| Grade
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Description
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Image
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CT Example
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| I
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- Contusion
- Microscopic or gross hematuria. Urological studies normal.
- Hematoma
- Subcapsular, non-expanding without parenchymal laceration.
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| II
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- Hematoma
- Non-expanding peri-renal hematoma confined to renal retroperitoneum.
- Laceration
- <1.0 cm parenchymal depth of renal cortex without urinary extravasation.
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| III
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- Laceration
- >1.0 cm parenchymal depth of renal cortex without collecting system rupture or urinary extravasation.
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| IV
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- Laceration
- Parenchymal laceration extending through renal cortex, medulla, and collecting system.
- Vascular
- Main renal artery or vein injury with contained hemorrhage.
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| V
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- Laceration
- Completely shattered kidney.
- Vascular
- Avulsion of renal hilum that devascularises kidney.
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