Renal And Testis Injuries in Team Sports

Autor: George W. Kaplan, Barry E. LoSasso, Irene M. McAleer
Rok vydání: 2002
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Zdroj: Journal of Urology. 168:1805-1807
ISSN: 1527-3792
0022-5347
DOI: 10.1016/s0022-5347(05)64418-7
Popis: Purpose: Children with a solitary testis or kidney are generally advised against contact team sport participation to protect the solitary organ. We performed a review of renal and testis injury cases to ascertain if there was an increased likelihood of significant renal or testis injury in team sports.Materials and Methods: We retrospectively reviewed charts on patients evaluated and/or admitted to the trauma service with renal or testis injuries. Severity, outcome and external cause of injury were evaluated as well as patient demographics. Patients were excluded from study if there was no radiographic or physical (postmortem or surgical) evidence of injury. Trauma admission/registry data from all patients enrolled were used for comparison.Results: Of 14,763 patients enrolled in the trauma registry from July 1984 until December 2000, 450 (3%) were given a renal or testis injury diagnosis by the registry but only 209 patients (1.4%) met the review criteria for documentation of injury. There were 19...
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