Bladder rupture following osteoporotic pubic ramus and sacral insufficiency fractures

Age Ageing. 2010 Jul;39(4):511-2. doi: 10.1093/ageing/afq046. Epub 2010 May 20.

Abstract

We present a case report of an 86-year-old lady with pubic ramus and sacral insufficiency fractures who developed extra-vesical bladder rupture following displacement of the pubic ramus fracture, a very unusual complication.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Accidental Falls / prevention & control
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Ergocalciferols / therapeutic use
  • Fecal Incontinence / etiology
  • Female
  • Fractures, Stress / complications*
  • Fractures, Stress / diagnostic imaging
  • Fractures, Stress / rehabilitation
  • Humans
  • Organometallic Compounds / therapeutic use
  • Osteoporosis, Postmenopausal / complications*
  • Osteoporosis, Postmenopausal / drug therapy
  • Pubic Bone / diagnostic imaging
  • Pubic Bone / injuries*
  • Radiography
  • Rupture
  • Sacrum / diagnostic imaging
  • Sacrum / injuries*
  • Thiophenes / therapeutic use
  • Urinary Bladder / injuries*
  • Urinary Tract Infections / microbiology
  • Vitamin D / therapeutic use

Substances

  • Ergocalciferols
  • Organometallic Compounds
  • Thiophenes
  • strontium ranelate
  • Vitamin D