Jane T. Kurtzman, MD

Jane T. Kurtzman, MD, underscores the collaborative role of urologists and trauma surgeons in addressing this issue.

Kurtzman stressed that it is difficult to disentangle whether the increased hypertension risk is primarily due to the intervention itself or to the patients’ initial clinical state.

35% of patients with renal trauma developed new-onset hypertension, compared with 21% of controls.