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We aimed to analyze the characteristics and clinical course of this patient group. Methods: We retrospectively analyzed male trauma patients who were admitted to our emergency department between January 2021 and December 2025, and who underwent the aforementioned interventional procedure after standard Foley catheterization failed because of a pelvic fracture-associated urethral injury. The age, mechanism of injury, injury severity score (ISS), abbreviated injury scale, type of pelvic fracture, use of pelvic angiography, time from emergency room arrival to Foley catheterization, and administration of additional urological treatments were investigated. Results: Among 492 male patients with pelvic fractures, 11 underwent the procedure because of PFUI (age: 57.8 \u00b1 13.9 years, ISS: 20.2 \u00b1 9.6). Pelvic crushing was the most common injury mechanism, and pelvic angiography was performed in 81.8% of cases. The mean time from emergency room arrival to interventional Foley catheterization was 283 \u00b1 250 min. Three patients required additional urological treatment after the acute phase, and all underwent endoscopic internal urethrotomy for urethral stricture. Conclusions: In cases in which hemodynamically unstable PFUI is suspected and initial urethral catheterization is difficult, Foley catheter insertion via interventional radiology may represent an alternative to conventional primary endoscopic realignment and suprapubic cystostomy.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/jcm15135096","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,6,30]],"date-time":"2026-06-30T08:26:15Z","timestamp":1782807975000},"page":"5096","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Interventional Radiology-Guided Foley Catheterization for Pelvic Fracture with Urethral Injury: A Single-Center Retrospective Case Series"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"15","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-0151-4965","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Hong","family":"Chung","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Urology, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju 26426, Republic of Korea"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-0891-8230","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Min Ho","family":"Park","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Radiology, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju 26426, Republic of Korea"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-6414-7728","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Euichul","family":"Jung","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Radiology, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju 26426, Republic of Korea"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Sungyup","family":"Kim","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Surgery, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju 26426, Republic of Korea"},{"name":"Trauma Center, Wonju Severance Christian Hospital, Wonju 26426, Republic of Korea"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jun Gi","family":"Kim","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Trauma Center, Wonju Severance Christian Hospital, Wonju 26426, Republic of Korea"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-2410-7788","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Young Un","family":"Choi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Surgery, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju 26426, Republic of Korea"},{"name":"Trauma Center, Wonju Severance Christian Hospital, Wonju 26426, Republic of Korea"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,6,30]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"667","DOI":"10.3348\/jksr.2019.80.4.667","article-title":"Intervention for Urologic Trauma","volume":"80","author":"Kwon","year":"2019","journal-title":"J. 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