Conservative management of grade 3-5 blunt renal trauma in haemodynamically stable patients yields more favourable results with high renal salvage rate. Grade 5 injuries still result in a nephrectomy rate of more than 80%. The absence of data on long-term outcomes and a potential inclusion bias due to the retrospective nature of the data represent major limitations of this review.
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