How long does it take to recover from urethral injuries?

Male urethral injury after showing, how long to recover depends mainly on the degree of injury. If the urethral mild contusion, generally about a week can be healed. If showing partial laceration, normal needs about two weeks to heal. If showing complete urethral rupture, need timely surgery, postoperative indwelling catheter for about three weeks. Urethral dilation is performed regularly after the operation. The exact recovery time is uncertain. Some patients even need to undergo urethral dilation for life. If the urethral rupture cannot be treated in time, a suprapubic cystostomy should be performed to drain urine from the bladder. After the patient's condition is stable, urethral anastomosis should be performed. In this case, the recovery time will be longer.