Are we missing urethral stricture after acquired brain injury?

Abstract

Urethral stricture is well recognized as a complication of urethral catheterization. The occurrence of urethral stricture after acquired brain injury is not commonly recognized. Two cases are described.

Bladder continence management in adult acquired brain injury

“…The incidence of urethral stricture was 4.8% and broadly similar in the two units, the reasons for which are beyond the remit of this survey but do merit further investigation. Urethral stricture has previously been reported after acquired brain injury [11]. It would be interesting to associate complications with the type of injury and indeed to record reasonable clinical variances in detecting why some catheters are not removed until later.…”