Genitourinary system trauma after 2003 Bam earthquake in Kerman, Iran

• Published in: Therapeutics and clinical risk management Vol. 7; no. default; pp. 49 - 52
• Main Authors: Hasan, Mohammad, Firoozabadi, Dehghani, Abedinzadeh, Mehdi, Moslemi, Mohammad Kazem
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New Zealand Taylor & Francis Ltd 01.01.2011; Dove Press; Dove Medical Press
• Subjects: earthquake; Earthquakes; emergency department; Fistula; genitourinary system; Injuries; Original Research; renal injury; Trauma; urethral injury; Urogenital system; Iran; trauma; earthquake; emergency department; urethral injury; genitourinary system; renal injury

Natural disasters, especially earthquakes, result in many health problems all over the world, of which urological injuries should not be underestimated. Car accidents and falling from a height are the most common causes of genitourinary system injury. The lack of specific data in the literature rega...