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Injury of the urethra, sphincter and bladder neck by a piercing

Nissl A, Straub M

Der Urologe. Ausg. A, 2014

Abstract

A 27-year-old woman presented to our clinic with total incontinence. The reason of the incontinence was an injury of the urethra, caused by a genital piercing of the sexual partner. Reconstruction of the urethra and the bladder neck was performed 10 weeks after injury. Upon removal of the catheter 6 weeks after surgery, the patient was fully continent.

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