title: Product related adult genitourinary injuries treated at emergency departments in the United States from 2002 to 2010.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  We describe the epidemiological features of adult genitourinary injuries related to consumer products and determined the patient cohorts, products and situations associated with increased genitourinary injury risk.
  
  
  METHODS
  The National Electronic Injury Surveillance System, a data set validated to provide a probability sample of injury related emergency department presentations in the United States, was analyzed to characterize genitourinary injuries from 2002 to 2010. We analyzed 3,545 observations to derive national estimates.
  
  
  RESULTS
  An estimated 142,144 adults (95% CI 115,324-168,964) presented to American emergency departments with genitourinary injuries from 2002 to 2010. Of the injuries 69% occurred in men. A large majority of injuries involved the external genitalia. The most common categories of products involved were sporting items in 30.2% of cases, clothing articles in 9.4% and furniture in 9.2%. The highest prevalence of injury was at ages 18 to 28 years (37.5%), which was most often related to sports equipment, such as bicycles. Older cohorts (age greater than 65 years) more commonly sustained injuries during falls and often in the bathroom during use of a shower or tub. Of all patients 88% were evaluated and treated in the emergency department without inpatient admission, although the admission rate increased with increasing patient age.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Acute genitourinary injury is often associated with common consumer items and with identifiable high risk cohorts, products and situations. Consumers, practitioners and safety champions can use our epidemiological data to prioritize and develop strategies aimed at the prevention, limitation and informed treatment of such injuries.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, University of California-San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94143-0738, USA.
authors.forename: Herman S
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Bagga
authors.forename: Gregory E
authors.initials: GE
authors.lastname: Tasian
authors.forename: Patrick B
authors.initials: PB
authors.lastname: Fisher
authors.forename: Charles E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: McCulloch
authors.forename: Jack W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: McAninch
authors.forename: Benjamin N
authors.initials: BN
authors.lastname: Breyer
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003020:Clothing; D003257:Consumer Product Safety; D004630:Emergencies; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D015444:Exercise; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011446:Prospective Studies; D013177:Sports; D013997:Time Factors; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D014566:Urogenital System / Q000293:injuries*; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D055815:Young Adult