Renal And Extrarenal Predictors Of Nephrectomy From The National Trauma Data Bank Reviewed

... The management of renal trauma has become increasingly conservative with multiple series showing renal preservation after high grade injury. Absolute indications for nephrectomy in renal trauma have narrowed to persistent, life-threatening hemorrhage. Complications that once required open surgery are now managed by less invasive means, for example active arterial bleeding can be controlled with angioembolization, while perinephric abscesses and urinomas can be treated successfully with percutaneous drainage and indwelling ureteral stents... click link for more info. ...