Urogenital Injuries: Review of 80 Cases of In-patient

Hong, Sung Joo; Yang, Yoon Goo; Kim, Han Jin; Cheon, Yong Moon; Lee, Bang Jae

Abstract

A clinical observation was made on the in-patient of injuries of genito-urinary tract in the Department of Urology, National Medical Center during the period from January, l97l to December, l976. The results were following: 1) Of 984 cases hospitalized, 80 cases were injury of genitourinary tract, giving a ratio of 8.1%. 2) Traffic accidents was the most frequent causes of the injury (SO.O%) and the next was fal1 down, iatrogenic, kick and blow etc. 3) The urethra was involved in the injuries in 29.0%, the bladder in 27.8% the kidney in 23.3%, external genitalia in 13.3%, ureter in 6.6%. 4) Average admission date of each organ was following: the longest organ was urethra (42. 9 days). the next were ureter. bladder. kidney. externa1 genitalia. 5) The age ranged from 5 years to 69 years. the most prevalent age range was 3rd decade (27.5%) and the next was 4th decade (23.8%)