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Table 4 Kidney organ injury scale. [75]

From: Angiography and embolisation for solid abdominal organ injury in adults - a current perspective

I

Contusion

Haematoma

Microscopic or gross haematuria, urologic studies normal

Subcapsular, nonexpanding without parenchymal laceration

II

Haematoma

Laceration

Nonexpanding perirenal haematoma confined to renal retroperitoneum

<1 cm parenchymal depth of renal cortex without urinary extravasation

III

Laceration

>1 cm parenchymal depth of renal cortex without collecting system rupture or urinary extravasation

IV

Laceration

Vascular

Parenchymal laceration extending through renal cortex, medulla and collecting system

Main renal artery or vein injury with contained haemorrhage

V

Laceration

Vascular

Completely shattered kidney

Avulsion of renal hilum that devascularises kidney