title: Etiology, diagnostics and therapeutic procedures in renal trauma in children: 1995-1997.
abstract: A retrospective study analyses diagnostic and therapeutic procedures in children with renal trauma. The most prominent symptom among the history data was pain in the injured area and macroscopic hematuria in clinical examination. Ultrasound examination was made systematically and if necessary intravenous pyelography and CT scan of the kidneys. Clinical experience based on 18 patients with kidney injury shows that the injury classified according to Guerrier et all as minor renal injury was presented in 11 patients (61.11%), and major renal injury in 7 patients (38.89%). In 4 patients surgical procedure was indicated, and 2 nephrectomies were performed. Conservative treatment is preferable in the small children with renal trauma.
authors.affiliation: Institut za zdravstvenu zastitu dece i omladine, Medicinski fakultet, Novi Sad.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Dobanovacki
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Petrović
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Marinković
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Borisev
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Likić
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries*; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014463:Ultrasonography