Clinical Utility of Routine Follow-up Cystography in the Management of Traumatic Bladder Ruptures

Follow-up cystography after cystorrhaphy for uncomplicated blunt trauma-associated bladder ruptures rarely, if ever, provides unanticipated clinical information. For catheter drainage EP patients, cystography remains clinically valuable, as at least 18% of patients will have signs of continued extravasation. The optimal timing of cystography and catheter removal remains unknown.