the renal capsule. It provides some protection from trauma and damage. The renal capsule is surrounded by the renal fascia. Overlying the renal fascia...

Acute kidney injury (AKI), previously called acute renal failure (ARF), is a sudden decrease in kidney function that develops within 7 days, as shown...

the renal arteries.[citation needed] When blunt abdominal trauma is complicated by 'internal injury,' the liver and spleen (see blunt splenic trauma) are...

Renal ultrasonography (Renal US) is the examination of one or both kidneys using medical ultrasound. Ultrasonography of the kidneys is essential in the...

The renal arteries are paired arteries that supply the kidneys with blood. Each is directed across the crus of the diaphragm, so as to form nearly a right...

Renal replacement therapy (RRT) is therapy that replaces the normal blood-filtering function of the kidneys. It is used when the kidneys are not working...

region surrounding the penis.[citation needed] Long term complications of renal trauma, ureteral obstruction, or kidney transplant can lead to the formation...

disease, also known as renal calculus disease, nephrolithiasis or urolithiasis, is a crystallopathy where a solid piece of material (renal calculus) develops...

waiting) of renal trauma. Conservative management does not apply in situations where extensive urinary extravasation or devitalized areas of renal parenchyma...

Polytrauma and multiple trauma are medical terms describing the condition of a person who has been subjected to multiple traumatic injuries, such as a...