Table 1.
Absolute indications | Blunt or penetrating external trauma with gross hematuria and a known pelvic fracture |
Relative indications | Blunt external trauma with microscopic hematuria >30 RBC/HPF |
Penetrating injury to buttocks, pelvis or lower abdomen with any degree of microscopic hematuria. | |
Widening of pubic symphysis >1 cm and/or widening of obturator ring >1 cm. |