About this episode
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.