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Pediatric Urologic Trauma

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Genitourinary trauma is second most common cause of trauma in pediatric patient with an estimated rate of 3–10%;with renal trauma contributing to 50% of GU injuries. Most injuries are result of motor vehicle accidents and it can precipitate unique urological problems and morbidity associated with the injury. The following is a review of pertinent clinical information and surgical managements regarding pediatric urologic trauma with supporting evidence from the current literature and guidelines.

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  1. University of Alabama-Birmingham School of Medicine, Birmingham, AL, USA

    Carter Boyd & Elena Gibson

  2. Department of Urology, University of Alabama-Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA

    Pankaj P. Dangle

  3. Pediatric Urology, Children’s Hospital of Alabama, Birmingham, AL, USA

    Pankaj P. Dangle

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  3. Department of Surgery and IHPME, University of Toronto Paediatric Urology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada

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Boyd, C., Gibson, E., Dangle, P.P. (2021). Pediatric Urologic Trauma. In: Godbole, P., Wilcox, D.T., Koyle, M.A. (eds) Practical Pediatric Urology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-54020-3_20

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