COMPARISON OF NONOPERATIVE AND SURGIAL MANAGEMENT OF RENAL TRAUMA; CAN WE PREDICT WHEN NONOPERATIVE MANAGEMENT FAILS?.

BACKGROUND: Limited data exists on risk factors for the failure of nonoperative management of renal trauma. Our study objective was to determine the incidence, salvage procedure, and risk factors for failure of nonoperative management of renal trauma. METHODS: The National Trauma Data Bank research datasets admission year 2010 - 2014 were queried for renal injury by Abbreviated Injury Score (AIS) code. Patients were stratified by interventional therapy (renal procedure code

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