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6 Symptoms, Signs, andDiagnostic Means ofRenal Trauma
6.2 Laboratory Tests
The clinician should rapidly request a complete blood count (CBC) (hemoglobin and hematocrit), blood crossmatching, renal function tests, coagulation prole, as well as urine analysis to detect microscopic hematuria. Depending on the presenta­tion, other blood tests might also be useful (amylase, troponin, D-dimer, C-RP, etc.).
6.3 Imaging
6.3.1 Contrast-Enhanced Computerized Tomography (CECT)
For more than two decades, intravenous urography (IVU) has been supplanted by CECT which is now the gold standard imaging means to dene and grade the renal injury either for blunt or penetrating renal trauma. However, being time­consuming, CECT should be performed only in a stable patient as recommended by Experts’ panel guidelines [2, 3].
Because of the poor correlation between hematuria and the injury grade, radio­logical investigations are recommended in all patients with penetrating injuries. For those with blunt trauma, due to the absence of prospective randomized trials, there is a consensus that hemodynamically stable patients with suspected renal trauma should undergo imaging examinations, the suspicion being built upon history and the presence of gross hematuria or microhematuria [4].
In this setting, it has been shown that patients with blunt trauma, microscopic hematuria, and systolic blood pressure>90 mmHg have a very low incidence of major renal injury (0.2%) and do not require imaging investigations. On the con­trary, those who have BP<90mmHg have 12.5% of major renal injury [5].
In addition, despite the total absence of hematuria, radiological investigations should be performed in patients with a suggestive history of deceleration injuries or those with multiple associated injuries: high-speed motor vehicle accident (MVA) and falls from height [46].
As the patient’s hemodynamic stability status is a key factor in deciding on the management, it is important to refresh the readers’ mind with some denitions [7]:
In adult patients, hemodynamic instability is dened by:
– Systolic blood pressure <90 mmHg + signs of skin vasoconstriction (cool,
decreased capillary rell), altered level of consciousness, and/or shortness of
breath or
– BP >90 mmHg but requiring bolus infusions or transfusions and/or inotropic
support, and/or base excess (BE)>5 mmol/L, and/or shock index 1 >1, and/or
transfusion requirement of at least 4–6 units of packed red blood cells within the
rst 24 h
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The shock index (SI) is the ratio between heart rate and systolic blood pressure in mmHg (HR/
SBP). It helps to detect early hemorrhagic shock and to determine the severity of the trauma.
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In pediatric patients, hemodynamic stability is considered as:
– A systolic blood pressure of 90 mmHg plus twice the child’s age in years (the
lower limit is inferior to 70 mmHg plus twice the child’s age in years or inferior
to 50 mmHg in some studies)
As a rule of thumb, based on general consensus, experts’ panels [2, 3, 8, 9] rec­ommend performing diagnostic imaging with CECT in hemodynamically stable patients presenting with the following:
– Blunt trauma with visible (gross, macroscopic) haematuria – Blunt trauma with non-visible (microscopic) haematuria + one episode of hypo-
tension (syst BP<90mmHg)
– History of rapid deceleration injury and/or signicant associated injuries – Penetrating trauma – Clinical signs suggestive of renal trauma (ank pain, abrasions, fractured ribs,
abdominal distension, and/or mass or tenderness elicited on palpation)
A complete CT study should include four phases [9]:
– Precontrast: help identifying renal calculi or intraparenchymal hematoma. – Postcontrast arterial (35s postintravenous injection): identify parenchymal and
vascular damage, eventual presence of active extravasation, and another solid
organ injury.
– Postcontrast nephrogenic/portal venous (75s postintravenous injection): identify
active extravasation and optimally demonstrate parenchymal contusions and
lacerations.
– Delayed (5–10min postintravenous injection): identify eventual collecting sys-
tem and ureteral injury and urinoma.
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After an initial imaging, general consensus also prevails that reimaging with a repeat CECT should be obtained for high-grade renal injuries after 2–4 days to reevaluate the progress or be requested whenever there are signs of complications such as fever, abdominal distension, unexplained decrease Hb and Hct, or signi­cant ank pain [2, 3, 9].
6.3.2 Ultrasonography (U/S)
U/S is inferior to CECT and has limited use. However, it may help detect renal lac­erations and hematoma but is unable to dene the nature of a collecting uid (urine or blood). It is useful in the follow-up of hydronephrosis and uid resorption, with the advantage of being radiation-free, especially in the pediatric population [9].
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6 Symptoms, Signs, andDiagnostic Means ofRenal Trauma
6.3.3 Intravenous Urography (IVU) or Intravenous
Pyelography (IVP)
IVP has become obsolete nowadays due to the widespread distribution of cross­sectional imaging (CT scan). Nonetheless, the European Association of Urology (EAU) recommends proceeding to a rapid one-shot intra-operative IVP to conrm the presence of the contralateral kidney before engaging in a surgical exploration in unstable patients who cannot undergo a CT scan beforehand: Practically, a bolus of 2mL/kg of contrast is given followed by a single plain X-ray lm after 10min [2].
6.3.4 Other Imaging Modalities
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is impracticable in the setting of a trauma as it requires a tedious arrangement and is not superior to CECT.However, MRI may be useful in a stable pregnant woman or in patients who are allergic to iodine [7].
Radionuclide studies have a role in the follow-up to evaluate scarring and loss of kidney or secondary obstruction.
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I.Conservative andMini-Invasive Management
Following a long period of lethargy with scarce publications about the conservative management of renal trauma in the post-World War II period, a new era of explosive interest in this subject arose in the mid-2000s [1].
Success was once considered when a patient survived a renal trauma and nephrec­tomy was frequently performed for any severe trauma to reach this goal. Then emo­tional progress was made in the management of renal trauma over the last 20years. Nowadays, while still aiming at the patient’s survival, true success is increasingly considered as salvaging the injured kidney. More and more researchers and clini­cians rightly consider the unnecessary removal of a kidney during the treatment of renal trauma as “an avoidable disaster second only to death or extreme debility” and preconize preserving renal function while minimizing morbidity and eliminating kidney-related mortality [2].
Moreover, analysis of high-grade renal trauma patients in the National Trauma Data Bank (NTDB) for a 10-year period from 2007 to 2016 showed that nephrec­tomy is an independent factor associated with increased risk of mortality after adjusting for injury characteristics, overall injury severity, and patient demograph­ics. In this study, nephrectomy was associated with 82% increased odds of death in multivariable logistic regression [3].
With the exception of critical scenarios where the patient is unstable and expec­tative management is obviously deemed dangerous, the great fear of the treating team in the approach of a renal trauma should be to do more harm than good. A meta-analysis has shown that nonoperative approaches result in lower mortality compared with operating management even when considering solely high-grade blunt as well as penetrating injuries [4] (Fig.7.1a–d).
The conservative management or minimally invasive approaches for grades IV and V blunt renal trauma have also been supported in the pediatric population by systemic reviews which demonstrated short- and long-term favorable outcomes [5] and a lower rate of kidney loss with angioembolization than with surgical interven­tion [6].
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Fig. 7.1 (a–d) An 18-year-old sherman who fell and sustained abdominal trauma resulting in a shattered right kidney (AAST grade V) and largely associated intra and perinephric hematoma (127×115×85 mm) (H) and extravasation (E): (a–c) Axial, coronal and sagittal image of the right kidney and hematoma. (d) The patient was stable, only a DJ stent (St) was inserted and the rest of management was conservative. (e) Follow-up repeat CT showed nearly complete healing at 8months
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Fig. 7.1 (continued)
The National Trauma Data Bank (NTDB) research in the USA shows that 83.4% of renal traumata were managed nonoperatively, and only 16.6% were treated with interventional therapy for the period 2010–2014 [7].
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Even when specifying high-grade injuries only (AAST grade III–V) for the period 2014–2017, data still show that 70% were managed nonoperatively, 11% underwent minimally invasive management, 19% were operated on, and 67% of the operated patients underwent nephrectomy. Thus, the overall nephrectomy rate for all patients with high-grade injury was 13%, and more specically 0.4%, 15%, and 62% for grades III, IV, and V, respectively [8].
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7.1 Supportive andAdjunctive Treatments
The critically sick and shocked patient is better resuscitated in a high dependency or intensive care unit with continuous monitoring, intravenous crystalloid infusion, blood transfusions, inotropic support if required, oxygen supplement if required, central venous pressure line, urine output monitoring, intubation, and so on. The details are outside the scope of this book. For most of the patients, there is no clear recommendation on DVT thromboprophylaxis, antibiotic prophylaxis, and mobili­zation due to a lack of evidence [9].
Consensus pleads, however, for antibiotic prophylaxis with a single dose, with the possibility to continue the antibiotic therapy in cases of urinary extravasation or high-grade injury. Also, putting into balance the ongoing or possible sudden occur­rence of bleeding weighed against the risk of thrombosis in a traumatized bedridden patient with kidney trauma, compression stockings are advised while low molecular heparin can be given in selected cases only after risk balancing. Catheterization is advised in patients with high-grade trauma or in those with heavy hematuria.
7.2 Minimally Invasive Approach
7.2.1 The Rationale ofMinimally Invasive Approach
Prioritizing less invasive management applies to all ages, and pediatric patients should be treated in the same way as adults, either in blunt or penetrating urogenital injuries [10].
However, experts’ opinion states that non-invasive management in severe inju­ries should be supported by the availability of close clinical observation and hemo­dynamic monitoring facilities (ideally in high dependency/intensive care units), proper laboratory tests, and immediate procurement of whole blood, packed cells, and other blood products. Also, diagnostic means should be readily available, as well as immediate access to interventional radiology (angioembolization) and sur­gery [10].
While still considering the hemodynamical status of the patient as the key factor to decide on either nonoperative or operative management, the second factor that should be considered is the AAST grade, not because this will directly and imme­diately dictate the management option, but because it has a correlation with the hemodynamical status and will keep the clinician on alert:
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– Grade I: Nonoperative management. These patients rarely require any interven-
tion, and no nephrectomy has been associated with this grade.
– Grade II: Nonoperative management. Rarely require any intervention. However,
due to small parenchymal laceration (<1cm), persistent moderate pain might be
present due to a larger subcapsular hematoma than in grade I.No nephrectomy
has been associated with this grade.
– Grade III: Again, nonoperative management must be considered for any stable
patient. However, as there is a deeper laceration of the cortex (>1cm), a larger
subcapsular hematoma is expected with subsequent increased pain requiring
more analgesia and also the need for blood transfusion, percutaneous drainage if
the hematoma is expanding, and even selective arterial embolization if the
patient’s Hb drops requiring repeated blood transfusion.
– Rarely, if embolization is ineffective, exploration might be needed to remove the
hematoma and proceed to hemostatic renorrhaphy of the laceration. Failure to
control the bleeding might lead to nephrectomy. Old studies showed higher rates
of nephrectomy (3–9%) in grade III renal injury [11], which signicantly
decreased with the introduction of angioembolization to almost completely dis-
appear [12].
– Grade IV: Conservative management has still a large place in grade IV blunt
renal injury [13].
– However, when remembering the denition of this grade with deeper parenchy-
mal laceration up to the collecting system and main renal artery or vein injury,
one can expect the presence of a larger possibly pulsating hematoma, with a drop
of hemoglobin requiring frequent blood transfusion and the presence of urinoma.
– Therefore, the need for interventional management must be permanently kept in
mind consisting of percutaneous urinoma drainage, placement of a DJ stent, an
angioembolization in the presence of continuous bleeding with expansive hema-
toma, and even surgical exploration in case of failed embolization, or severe
pain, or sepsis from an infected hematoma or abscess.
– The chances of nephrectomy are higher in grade IV than in grade III, even if the
trend is going down due to the development of angioembolization. A study
showed that angioembolization and ureteral stent placement were necessary in
22 patients out of 124 (18%) patients with grade IV injury [14], and a 25-year
retrospective study of 153 cases of grade IV kidney injury concluded in 2006
showed 67% (two-thirds) of cases treated operatively and 33% (one-third) treated
nonoperatively [15]. Nephrectomy was performed in 15 patients from this
cohort (9.8%).
– More recent research showed a higher rate of successful nonoperative manage-
ment of grade IV renal injury (82%) and only 2 patients out of 124 underwent
partial nephrectomy (1.6%) and 2 others total nephrectomy [14].
– Grade V injury: Again, a stable patient can still be managed conservatively. – Indeed, in our practice, we have successfully managed conservatively cases of
grade V trauma with shattered kidney, some of them without even a minimally
invasive procedure (Fig.7.1). More frequently, however, these patients require
either a DJ stent insertion or angioembolization. Nonetheless, due to the higher
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possibility of a rapidly expansive hematoma or the presence of a completely
shattered kidney, a higher rate (52%) of grade V injuries requires operative
exploration (half of the patients) with a rate of nephrectomy 23% of cases [14].
– Angioembolization is of great interest in avulsed main renal vessels when one is
planning to proceed to exploration and removal of the kidney as it will minimize
the bleeding during mobilization of the kidney and removal of the hematoma. It
can also be considered for segmental arteries in shattered kidney with no main
vessels’ avulsion. It has a decreased rate of renal unit loss compared with surgi-
cal intervention in stable patients with persistent or delayed bleeding [6].
In the pediatric population also, there are robust data supporting conservative management protocols for high-grade (III, IV, and V) blunt renal trauma as these have favorable short- and long-term outcomes [5].
A European systematic review found a signicant heterogeneity in the outcomes of high-grade renal trauma management according to the published series. However, when comparing the nonoperative with the operative approaches, it found that the overall mortality, renal preservation, and complication rates are signicantly better in the nonoperative management group than in the operative one, with values of 0–3% vs. 0–29%, 84–100% vs. 0–82%, and 5–32% vs. 10–76%, respectively [16].
A great change has occurred in the last decade with the majority of isolated blunt renal artery injuries being also treated conservatively leaving only a minority of cases for nephrectomy, endovascular stenting, or open renal artery repair [17].
Another important factor to keep in mind after considering the patient’s hemody­namic status and the AAST injury grade is the mechanism of injury. As for the AAST grade, the importance of the mechanism lies in its correlation with the patient’s hemodynamic status. Penetrating injuries have shown a higher rate of
interventions than blunt trauma despite still being managed nonoperatively in the majority of cases: 40% nonoperative, 38% renorrhaphy, and 22% nephrec-
tomy. And among penetrating injuries, renal gunshot wounds were mostly managed surgically with 26% and 42% requiring nephrectomy and renorrhaphy, respectively, while only 32% were successfully managed nonoperatively [18] (Fig.7.2).
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7.2.2 Minimally Invasive Procedures
7.2.2.1 Angioembolization
Angiography in a patient after a renal trauma may reveal actively bleeding vessels, pseudoaneurysms, arteriovenous stulas, or arterio-calyceal stula or may show no abnormality or bleeding.
The technique of angioembolization is performed under local anesthesia, and the common femoral artery is the preferred approach. The patient’s vital signs are monitored. The kidney side of interest is selected, and when the area of bleeding is visualized, a super-selective approach is undertaken so that distal embolization is limited to the site to avoid the devascularization of unaffected parenchyma. For this reason, the embolizing material should be positioned at, or beyond, the interlobar
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Fig. 7.2 Incidence of nonoperative management, renorrhaphy, and nephrectomy of penetrating renal injury grades I–V. (From Bjurlin MA etal. [18], with permission from Lippincott Williams and Wilkins (Wolters Kluwer Health))
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Fig. 7.3 Grade 4 left renal laceration after fall. Axial (a) and coronal (b) CT images showing laceration of the left kidney with hyperdense material (red arrow) showing active hemorrhage. Angiography (c) shows the area of bleeding in the inferior pole (white arrow). After coil emboliza­tion (d), the bleeding is controlled. The lack of parenchymal contrast peripheral to the coils in the medial inferior pole represents devascularized tissue. (From Lopez-Gonzalez DB etal. [19], with permission from Georg Thieme Verlag KG)
artery. Various materials may be utilized for an effective embolization: microcoils, gelfoam, polyvinyl-alcohol (PVA) particles, and vascular plug (Amplatzer) [19, 20] (Figs.7.3, 7.4, and 7.5).
The combination of these materials might be used to potentiate their effects.
A review of angioembolization for iatrogenic kidney injury showed a 100% tech­nical success rate and a 95% clinical success rate.
After the failure of the initial angioembolization, a repeat procedure should be considered in hemodynamically stable patients who have a continuous active bleed­ing with no other indications for surgical intervention [10].
Resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta (i.e., REBOA) may be used in hemodynamically unstable patients as a bridge for hemorrhage control until a more denitive procedure is performed [10].