BACKGROUND: The purpose of this investigation was to determine the yield of repeat follow-up imaging in patients sustaining renal trauma. METHODS: The Los Angeles County+University of Southern California Medical Center trauma registry was reviewed to identify all patients with a diagnosis of kidney injury from 2005 to 2008. All final attending radiologist interpretations and the dates of the initial and follow-up computerized tomography (CT) scans were also reviewed. Grades I, II, and III were grouped as low-grade injuries and grades IV and V as high-grade injuries. RESULTS: During the 4-year study period, 120 (1.2% of all trauma admissions) patients had a total of 121 kidney injuries: 85.8% were male, and the mean age±SD was 31.1 years±14.5 years. Overall, 22.6% of blunt and 35.6% of penetrating kidney injuries were high grade (IV-V; p=0.148). These high-grade injuries were managed operatively in 35.7% and 76.2% of blunt and penetrating injuries, respectively, (p=0.022). Overall, 31.7% underwent at least one follow-up CT; 24.2% of patients with blunt and 39.7% of patients with penetrating kidney injury, respectively. None of the patients with a low-grade injury managed nonoperatively developed a complication, independent of the injury mechanism. High-grade blunt and penetrating kidney injuries managed nonoperatively were associated with 11.1% and 20.0% complication rate identified on follow-up CT, respectively. For patients who underwent surgical interventions for penetrating kidney injuries, the diagnosis of the complication was made at 9.8 days±7.0 days (range, 1-24 days), with 83.3% of them diagnosed within 8 days postoperatively. The most frequent complication identified was an abscess in the renal fossa (50.0% of all complications). Other complications included urinoma, ureteral stricture, and pseudoaneurysm. All patients who developed complications were symptomatic, prompting the imaging that led to the diagnosis. All patients who developed a complication after a penetrating injury required intervention for the management of the complication. CONCLUSION: Selective reimaging of renal injuries based on clinical and laboratory criteria seems to be safe regardless of injury mechanism or management. High-grade penetrating injuries undergoing operative intervention should carry the highest degree of vigilance and lowest threshold for repeat imaging.
BACKGROUND: The purpose of this investigation was to determine the yield of repeat follow-up imaging in patients sustaining renal trauma. METHODS: The Los Angeles County+University of Southern California Medical Center trauma registry was reviewed to identify all patients with a diagnosis of kidney injury from 2005 to 2008. All final attending radiologist interpretations and the dates of the initial and follow-up computerized tomography (CT) scans were also reviewed. Grades I, II, and III were grouped as low-grade injuries and grades IV and V as high-grade injuries. RESULTS: During the 4-year study period, 120 (1.2% of all trauma admissions) patients had a total of 121 kidney injuries: 85.8% were male, and the mean age±SD was 31.1 years±14.5 years. Overall, 22.6% of blunt and 35.6% of penetrating kidney injuries were high grade (IV-V; p=0.148). These high-grade injuries were managed operatively in 35.7% and 76.2% of blunt and penetrating injuries, respectively, (p=0.022). Overall, 31.7% underwent at least one follow-up CT; 24.2% of patients with blunt and 39.7% of patients with penetrating kidney injury, respectively. None of the patients with a low-grade injury managed nonoperatively developed a complication, independent of the injury mechanism. High-grade blunt and penetrating kidney injuries managed nonoperatively were associated with 11.1% and 20.0% complication rate identified on follow-up CT, respectively. For patients who underwent surgical interventions for penetrating kidney injuries, the diagnosis of the complication was made at 9.8 days±7.0 days (range, 1-24 days), with 83.3% of them diagnosed within 8 days postoperatively. The most frequent complication identified was an abscess in the renal fossa (50.0% of all complications). Other complications included urinoma, ureteral stricture, and pseudoaneurysm. All patients who developed complications were symptomatic, prompting the imaging that led to the diagnosis. All patients who developed a complication after a penetrating injury required intervention for the management of the complication. CONCLUSION: Selective reimaging of renal injuries based on clinical and laboratory criteria seems to be safe regardless of injury mechanism or management. High-grade penetrating injuries undergoing operative intervention should carry the highest degree of vigilance and lowest threshold for repeat imaging.
Authors: Allen F Morey; Steve Brandes; Daniel David Dugi; John H Armstrong; Benjamin N Breyer; Joshua A Broghammer; Bradley A Erickson; Jeff Holzbeierlein; Steven J Hudak; Jeffrey H Pruitt; James T Reston; Richard A Santucci; Thomas G Smith; Hunter Wessells Journal: J Urol Date: 2014-05-20 Impact factor: 7.450
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Authors: David B Bayne; Anas Tresh; Nima Baradaran; Gregory Murphy; E Charles Osterberg; Shellee Ogawa; Jessica Wenzel; Lindsay Hampson; Jack McAninch; Benjamin Breyer Journal: World J Urol Date: 2018-10-01 Impact factor: 4.226