[Kidney trauma in children]

The article analyzes methods of diagnostics and treatment of 198 children aged from 3 to 14 years with closed traumas of the kidney. To diagnose the closed traumas of the kidneys excretory urography and echography were used. Laparoscopy was used for associated injuries in the complex of diagnostic methods. Conservative methods were used for treatment of 159 children with closed traumas of the kidney, 39 of them (14%) had indications for operative treatment. Nephrectomy was performed in 13 of these children having severe injuries. Long-term results were followed-up in 123 children. In 14 of them different sequelae of the trauma mere detected at the remote period.