Severe blunt renal injury after motorcycle accident: failure of the conservative management

Gioia  Brachini; Bruno  Cirillo; Paolo  Sapienza; Pierfrancesco  Lapolla; Simona  Meneghini; Luigi  Simonelli; Andrea  Mingoli

1 Sep 2021Case Report

Gioia Brachini ¹Bruno Cirillo ¹Paolo Sapienza ¹Pierfrancesco Lapolla ¹Simona Meneghini ¹Luigi Simonelli ¹Andrea Mingoli ¹

Affiliations

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