Catalina K Hwang, Rano Matta, Jonathan Woolstenhulme, Alexandra K Britt, Anthony J Schaeffer, Scott A Zakaluzny, Kara Teresa Kleber, Adam Sheikali, Katherine T Flynn-O'Brien, Georgianna Sandilos, Shachar Shimonovich, Nicole Fox, Alexis B Hess, Kristen A Zeller, George C Koberlein, Brittany E Levy, John M Draus, Marla Sacks, Catherine Chen, Xian Luo-Owen, Jacob Robert Stephens, Mit Shah, Frank Burks, Rachel A Moses, Michael E Rezaee, Vijaya M Vemulakonda, N Valeska Halstead, Hunter M LaCouture, Behnam Nabavizadeh, Hillary Copp, Benjamin Breyer, Ian Schwartz, Kendall Feia, Travis Pagliara, Jennifer Shi, Paul Neuville, Judith C Hagedorn
BACKGROUND: Pediatric renal trauma is rare and lacks sufficient population-specific data to generate evidence-based management guidelines. A non-operative approach is preferred and has been shown to be safe. However, bleeding risk assessment and management of collecting system injury is not well understood. We introduce the Multi-institutional Pediatric Acute Renal Trauma Study (Mi-PARTS), a retrospective cohort study designed to address these questions. This manuscript describes the demographics and contemporary management of pediatric renal trauma at Level I trauma centers in the United States...
November 15, 2023: Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery