@article{ref1,
title="Kidney injuries. Apropos of 30 cases",
journal="Annales d'Urologie",
year="1997",
author="Benchekroun, A. and Lachkar, A. and Soumana, A. and Farih, M. H. and Belahnech, Z. and Marzouk, M. and Faik, M.",
volume="31",
number="5",
pages="237-242",
abstract="Renal trauma remains a topical subject due to its high incidence and the fact that it still raises therapeutic problems. The features of this disease were reviewed by means of a retrospective study of 30 cases of renal trauma observed over a 10-year period. The patients consisted of 27 males (90%) and 3 females (10%), with a mean age of 27 years (range: 20 to 60 years). The aetiology was largely dominated by road accidents (53%), falls (26%) and assaults (16%). Trauma was unilateral, predominantly affecting the left side (60%). The clinical features were dominated by haematuria (93%) and low back pain (90%). Trauma was associated with skeletal or visceral lesions in 46.6% of patients. Assessment of the lesions was based on IVU, ultrasonography and CT. Eight patients (26.6%) presented with moderate or minimal trauma (Chatelain stage 1 and 2) and were treated medically. Twenty-two patients (73%) were operated: 6 of them underwent total nephrectomy and 16 were treated conservatively. Seven of the operated patients subsequently developed complications.<p /> <p>Language: fr</p>",
language="fr",
issn="0003-4401",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}