Emergency management of renal and genitourinary trauma: best practices update

For polytrauma patients who may have life-threatening injuries, renal and genitourinary trauma may be overlooked initially, but a delayed or missed diagnosis of these injuries may result in potentially preventable complications. This review provides a best-practice approach to the diagnosis and management of renal and genitourinary injuries, with an emphasis on the systematic approach needed to identify subtle injuries and avoid long-term sequelae such as hypertension, incontinence, urethral stricture, erectile dysfunction, chronic kidney disease, and nephrectomy.