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Kidney Injury Types
Types of kidney injuries include:
  • Kidney contusion:
  • Kidney laceration:
    • Cut to the kidney
  • Kidney cortex rupture: Images
    • The outer surface of the kidney bursts
  • Kidney pedicle injury: Images
    • Injury to the blood vessels that supply the kidney
  • Kidney pelvis injury: Images
    • Injury to the inside of the kidney where urine is produced
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Last Updated: May 22, 2008  References
Authors: Stephen J. Schueler, MD; John H. Beckett, MD; D. Scott Gettings, MD
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