Renal Artery Avulsion from Blunt Kidney Trauma

Abstract

The kidney is the most frequently injured organ in the urogenital tract with more than 5% of all trauma [1, 2] and 10% of all abdominal trauma [3]. Young men are most commonly affected [4]. The management of renal trauma has shown a trend towards conservative treatment in recent years, even for higher-grade injuries (grade IV and V) [5]. The increased availability and use of interventional radiological procedures for the selective embolization of injured vessels has led to a reduction in open surgical interventions and thus to increased organ preservation [3, 5-7]. Injuries to the kidney vessels, especially the renal artery, are very rare with less than 5% of all abdominal trauma [3].