title: Twenty-five years of renal trauma at a teaching hospital.
abstract: In a study of 535 patients with renal trauma admitted to the Medical College of Virginia Hospitals from 1962 to 1988, the authors found indications of a decrease in the rate of total nephrectomy in patients with blunt trauma, due in part to advances in diagnostic technology. In the cases of gunshot wounds, however, a persistently high rate of nephrectomy prevailed, reflecting, the authors believe, the proliferation of increasingly lethal weaponry.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Osborne
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Collins
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Klein
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: W W
authors.initials: WW
authors.lastname: Koontz
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery; D009392:Nephrectomy; D011859:Radiography; D014768:Virginia