The Organ Injury Scaling (OIS) Committee of the American Association for the Surgery of
Trauma (AAST) was organized formally in 1987; the fundamental purpose was to devise …

Objective To review the guidelines released in the last decade by several organisations for
the optimal evaluation and management of genitourinary injuries (renal, ureteric, bladder …

In 1989, Moore et al. on behalf of the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma
(AAST) published the Organ Injury Scale (OIS) for spleen, liver, and kidney. 1 This was then …

Purpose: The authors of this guideline reviewed the urologic trauma literature to guide
clinicians in the appropriate methods of evaluation and management of genitourinary …

To determine and to quantify outcome from injury demands that multiple factors be
universally applied so that there is uniform understanding that the same outcome is …

The kidneys are the most vulnerable genitourinary organ in trauma, as they are involved in
up to 3.25% of trauma patients. The most common mechanism for renal injury is blunt …

BACKGROUND: This study attempts to validate the American Association for the Surgery of
Trauma (AAST) Organ Injury Scale (OIS) for spleen, liver, and kidney injuries using the …

We have undertaken a review of the commonly used scoring systems to identify advantages
and possible pitfalls involved in their use. Currently, there is a variety of systems available …

The first in this series of five papers concerns the evaluation and management of renal
injuries. The authors of this paper come from four continents and seven countries, and they …

Background A number of retrospective studies recently have been published concerning
nonoperative management of minor liver injuries, with cumulative success rates greater than …