Ureter injury scale

Grade*	Injury type	Description of injury
I	Hematoma	Contusion or hematoma without devascularization
II	Laceration	<50% transection
III	Laceration	≥50% transection
IV	Laceration	Complete transection with <2 cm devascularization
V	Laceration	Avulsion with >2 cm of devascularization

* Advance one grade for bilateral up to grade III.

From: Moore EE, Cogbill TH, Jurkovich GJ, et al. Organ injury scaling. III: Chest wall, abdominal vascular, ureter, bladder, and urethra. J Trauma 1992; 33:337. Copyright © 1992 American Association for the Surgery of Trauma. Reproduced with permission from Wolters Kluwer Health. Unauthorized reproduction of this material is prohibited.

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