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A conservative approach to major blunt renal lacerations with urinary extravasation and devitalized renal segments.
BJU International 2001 March
OBJECTIVES: To determine the feasibility of a conservative (expectant) approach to major blunt renal laceration with urinary extravasation and devitalized renal segments.
PATIENTS AND METHODS: All patients treated conservatively who presented between 1990 and 1999 with major renal laceration (grade 4 and 5) were retrospectively reviewed to determine whether urinary extravasation and devitalized segments adversely affected the outcome. For each patient the data collected included the initial emergency department evaluation, findings on computed tomography, associated injuries, duration of hospital stay, transfusion requirements, complications and follow-up imaging.
RESULTS: Of 20 patients who sustained blunt trauma resulting in a major renal laceration (five grade 5 and 15 grade 4) with urinary extravasation, 11 had coexisting devitalized segments. There was a statistically significant difference in the length of hospital stay (16.3 vs 7.3 days), blood transfusions (six vs two patients, P < 0.08) and the need for delayed surgical intervention (nine vs two, P < 0.01) between patients with and with no devitalized segments, respectively. Urinary extravasation spontaneously resolved in two of 11 patients with and in seven of nine with no devitalized segment, respectively (P < 0.05)
CONCLUSIONS: Urinary extravasation will resolve spontaneously in most patients with blunt renal trauma, and expectant treatment does not adversely affect the outcome or prolong hospitalization. In patients who present with a major renal laceration associated with devascularized segments, conservative management is feasible in those who are clinically stable with blunt trauma. However, the physician must be especially aware of the probable complications within this subset of patients.
PATIENTS AND METHODS: All patients treated conservatively who presented between 1990 and 1999 with major renal laceration (grade 4 and 5) were retrospectively reviewed to determine whether urinary extravasation and devitalized segments adversely affected the outcome. For each patient the data collected included the initial emergency department evaluation, findings on computed tomography, associated injuries, duration of hospital stay, transfusion requirements, complications and follow-up imaging.
RESULTS: Of 20 patients who sustained blunt trauma resulting in a major renal laceration (five grade 5 and 15 grade 4) with urinary extravasation, 11 had coexisting devitalized segments. There was a statistically significant difference in the length of hospital stay (16.3 vs 7.3 days), blood transfusions (six vs two patients, P < 0.08) and the need for delayed surgical intervention (nine vs two, P < 0.01) between patients with and with no devitalized segments, respectively. Urinary extravasation spontaneously resolved in two of 11 patients with and in seven of nine with no devitalized segment, respectively (P < 0.05)
CONCLUSIONS: Urinary extravasation will resolve spontaneously in most patients with blunt renal trauma, and expectant treatment does not adversely affect the outcome or prolong hospitalization. In patients who present with a major renal laceration associated with devascularized segments, conservative management is feasible in those who are clinically stable with blunt trauma. However, the physician must be especially aware of the probable complications within this subset of patients.
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