Surgery
Volume 20, Issue 11 , Pages 276-280, 1 November 2002

Genitourinary Trauma

Patrick Cutinha is a Consultant in Urological Surgery and Honorary Senior Lecturer at the Sheffield Teaching Hospitals Trust, Sheffield and Barnsley District General Hospital, UK. He qualified in Tanzania and worked at the Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre. He had further training in urological surgery in Brighton and Sheffield, UK

Abstract 

The genitourinary (GU) tract may be injured by a wide variety of blunt and penetrating trauma to the lower chest, abdomen and pelvis. Most GU trauma is not immediately life-threatening, but its association with other injuries necessitates an organized approach.

In general, in the haemodynamically unstable patient with abdominal injury, exploratory laparotomy is necessary, regardless of the mechanism of injury.

Keywords:  urology , genitourinary trauma

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PII: S0263-9319(06)70283-6

doi:10.1383/surg.20.11.276.14539

Surgery
Volume 20, Issue 11 , Pages 276-280, 1 November 2002

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