War Injuries of the Kidney 125 War Injuries of the Kidney , Ureter , and Urinary Bladder
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Injuries of the urinary tract may be received under conditions which almost approximate those of peace time and also under circumstances inseparable from war. Penetrating wounds are the prerogative of passion; once upon a time accident alone engendered those injuries to the urinary system where no breach of belly wall exists. Tout fa change; modern aerial or artillery bombardments may rupture the abdominal viscera without external wound, and produce widespread blood or urinary extravasation. Such injuries may be the result of "blast" alone, or may be determined by the demolition and fragmentation of the wood, metal or masonry of edifices, which are hurled from their ensconcement against the abdominal parietes.
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تاریخ انتشار 2008