Renal and urogenital injuries occur in approximately 10-20% of abdominal trauma in adults
and children. Optimal management should take into consideration the anatomic injury, the …

The management of trauma patients has evolved in recent decades owing to increasing
availability of advanced imaging modalities such as CT. Nowadays, CT has replaced the …

Methods A systematic review of PubMed from the past decade was conducted to examine
adult and pediatric renal trauma. A total of 605 articles were identified. Of these, 15 adult and …

Background The kidney is the most frequently injured component of the genitourinary
system, accounting for 5% of all trauma cases. Several guidelines by different societies …

The philosophy of abdominal injury management is currently changing from mandatory
exploration to selective non-operative management (NOM). The patient with hemodynamic …

The diagnosis, workup and management of blunt renal injury have evolved greatly over the
past decades. Evaluation and management of blunt renal injury echoes the increasing …

Computed tomography (CT) is most commonly used as a noninvasive approach in
diagnosis of internal organ injures. Use of multi-slice spiral CT becomes more popular in …

Objectives: In this retrospective study we reviewed the outcome of non-operative
management of high-grade blunt renal injuries (grade III–V) and evaluated the predictive …

Results According to the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma classification,
grade II blunt kidney injury was registered at 2 (10.0%) pts, grade III–at 11 (55.0%) pts and …

Severe renal injuries are usually associated with multisystem injuries, may require
interventional radiology to control hemorrhage and improve the chances for renal salvage …