renal trauma management in 8 cities of iran

this prospective study, conducted in 8 cities of iran from 1999 to 2000. out of total 16,573 trauma patients, 106 (0.63%) included in this study had renal injury. this study aimed at investigation of incidence, etiology and management of renal trauma patients in iran. they were 87 (82.1%) male and 19 (17.9%) female patients. renal trauma mechanism was mainly blunt injury (93.4%). road traffic crashes (61.3%) and falls (22.7%) were the most leading causes of trauma. these patients had different grade of traumas as follow: sixty-six (62.3%) grade i, 14 (13.2%) grade ii, 10 (9.4%) grade iii, 8 (7.5%) grade iv and 8 (7.5%) grade v. out of 106 patients, eighty-three (78.3%) patients managed conservatively, most had grade i injury (p© 2009 tehran university of medical sciences. all rights reserved.