Abstract:Objectives: To review our experience with the management of high-grade (grade IV and V) renal injuries to clarify the role of conservative management.Methods: From 1991 to 2003, 79 consecutive patients (age range 2 to 14 years) with renal injuries were treated in an urban level I pediatric trauma center. Twenty children were identified as having high-grade renal injury (grade IV, 10 children and grade V, 10 children). The mechanism of injury was blunt trauma in 17 patients (85%) and penetrating trauma in 3 (15… Show more
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