This document provides an overview of urological trauma, including injuries to the kidneys, ureters, bladder, and urethra. It discusses the epidemiology, anatomy, classification systems, signs and symptoms, diagnosis, and management of injuries to each part of the urinary system. Urological trauma is most commonly seen in males and is often caused by motor vehicle accidents or falls. The kidneys are the most frequently injured organ. Diagnosis involves imaging like CT scans or cystograms. Treatment depends on the severity and location of the injury but may include repair, stents, drainage, or reconstruction.
4. EPIDEMIOLOGY (2021)
Urological trauma is seen in both sexes and in all age group, but is more common in males.
→ The renal is the most commonly injured organ in the urinary system; renal trauma is seen in up to 5%
of all trauma cases and in 10% of all abdominal trauma cases
→ Ureteral trauma is relatively rare (1%)
→ Traumatic bladder injuries : extraperitoneal (65%) and intraperitoneal (25%)
→ The urethra trauma (4%)
10. Renal Injury
• Injury to the kidney caused by an outside force.
• The most commonly injured urologic organ.
• There are two types of trauma blunt and penetrating.
11. • Classified by the mechanism of injury
• Blunt injury:
- Vehicle accident
- Fall
- Sports injury
• Penetrating injury:
- Bullet
- Knife
- Any object piercing the body
TYPES OF RENAL TRAUMA
13. • History of accident
• Sign and Symptom
• Physical Examination
• Laboratory
• Imaging
DIAGNOSIS OF RENAL INJURY
14. • Penetrating trauma (abdomen, flank or lower chest)
• Blunt trauma with significant mechanism
• Blunt trauma with shock (systolic<90mmhg)
• Blunt trauma with hematuria
• Pediatric with hematuria (>5cell/high power field)
INDICATION FOR RENAL
IMAGING
15. • CT: (Computed Tomography)
- Gold standard method
• IVP: (Intravenous Pyelography)
- Less effective
• MRI:
- Cost and Increased imaging time
• Angiography:
- Embolization in penetrating injury
• Ultrasound:
RENAL INJURY RADIOLOGY
16. • Grade I:
Subcapsular hematoma non-expanding
Contusions and small infarcts No
parenchymal laceration
• Grade II:
Less than 1cm laceration Non-
expanding perirenal hematoma
• Grade III:
Greater than 1cm laceration Not
extending to collecting system
• Grade IV:
GRADE OF RENAL INJURY AAST
21. Ureteral Injury
Overall, a ureteral injury is rare. The most
common cause is iatrogenic trauma during open
surgery, laparoscopic, or endoscopic procedures.
Penetrating trauma accounts for most non-
iatrogenic ureteral injuries.
22. Blunt injury Penetrating injury Iatrogenic injury
Penetrating ureteral
trauma is the most
after com from
gunshot or stab
wound.
• Hyperextension of
spine
• Lumbar process
rupture
• Thoracolumbar spine
injury
• Fall from height
the ureter can be
injured during
pelvic surgery
• Gynecology
• General surgery
• Vascular surgery
• Ureteroscopy
Etiolog
y
23. • The iatrogenic injury is usually not be recognized at time of
surgery. More often, a delayed diagnosis is made when
leakage of urine from the wound drain or vagina is noted
• Nonspecific features include
- abdominal or flank pain.
- infection/sepsis
- Hematuria
- vomiting and signs of urinary obstruction (hydronephrosis
and reduced renal function).
Clinical
features
30. • The bladder is an intra-pelvic organ
• It becomes intra-abdominal while full
• Bladder trauma is an uncommon injury that can be
caused by direct blow to a distended bladder, high
energy injury which disrupts the pelvis, penetrating and
iatrogenic injuries
Definition
31. ETIOLOGY
Motor vehicle accidents Bony fragement Gynea and obs procedures TURB
Falls Gun shot Urological procedures TURP
Pelvic crush Stab General surgical procedures
Blow to lower abdomen Warfare injuries
32. • Suprapubic pain or tenderness (Lower
abdominal pain)
• Gross hematuria/macroscopic
hematuria (95%) or microscopic
hematuria (5%)
• Suprapubic or peritoneal ecchymosis
• Abdominal distension
• Abdominal guarding or rigidity or ileus
• Urinary retention
SIGN AND SYMPTOM
33. The American association for the surgery of trauma (AAST) proposes a classification
of bladder trauma
Based on the extent and location of
the injury
Intraperitoneal
Extraperitoneal
Combined intra-extraperitoneal
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Based on mode of action
Non-iatrogenic trauma
Blunt
Penetrating
Iatrogenic trauma
External
Internal
Foreign body
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CLASSIFICATION
38. Urethral Injury
-Anterior urethral injury: The bulbar urethral is the
most common site affected by blunt trauma,
Iatrogenic injury is the most common type of urethral
trauma
-Posterior urethral injuries Blunt posterior urethral
injuries (membranous) are almost exclusively related
to pelvic fractures
39. • Female urethral injuries
• Birth related injuries to the female urethra are
rare and consist of minor (peri)urethral
lacerations during vaginal
• Delivery
•
Urethral Injury