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Current Urology Reports
Published in: Current Urology Reports 2/2010

01-03-2010

Urologic Sports Injuries in Children

Authors: Nicholas R. Styn, Julian Wan

Published in: Current Urology Reports | Issue 2/2010

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Abstract

Sports participation is an important part of the lives of many children and adolescents. The risk of sustaining a genitourinary injury during sports is low. The published literature suggests that the specific risk to those patients with only one healthy kidney, ovary, or testicle is very low but not zero. Physicians who counsel patients and families about sports participation need to consider many factors: the type of sport, the level of play, the local sports culture, and the relative degree of risk. The published data suggest that major injuries to an ovary during sports are exceedingly rare. Major injuries to a testicle are also unusual. Significant kidney injuries, while uncommon, do occur and not necessarily only in the well-known collision sports.
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Metadata
Title
Urologic Sports Injuries in Children
Authors
Nicholas R. Styn
Julian Wan
Publication date
01-03-2010
Publisher
Current Science Inc.
Published in
Current Urology Reports / Issue 2/2010
Print ISSN: 1527-2737
Electronic ISSN: 1534-6285
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11934-010-0098-4

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