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Blunt renal injuries in children can be managed nonoperatively: outcome in a consecutive series of patients.

Journal of Trauma 2004 September
BACKGROUND: Nonoperative management of radiographically defined solid organ injuries has proven highly successful in children with blunt splenic and hepatic injuries. The role of nonoperative management protocols is less well defined for blunt renal injuries. The purpose of this study was to review the management and outcome of a consecutive series of children with blunt renal injury.

METHODS: The trauma registry from a Level I pediatric trauma center was reviewed to identify all children (age < 19 years) who were treated for a blunt renal injury for the period January 1995 through December 2002. Demographic, anatomic, physiologic, management, and outcome data were analyzed.

RESULTS: For the 8 years of review, 101 children with a blunt renal injury were identified, including 95 with accessible and complete data. The renal injury population had a mean age of 10.4 years (range, 0.5-18 years) and was 72.6% male. The renal injuries were distributed as follows: grade 1, n = 22; grade 2, n = 40; grade 3, n = 20; grade 4, n = 11; and grade 5, n = 2. Hematuria was present in 88.1% of children (in whom urinalysis results were available). Four children had underlying congenital renal anomalies. The mean hospital length of stay and intensive care unit stay were 6.0 and 2.6 days, respectively. Overall, 5 children (5.3%) required laparotomy, including 1 nephrectomy (isolated grade 4 injury) and 1 renorrhaphy, for an overall renal salvage rate of 98.9%. In children with isolated renal injuries (n = 48), one child (2.1%) required laparotomy. Seven children required adjunctive urologic procedures (ureteral stenting, n = 5; cystoscopy/cystogram, n = 2). There were seven deaths (7.4% overall; five because of head injury and two because of severe abdominal bleeding at presentation).

CONCLUSION: A nonoperative management strategy was advantageous and successful in pediatric blunt renal injuries (94.7% successful nonoperative rate, 98.9% renal salvage rate). Adjunctive urologic procedures (e.g., ureteral stenting) were beneficial in selected cases.

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