title: Grade IV renal trauma in a 17-year-old patient.
abstract: Renal trauma occurs in 1-5% of all trauma cases. The kidney is the most commonly injured genitourinary and abdominal organ. In this case we present a 17-year-old patient with a grade IV trauma of the left kidney with renal rupture, hematoma, and urinoma. He was referred to our hospital in hemodynamic stability; therefore, a conservative approach was chosen. One year after the accident the patient was free from symptoms, and the renal function was normal; CT-scan revealed neither hematoma nor urinoma. Since nothing is known on the long-term outcomes in patients with severe renal traumas, long-term follow up studies are highly recommended.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Medical University Graz, Austria ; Department of Radiology, Medical University Graz, Austria.
authors.forename: Badereddin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Mohamad Al-Ali
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Medical University Graz, Austria ; Department of Radiology, Medical University Graz, Austria.
authors.forename: Felix
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Thimary
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Medical University Graz, Austria ; Department of Radiology, Medical University Graz, Austria.
authors.forename: Karl
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Pummer
keywords: grade IV trauma; hematoma; urinoma