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Lower Genitourinary Injuries

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Trauma to the external genitalia can be separated into blunt versus penetrating injury. Differentiating between these two mechanisms will have the immediate benefit of facilitating patient care in the trauma suite. Noting the mechanism of injury will also help you determine the likelihood of need for eventual surgery, the potential length of convalescence, and the possibility of injury to the contralateral testis. Particularly with penetrating injuries, you should have a high index of suspicion of injury to the contralateral testicle. It may also assist in the prediction of future fertility.

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  1. Department of Urology and Surgery, USC Institute of Urology, USC Keck School of Medicine, LAC + USC County Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA

    Donald Hannoun & Charles D. Best

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  1. Professor of Surgery Division of Trauma, Emergency Surgery and Surgical Critical Care, Massachusetts General Hospital Harvard University Medical School, Boston, USA

    George C. Velmahos

  2. Professor Emeritus, Department of Surgery, University of the Witwatersrand Medical School, Milpark Hospital Academic Trauma Centre and Leratong Hospital, Johannesburg, South Africa

    Elias Degiannis

  3. Honorary Senior Lecturer, Department of Surgery, University of the Witwatersrand Medical School, Johannesburg, South Africa

    Dietrich Doll

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Hannoun, D., Best, C.D. (2017). Lower Genitourinary Injuries. In: Velmahos, G., Degiannis, E., Doll, D. (eds) Penetrating Trauma. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-49859-0_51

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