Abstract:Background: To analyze our experience with renal gunshot wounds (GSW). Methods: We analyzed our prospective trauma database for patients with renal GSW. Results: Two hundred one patients (206 renal units) with renal GSW were collected from our database. Preoperative imaging (1-shot intravenous pyelogram, dedicated intravenous pyelogram, or computed tomography) was performed in 68.7% (n = 140). Gross or microscopic (>5 red blood cell/high power field) hematuria was present in 88.7%. Injury to other organs was p… Show more
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