What do we know about the need for routine reimaging after renal trauma? In the adult
blunt renal trauma population, follow-up computed tomography (CT) scans on asymptomatic
patients are not required (their citations 6-8). Less is known about the proper follow
up of children with blunt renal trauma. Eeg et al (their citation 9) decreased the
number of follow-up CT scans in children with blunt renal trauma to 3%, partly by
eliminating imaging in asymptomatic patients and partly by substituting ultrasound.
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Published online: May 09, 2014
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