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Kidney-sparing embolization reduces patients' risk of acute injury and death compared to surgery (opens in a new tab)
medicalxpress.com · 2026-09-29
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Kidney-sparing embolization reduces patients' risk of acute injury and death compared to surgery
medicalxpress.com · 2026-09-29
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Embolization versus Nephrectomy in Hemodynamically Stable Patients with AAST Grade III-V Blunt Kidney Injuries: Association with Lower Rates of Acute Kidney Injury and In-Hospital Mortality
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Claim 1 of 4Not checkedA new study finds that embolization greatly reduces the risk of acute kidney injury and in-hospital mortality compared with nephrectomy when treating initially stable trauma patients with high-grade kidney injuries.View evidenceHide evidence
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Claim 2 of 4Not checkedThe study examined 849 cases of AAST grade III-V kidney injuries recorded in the ACS-TQIP national trauma patient registry between 2017 and 2022, with 380 patients undergoing nephrectomy and 469 undergoing embolization.View evidenceHide evidence
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Claim 3 of 4Not checkedCompared with embolization, nephrectomy was associated with higher in-hospital mortality, acute kidney injury, cardiac arrest with CPR, unplanned return to the operating room, severe sepsis, myocardial infarction, and surgical site infections.View evidenceHide evidence
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Claim 4 of 4Not checkedThe lead author says embolization is safe, effective, and associated with better outcomes than nephrectomy for this patient cohort, and notes that additional prospective work is needed to validate the findings.View evidenceHide evidence
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Embolization versus Nephrectomy in Hemodynamically Stable Patients with AAST Grade III-V Blunt Kidney Injuries: Association with Lower Rates of Acute Kidney Injury and In-Hospital Mortality
Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology · 2026
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