Combat-Related Genitourinary Trauma in Pediatric Patients: Data From the Department of Defense Trauma Registry

Deploying surgeons frequently train, prepare, and bring equipment to manage adult trauma patients without sufficient planning and consideration for pediatric trauma populations. Pediatric urotrauma in this setting requires specialty care as part of the humanitarian mission. We determine the incidence of genitourinary trauma and relevant surgical procedures within the pediatric population seen in US military treatment facilities in Afghanistan and Iraq from January 2007 to January 2016.