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Clinical evaluation demonstrating the urethral damage. One Nelaton catheter is positioned through the former external urethral meatus, while another one demonstrates the tear through the ventral portion of the middle and distal urethra.
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Our evaluation demonstrated an undiagnosed urethral tear involving the ventral portion of the middle and distal urethra, for about 50% of urethral length (Figure 1).
Preoperative transvaginal midsagittal sonographic view of the urethra, using an endocavitary linear probe. Ultrasound evaluation showed a shortened urethra - measuring 18mm - due to an undiagnosed obstetric urethral tear.
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Preoperative sonographic evaluation with an endocavity linear transducer showed an 18mm shortened urethra (Figure 2).