[Absorbable mesh wrapping of injured kidney: a renal salvage technique]

Blunt trauma to the kidney is a rare cause of hospitalization, found in only 3% of patients hospitalized for trauma. Surgery is seldom required, but if necessary there are a variety of surgical techniques to preserve renal function. Organ-wrapping with absorbable mesh is a procedure previously described, but renal-wrapping has not gained the same acceptance as splenic or hepatic wrapping. We describe a 30-year-old man with grade III blunt renal trauma, in whom this technique was applied. He was discharged after 10 days without complications.