TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1997//
TI  - Kidney injuries. Apropos of 30 cases
JO  - Annales d'Urologie
A1  - Benchekroun, A.
A1  - Lachkar, A.
A1  - Soumana, A.
A1  - Farih, M. H.
A1  - Belahnech, Z.
A1  - Marzouk, M.
A1  - Faik, M.
SP  - 237
EP  - 242
VL  - 31
IS  - 5
N2  - 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>
LA  - fr
SN  - 0003-4401
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -