Open AccessUreteral injuries from gunshots and shells of explosive devices
Author(s) -
Ammar Fadil Abid,
Hussein Lafta Hashem
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
urology annals
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.355
H-Index - 20
eISSN - 0974-7834
pISSN - 0974-7796
DOI - 10.4103/0974-7796.62920
Subject(s) - medicine , surgery , blunt , penetrating trauma , nephrectomy , gunshot injury , complication , ureter , general surgery , kidney , endocrinology
Penetrating rather than blunt trauma is the most common cause of ureteral injuries. The approach to management differs from the far more common iatrogenic injury.