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THIRAYAN, V et al. High-grade renal trauma in children and adolescents can be successfully managed non-operatively. S. Afr. j. surg. [online]. 2023, vol.61, n.1, pp.26-30. ISSN 2078-5151.  http://dx.doi.org/10.36303/SAJS.3696.

BACKGROUND: This paper reviews our experience with management of renal injuries in children and adolescents with a focus on the outcome of non-operative management (NOM METHODS: Retrospective review of the clinical characteristics, injury grade (I-III, low grade and IV and V high grade), management and outcomes of children < 18 years old with renal trauma presenting to a major trauma centre in South Africa between December 2012 and October 2020 RESULTS: Sixty-one children with a renal injury were identified with a median age of 13 (range 0-18) years. Forty-five were boys; blunt and penetrating mechanisms of trauma were sustained by 55 (90%) and six (10%) children, respectively. The median American Association for the Surgery of Trauma (AAST) grade of renal injury was 3 (range 1-5): this included eight (13%) with grade I, six (10%) with grade II, 17 (28%) with grade III, 20 (46%) with grade IV and 10 (16%) with grade V injuries. Forty children (66%) were successfully managed non-operatively and 21 required a laparotomy; of these six (28%) required nephrectomy. The overall renal salvage rate was 55/61 (90%). Children who required laparotomy were significantly more likely to have sustained a penetrating mechanism of injury (24% vs 2%) and have greater length of hospital stay (median 9 vs 3 days) compared to children managed non-operatively (p < 0.05). Children who underwent a nephrectomy had a significantly greater length of hospital stay (median 9 vs 4 days, p = 0.03); however, their demographics, outcomes and complications were otherwise not different. Twenty-four (39%) children developed complications. Two children (3%) died; one managed non-operatively and one with a laparotomy CONCLUSION: Paediatric renal trauma can be successfully managed non-operatively in over two-thirds of cases in this middle-income country. High grade of renal injury does not absolutely predict need for surgery or nephrectomy and can be managed non-operatively

Palavras-chave : paediatric; trauma; abdominal injury; non-operative management.

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