TY - JOUR
T1 - The role of interventional radiology in urologic tract trauma
AU - Mani, Naganathan B.S.
AU - Kim, Lauren
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - The kidney is the third most common abdominal organ to be injured in trauma, following the spleen and liver, respectively. Several classification systems convey the severity of injury to kidneys, ureter, bladder, and urethra. The most commonly used classification scheme is the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma (AAST) classification of blunt renal injuries, which grades renal injury according the size of laceration and its proximity to the renal hilum. Ureteral injury is graded according to its extent relative to the circumference of the ureter and the extent of associated devascularization. Bladder injury is graded according to its location relative to the peritoneum. Urethral injury is graded according to the extent of damage to surrounding anatomic structures. Although these classification schema may not be always used in common parlance, they do help delineate most important features of urologic tract injury that impact patient management and interventions.
AB - The kidney is the third most common abdominal organ to be injured in trauma, following the spleen and liver, respectively. Several classification systems convey the severity of injury to kidneys, ureter, bladder, and urethra. The most commonly used classification scheme is the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma (AAST) classification of blunt renal injuries, which grades renal injury according the size of laceration and its proximity to the renal hilum. Ureteral injury is graded according to its extent relative to the circumference of the ureter and the extent of associated devascularization. Bladder injury is graded according to its location relative to the peritoneum. Urethral injury is graded according to the extent of damage to surrounding anatomic structures. Although these classification schema may not be always used in common parlance, they do help delineate most important features of urologic tract injury that impact patient management and interventions.
KW - Kidney
KW - embolization
KW - genitourinary
KW - interventional radiology
KW - trauma
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84855446275&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1055/s-0031-1296084
DO - 10.1055/s-0031-1296084
M3 - Article
C2 - 23204640
AN - SCOPUS:84855446275
SN - 0739-9529
VL - 28
SP - 415
EP - 423
JO - Seminars in Interventional Radiology
JF - Seminars in Interventional Radiology
IS - 4
ER -