title: [The value of conservative therapy in kidney trauma in childhood].
abstract: Between 1975 and 1991 74 children with a renal injury after blunt abdominal trauma were treated at the Department of Pediatric Surgery of the University Hospital of Berne. There were 22 girls and 52 boys with a mean age of 9.4 years. 55 patients were treated conservatively and 19 operatively. The mean follow-up was for the operated patients 2.6 years and for the not operated 2.5 years. The conservatively treated patients had a shorter hospitalization time, were fewer days on the ICU, needed less blood transfusions and had a minor complication rate compared with the operated ones.
authors.affiliation: Chirurgische Universitäts-Kinderklinik, Inselspital Bern.
authors.forename: M I
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Carvajal Busslinger
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kaiser
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000293:injuries*; D007677:Kidney Function Tests; D008297:Male; D009392:Nephrectomy / Q000379:methods*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology*; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000601:surgery*
vernacular_title: Stellenwert der konservativen Therapie beim Nierentrauma im Kindesalter.