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Table 2 American Association for the Surgery of Trauma organ injury severity scale for the kidney

From: Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease and minimal trauma: medical review and case report

Grade

Type

Description

I

Contusion

Microscopic or gross hematuria, urologic studies normal

Hematoma

Subcapsular, nonexpanding hematoma without parenchymal laceration

II

Hematoma

Non-expanding peri-renal hematoma confined to renal retroperitoneum

Laceration

Laceration < 1 cm depth of renal cortex without urinary extravasation

III

Laceration

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

IV

Laceration

Parenchymal laceration extending through renal cortex, medulla, and collecting system

Vascular

Main renal artery or vein injury with contained hemorrhage

V

Laceration

Completely shattered kidney

Vascular

Avulsion of renal hilum, devascularizing the kidney

  1. Santucci RA, McAninch JW, Safir M, et al. Validation of the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma organ injury severity scale for the kidney. J Trauma 2001; 50:195. Copyright © 2001 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins