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India.
VM Balasubramani
Trauma Intensive Care Unit, Ganga Medical Centre and Hospitals Private Limited, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India.
Ram Varaham
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9780-5117
Trauma Intensive Care Unit, Ganga Medical Centre and Hospitals Private Limited, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India.
Ramesh Vaidyanathan
Department of Trauma Surgery, Ganga Medical Centre and Hospitals Private Limited, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India.

We present a case of extraperitoneal bladder rupture occurring 15 days after pelvic trauma, despite no apparent bladder injury being evident at the time of the incident. A 66-year-old male fell from a height of 20 feet and sustained injuries to the chest, pelvis, and left upper and lower limbs. All injuries were managed uneventfully. On the day of his planned discharge, he developed acute abdominal distension with suprapubic tenderness and gross hematuria. Imaging revealed a complicated extraperitoneal bladder rupture, which warranted surgical repair in this case due to its complicated nature. He was discharged on a follow-up basis with a suprapubic catheter in situ.

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Delayed complicated extraperitoneal bladder rupture after blunt trauma: a case report. (2025). Case Reports in Emergency Surgery and Trauma, 3(1). https://doi.org/10.4081/crest.2025.32
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