The incidence of injury to the urologic system after trauma is about 10%. Blunt trauma followed by traffic accidents and during sports comprise 90% of the etiologies. In addition, the rate of penetrating injuries is increasing, especially in urban areas. The kidney is the most common urologic organ to be injured, followed by urinary bladder and the urethra. Isolated urologic trauma is rare; the...

PURPOSE In the last 20 years the management of high grade, blunt renal trauma at our institution has evolved from primarily an operative approach to an expectant nonoperative approach. To evaluate our experience with the expectant nonoperative management of high grade, blunt renal trauma in children, we reviewed our 20-year experience regarding evaluation, management and outcomes in patients tr...

Descripción del caso clínico: Nuestro paciente de 16 años presentó un cuadro 48 horas evolución, al sufrir caída una bicicleta en movimiento impactando sobre su costado izquierdo contra el pavimento. La tomografía abdomen revela presencia hematoma perirrenal expansión. Se realiza laparotomía exploratoria, observando hemoperitoneo y renal izquierdo, lesión hilio con sangrado activo decide realiz...

Aim: Trauma-related renal infarction is a rare condition. In this report, we describe a 49-year-old male case of renal infarction due to a fall from height-induced traumatic renal artery occlusion with a surviving kidney thanks to an extra-renal artery. Emergency medicine specialists should consider the possibility of trauma-related renal infarction, as renal failure may develop in patients wit...

We present two separate cases of young male patients with congenital kidney anomalies (horseshoe and crossed fused renal ectopia) identified following blunt abdominal trauma. Despite being rare, ectopic and fusion anomalies of the kidneys are occasionally noted in a trauma patient during imaging or upon exploration of the abdomen. Incidental renal findings may influence the management of trauma...

An 18-year-old male soccer player was transferred from the clinic to our emergency center with suspected blunt renal trauma. A giant ureteropelvic junction (UPJ) obstructed hydronephrosis in blunt renal trauma was revealed by enhanced computed tomography and angiography. The patient then underwent insertion of a double “J” stent and was placed under close observation in the intensive care unit....

In the pediatric patient, traumatic injury is the leading cause of death and blunt trauma is themost commonmechanism of injury. Renal injuries account for 8 to 12% of pediatric blunt abdominal injuries. Children, more so than adults, are prone to sustain major renal injury due to blunt trauma given the relatively large size of pediatric kidneys and decreased protection in children.1–3 The prima...

OBJECTIVE To outline the pattern and trends in the management of patients of renal trauma at the Department of Urology and Renal Transplantation, Jinnah Hospital, Lahore, from January 1998 to June 2003. METHODS We retrospectively reviewed 65 patients identified with blunt renal trauma. RESULTS Of 65 patients of renal trauma, injuries were graded I to V in 18 (27%), 9 (14%), 13 (20%), 16 (24...

OBJECTIVE To determine the optimal evaluation and management of renal injuries by review of the world's English-language literature on the subject. METHODS A consensus conference convened by the World Health Organization and the Societé Internationale d'Urologie met to critically review reports of the diagnosis and treatment of renal trauma. The English-language literature about renal trauma ...