1. INTRODUCTION
1.1. Aim and objectives
The European Association of Urology (EAU) Guidelines Panel for Urological Trauma have prepared these guidelines to assist medical professionals in the management of urological trauma in adults. Paediatric trauma is addressed in the EAU Paediatric Urology Guidelines [1].
It must be emphasised that clinical guidelines present the best evidence available to the experts. Guidelines can never replace clinical expertise when making treatment decisions for individual patients, but rather help to support decisions, also taking personal values and preferences/individual circumstances of patients into account. Guidelines are not mandates and do not purport to be a legal standard of care.
1.2. Panel composition
The EAU Urological Trauma Guidelines Panel consists of an international group of urologists and an interventional radiologist, all with expertise in urological trauma. All experts involved in the production of this document have submitted potential conflict of interest statements, which can be viewed on the EAU Website Uroweb: http://uroweb.org/guideline/urological-trauma/?type=panel.
1.3. Available publications
A quick reference document, the Pocket Guidelines, is available in print and on the EAU Website. This is an abridged version which may require consultation together with the full text version. A number of translated versions, alongside several scientific publications are also available [2-6]. All documents can be viewed through the EAU website: http://uroweb.org/guideline/urological-trauma/.
A EAU Guidelines App for iOS and Android devices is also available containing the Pocket Guidelines, interactive algorithms and calculators, clinical decision support tools, guidelines cheat sheets and links to the extended guidelines.
1.4. Publication history
The Urological Trauma Guidelines were first published in 2003. All sections of the 2025 Urological Trauma Guidelines have been fully updated.