Kidney rupture

Renal rupture refers to rupture of the kidney that occurs under injury or non-injury, including rupture of the parenchyma of the kidney, renal pelvis, and renal blood vessels, often secondary to pathological kidneys, and is relatively rare in the clinic. The kidneys are hidden deep in the kidney fossa and are well protected by surrounding structures: behind the kidneys are long muscles of ribs, spine and back, and there are abdominal walls and abdominal cavity contents in the front, which are covered by diaphragm muscles. Normal kidneys have an activity range of 1 to 2 cm. Therefore, the kidney is not easily damaged. But from another perspective, the subsequent bone structure can also cause kidney damage. The broken end of the rib fracture can penetrate into the renal parenchyma; the kidney is squeezed between the spine and its transverse process and damaged.