Open AccessNephrectomy is Associated with Increased Mortality after Renal Trauma: An Analysis of the National Trauma Data Bank from 2007-2016
Author(s) -
Ross Anderson,
Sorena Keihani,
Rupam Das,
Heidi A. Hanson,
Marta L. McCrum,
James M. Hotaling,
Jeremy B. Myers
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
the journal of urology/the journal of urology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.402
H-Index - 256
eISSN - 1527-3792
pISSN - 0022-5347
DOI - 10.1097/ju.0000000000001366
Subject(s) - medicine , nephrectomy , glasgow coma scale , injury severity score , revised trauma score , odds ratio , shock (circulatory) , logistic regression , renal function , surgery , kidney , poison control , emergency medicine , injury prevention
The majority of high grade renal trauma can be managed conservatively. However, nephrectomy is still common for acute management. We hypothesized that when controlling for multiple injury severity measures, nephrectomy would be associated with increased mortality.