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Two 2-year-old male domestic shorthairs presented with similar injuries, one undergoing retrograde urethrography, the other additional CT scan as well to define the extent of injury. In Case 1, transpelvic urethrostomy was performed following surgical debridement of necrotic tissue, and tension-relieving mesh incisions were subsequently made in the surrounding skin of the left thigh to reduce tension on the primary closure and facilitate closure of the skin defect created by debridement. In Case 2, prepubic urethrostomy and surgical debridement were performed following confirmation of pelvic urethral rupture, with contrast accumulation identified at the dorsal aspect of the ischiatic arch on CT. In both cases, the soft tissue wounds were managed by second-intention healing. Both cats recovered without major postoperative complications, and the soft tissue injuries had resolved successfully during follow-up. Both cases demonstrate that prompt surgical intervention combined with appropriate wound management can result in favorable outcomes in cats with pelvic urethral rupture complicated by extensive urine extravasation into the femoral region.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/ani16172782","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,4]],"date-time":"2026-09-04T12:20:46Z","timestamp":1788524446000},"page":"2782","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Surgical Management of Extensive Urine Extravasation Resulting in Urethrocutaneous Fistulation and Soft Tissue Necrosis of the Femoral Region Secondary to Pelvic Urethral Rupture in Two Cats"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"16","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0003-2553-4551","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Dongwoo","family":"Kim","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Veterinary Surgery, College of Veterinary Medicine, Kyungpook National University, 80, Daehak-ro, Daegu 41566, Republic of Korea"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Gyeong-Jin","family":"Koo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Veterinary Surgery, College of Veterinary Medicine, Kyungpook National University, 80, Daehak-ro, Daegu 41566, Republic of Korea"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Sang-Kwon","family":"Lee","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Veterinary Medical Imaging, College of Veterinary Medicine, Kyungpook National University, 80, Daehak-ro, Daegu 41566, Republic of Korea"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-3810-4193","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Yoonhoi","family":"Koo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care, College of Veterinary Medicine, Kyungpook National University, 80, Daehak-ro, Daegu 41566, Republic of Korea"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Min","family":"Jang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Veterinary Surgery, College of Veterinary Medicine, Kyungpook National University, 80, Daehak-ro, Daegu 41566, Republic of Korea"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Sung-Ho","family":"Yun","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Veterinary Surgery, College of Veterinary Medicine, Kyungpook National University, 80, Daehak-ro, Daegu 41566, Republic of Korea"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-6489-0327","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Young-Sam","family":"Kwon","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Veterinary Surgery, College of Veterinary Medicine, Kyungpook National University, 80, Daehak-ro, Daegu 41566, Republic of Korea"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-5501-7983","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jinsu","family":"Kang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Veterinary Surgery, College of Veterinary Medicine, Kyungpook National University, 80, Daehak-ro, Daegu 41566, Republic of Korea"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,4]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"52","DOI":"10.5326\/JAAHA-MS-6144","article-title":"Rotational and axial pattern flaps in a cat for wound reconstruction secondary to urethral rupture","volume":"52","author":"Watrous","year":"2016","journal-title":"J. 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