Epistemis

Urology: Trauma and Urological Emergencies

Urology · Clinical Specialties

How it begins

Guía clínica exhaustiva: fisiopatología, clasificación, diagnóstico, manejo y complicaciones — enfoque médico-quirúrgico de nivel especializado.

What it covers

  1. · Content
  2. 🔬 1. Introduction: Urological Emergencies
  3. 🩸 2. Kidney Trauma
  4. · Mechanisms of injury
  5. · AAST Classification (American Association for the Surgery of Trauma)
  6. · Diagnosis of Kidney Trauma
  7. · Management of Renal Trauma
  8. 🔗 3. Ureteral Trauma
  9. · Etiology and mechanisms
  10. · AAST classification of ureteral injury
  11. · Diagnosis — the great challenge
  12. · Principles of surgical repair
  13. 🫧 4. Bladder Trauma
  14. · Mechanisms
  15. · Classification: Intraperitoneal rupture vs. extraperitoneal
  16. · Diagnosis
  17. · Critical clinical correlation
  18. ⚡ 5. Trauma Uretral
  19. · Anterior Urethra
  20. · Posterior Urethra
  21. 🔵 6. Male Genital Trauma
  22. · Penis Fracture
  23. · Testicular Trauma
  24. · Traumatic Penile Amputation / Avulsion
  25. ⚡ 7. Renoureteral Colic (RUC)
  26. · Physiopathology
  27. · Clinical
  28. · Diagnosis
  29. · Uncomplicated CRU management
  30. 🚱 8. Acute Urinary Retention (AUR)
  31. · Etiology
  32. · Diagnosis
  33. · Immediate management: Urethral catheterization
  34. · Long-term management and referral
  35. 🔴 9. Testicular Torsion
  36. · Epidemiology and anatomy
  37. · Pathophysiology of testicular ischemia
  38. · Diagnosis
  39. · Management
  40. · Differential diagnosis of acute scrotum
  41. 🟣 10. Priapism
  42. · Physiopathological classification
  43. · Treatment of ischemic priapism (stepped algorithm)
  44. · Priapism in sickle cell anemia
  45. 💀 11. Fournier's gangrene
  46. · Microbiology
  47. · Risk factors
  48. · Entry door
  49. · Clinical diagnosis
  50. · Fournier's Gangrene Severity Score (FGSI)
  51. · Treatment
  52. 🔥 12. Urosepsis and Pyonephrosis
  53. · Updated definitions (Sepsis-3, 2016)
  54. · Pyonephrosis
  55. · Management of urosepsis
  56. · Emphysematous pyelonephritis
  57. 🩸 13. Macroscopic Hematuria as an Emergency
  58. · Causes according to age and clinical signs
  59. · Clot retention (CPR)
  60. 🔵 14. Paraphimosis
  61. · Physiopathology
  62. · Clinical context
  63. · Emergency management
  64. 📋 15. Late Complications and Follow-up
  65. · Sequence of kidney trauma
  66. · Post-traumatic urethral stricture
  67. · Post-traumatic erectile dysfunction
  68. · Follow-up of patients with urological trauma
  69. · Summary of Clinical Priorities in Urological Emergencies

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Subject
Urology
Category
Clinical Specialties
Type
Study Guide
Sections
69
Reviewed
2026-08-02
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