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*Signs: Blood at meatus, high prostate, difficulty voiding
*Signs: Blood at meatus, high prostate, difficulty voiding
*Management
*Management
*Presence of urethral injury should be ruled out prior to foley insertion!
**Presence of urethral injury should be ruled out prior to foley insertion!
*Retrograde urethogram
**Retrograde urethogram
*Suprapubic cystotomy to allow drainage of bladder
**Suprapubic cystotomy to allow drainage of bladder
*Bladder Rupture
*Bladder Rupture
*Extraperitoneal
**Extraperitoneal
*Assoc w/ pelvic fx and laceration by bony fragments
***Assoc w/ pelvic fx and laceration by bony fragments
*Leakage of urine into perivesicular space
***Leakage of urine into perivesicular space
*Intraperitoneal
**Intraperitoneal
*Assoc w/ compresive force in presence of full bladder
***Assoc w/ compresive force in presence of full bladder
*Pelvic fracture + gross hematuria = bladder rupture!
**Pelvic fracture + gross hematuria = bladder rupture!
*Fewer than 1% of all blunt bladder injuries present with urinalysis w/ <25 RBCs/HPF
*Fewer than 1% of all blunt bladder injuries present with urinalysis w/ <25 RBCs/HPF
*Signs: blood at meatus, inability to void, suprapubic pain
*Signs: blood at meatus, inability to void, suprapubic pain
*Management
*Management
*Bladder drainage via foley cather
**Bladder drainage via foley cather
*Diagnosic w/u indicated for patients with:
**Diagnosic w/u indicated for patients with:
*Gross hematuria
***Gross hematuria
*Inability to void
***Inability to void
*Pelvic ring fx in assoc w/ microscopic hematuria
***Pelvic ring fx in assoc w/ microscopic hematuria
*Retrograde cystography
*Retrograde cystography
*A "tear drop" shape suggests extraperitoneal bladder rupture
**A "tear drop" shape suggests extraperitoneal bladder rupture
*A routine abd/pelvis CT is not sensitive for bladder rupture!
*A routine abd/pelvis CT is not sensitive for bladder rupture!
*Need retrograde contrast
**Need retrograde contrast
*Extraperitoneal rupture - nonoperative management with simple urinary drainage
*Extraperitoneal rupture - nonoperative management with simple urinary drainage
*Intraperitoneal rupture - primary surgical repair
*Intraperitoneal rupture - primary surgical repair
*External Genitalia Injury
*External Genitalia Injury
*If suspect testicular injury obtain ultrasound
**If suspect testicular injury obtain ultrasound
*Any pt with external genitialia trauma w/ hematuria, urinary retention or dysuria requires a retrograde urethrogram
**Any pt with external genitialia trauma w/ hematuria, urinary retention or dysuria requires a retrograde urethrogram
 
 


Reference: Harwood-Nuss
Reference: Harwood-Nuss


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[[Category:Trauma]]

Revision as of 12:32, 24 June 2011

Upper Tract Injuries (kidney + ureter)

  • Majority of blunt trauma injuries present w/ hematuria
  • Renal pedicle injuries and penetrating injuries to ureter may not cause hematuria!
  • AAST Grading System for renal injuries
  • Non-operative management
    • Grade I: Cortex contusion
    • Grade II: Cortex laceration
  • Possible operative management
    • Grade III: Corticomedullary junction laceration
      • Grade IV: Collecting system laceration
  • Operative management
    • Grade V: Shattered kidney, thrombosis of renal artery, avulsion of hilum
  • Who to image?
    • Penetrating trauma
    • Blunt trauma with gross hematuria
    • Blunt trauma with microscopic hematuria (>5 rbc/HPF) and hemodynamic instability
    • High-energy deceleration mechanism or suspected associated intra-abdominal injuries
  • Disposition
    • Majority of blunt renal injuries and all penetrating renal injuries require admission


Lower Tract Injuries (bladder + urethra + genitalia)

  • Often accompany pelvic fracture
  • Urethral Injuries
    • Anterior: Self-instrumentation, falls, straddle injuries
    • Posterior: Accompany pelvic fx
  • Perform pelvic exam in all women with pelvic fractures!
  • Signs: Blood at meatus, high prostate, difficulty voiding
  • Management
    • Presence of urethral injury should be ruled out prior to foley insertion!
    • Retrograde urethogram
    • Suprapubic cystotomy to allow drainage of bladder
  • Bladder Rupture
    • Extraperitoneal
      • Assoc w/ pelvic fx and laceration by bony fragments
      • Leakage of urine into perivesicular space
    • Intraperitoneal
      • Assoc w/ compresive force in presence of full bladder
    • Pelvic fracture + gross hematuria = bladder rupture!
  • Fewer than 1% of all blunt bladder injuries present with urinalysis w/ <25 RBCs/HPF
  • Signs: blood at meatus, inability to void, suprapubic pain
  • Management
    • Bladder drainage via foley cather
    • Diagnosic w/u indicated for patients with:
      • Gross hematuria
      • Inability to void
      • Pelvic ring fx in assoc w/ microscopic hematuria
  • Retrograde cystography
    • A "tear drop" shape suggests extraperitoneal bladder rupture
  • A routine abd/pelvis CT is not sensitive for bladder rupture!
    • Need retrograde contrast
  • Extraperitoneal rupture - nonoperative management with simple urinary drainage
  • Intraperitoneal rupture - primary surgical repair
  • External Genitalia Injury
    • If suspect testicular injury obtain ultrasound
    • Any pt with external genitialia trauma w/ hematuria, urinary retention or dysuria requires a retrograde urethrogram

Reference: Harwood-Nuss