Traumatic catheterization as a precipitating factor for urethral prolapse in 4 years old child

Urethral prolapse is a circumferential protrusion of the distal urethra through the external urethral meatus. The incidence of Urethral prolapse was reported to be one in 3000, and it occurs most often in prepubertal Black females and postmenopausal White women. The possible causes and precipitating...

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Main Authors:	Peter Afolayan, E.H. Abdel Goad, Bongiwe Pepu
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Elsevier 2020-09-01
Series:	Urology Case Reports
Online Access:	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214442020300474

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spelling	doaj-b88c06912e064b30880805f10f5124f62020-11-25T03:37:41ZengElsevierUrology Case Reports2214-44202020-09-0132101159Traumatic catheterization as a precipitating factor for urethral prolapse in 4 years old childPeter Afolayan0E.H. Abdel Goad1Bongiwe Pepu2Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine, South AfricaSt Aidans Hospital, Durban, South Africa; Corresponding author.Inkozi Albert Luthuli Central Hospital, Durban, South AfricaUrethral prolapse is a circumferential protrusion of the distal urethra through the external urethral meatus. The incidence of Urethral prolapse was reported to be one in 3000, and it occurs most often in prepubertal Black females and postmenopausal White women. The possible causes and precipitating factors are not clear. Instrumentation of the urinary tract was reported to be one of rare precipitating factor. We report a case of Urethral prolapse in a child which was precipitated by traumatic accidental removal of the transurethral catheter.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214442020300474
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author	Peter Afolayan E.H. Abdel Goad Bongiwe Pepu
spellingShingle	Peter Afolayan E.H. Abdel Goad Bongiwe Pepu Traumatic catheterization as a precipitating factor for urethral prolapse in 4 years old child Urology Case Reports
author_facet	Peter Afolayan E.H. Abdel Goad Bongiwe Pepu
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title	Traumatic catheterization as a precipitating factor for urethral prolapse in 4 years old child
title_short	Traumatic catheterization as a precipitating factor for urethral prolapse in 4 years old child
title_full	Traumatic catheterization as a precipitating factor for urethral prolapse in 4 years old child
title_fullStr	Traumatic catheterization as a precipitating factor for urethral prolapse in 4 years old child
title_full_unstemmed	Traumatic catheterization as a precipitating factor for urethral prolapse in 4 years old child
title_sort	traumatic catheterization as a precipitating factor for urethral prolapse in 4 years old child
publisher	Elsevier
series	Urology Case Reports
issn	2214-4420
publishDate	2020-09-01
description	Urethral prolapse is a circumferential protrusion of the distal urethra through the external urethral meatus. The incidence of Urethral prolapse was reported to be one in 3000, and it occurs most often in prepubertal Black females and postmenopausal White women. The possible causes and precipitating factors are not clear. Instrumentation of the urinary tract was reported to be one of rare precipitating factor. We report a case of Urethral prolapse in a child which was precipitated by traumatic accidental removal of the transurethral catheter.
url	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214442020300474
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Traumatic catheterization as a precipitating factor for urethral prolapse in 4 years old child

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