Severe blunt renal injury after motorcycle accident: failure of the conservative management
Gioia Brachini 1, Bruno Cirillo 1, Paolo Sapienza 1, Pierfrancesco Lapolla 1, Simona Meneghini 1, Luigi Simonelli 1, Andrea Mingoli 1
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Article Info
1 Department of Surgery “Pietro Valdoni”, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy
Abstract
We report the case of a patient who presented after a motorcycle accident a grade IV kidney lesion primarily treated with a NOM, which failed. We discuss the possibility at admission to select a subgroup of patients with a high grade (IV and V) kidney trauma in whom NOM might fail.
Keywords
- Kidney Trauma
- High grade renal trauma
- Non operative management