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Mechanisms of GU injury

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  • most common blunt injuries are: MVC, falls, assaults, sports injuries
  • most common penetrating: GSW, stab

-children are more prone to GU injury than adults

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Indications for imaging of GU in trauma:

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  • gross hematuria (or any hematuria if penetrating trauma)
  • BP 50 RBC on u/a
  • deceleration injury
  • other intra-abdominal or intrapelvic injuries
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Renal injuries and mgmt:

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  • grade I-III can often be handled non-operatively
  • absolute indications for OR: life-threatening hemorrhage from renal injury, expanding/pulsatile/non-contained retroperitoneal hematoma, renal avulsion injury

-complications: delayed bleeding can occur up to 1mo after injury (AV fistulas occur in 25% of grad III, IV lacs) - urinoma can occur weeks to years after - perinephric abscess - HTN from renal artery injury

  • for pts with isolated trauma and microscopic hematuria and no indications for imaging: d/c home and no heavy lifting or strenuous activity x2w until resolution of hematuria
  • gross hematuria needs admission
  • hematuria with normal imaging (renal contusion) can be d/c home
  • pts with subcapsular hematoma can be d/c home with f/u in 24h
  • grade II or higher, admit under surgeon
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ureter injuries

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  • only 70% of ureteral injuries will have hematuria, therefore absence of hematuria does not rule out ureteral injury
  • w/u: u/a, IVU, CT, retrograde peylogram
  • tx: stent, repair, surgery
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Bladder injuries

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  • 80% are associated with pelvic #
  • occur in 2% of blunt abdo trauma
  • higher risk for intoxicated pts b/c bladder distended
  • extraperitoneal rupture is most common (55%), then intraperitoneal
  • intraperitoneal always require srugerical exploration
  • extraperitoneal can potentially be managed with bladder catheter drainage (will heal in 1-3w), give prophylactic Abx

-complications: ascites, abscess, peritonitis, sepsis, fistula, neurogenic bladder, impotence

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urethral injuries

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  • classified as posterior or anterior
  • posterior are in the membranous and prostatic urethra, usually related to blunt trauma from deceleration, often have a pelvic #
  • anterior are anterior to the membranous urethra, from trauma to the perineum, blow to bulbar segment, straddle injury, can occur int he penile urethra from penile #, can result in strictures
  • female urethral injuries usually present with PV bleeding
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Genitalia injuries

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  • penile #: rupture of the corpus cavernosum in an erect penis, crack is heard, pain, immediate detumescence, swelling, discoloration and deformity
  • traumatic dislocation of the testicle
  • testicular rupture: disruption of the tunica albuginea, tunica vaginalis fills with blood that appears as a large, blue tender scrotal swelling
  • investigate with color doppler u/s
  • traumatic epididymitis can occur a few days after a blow to the testis, treat as per nontraumatic epidid.
  • all penetrating trauma to penis needs surgical opinion

-zipper injury - cana try mineral iol and lidocaine infiltrationto free the penile skin or try wire-cutters to bring the zipper apart