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Thank you for your comments. Sporting injuries are indeed a significant source of genitourinary (GU) trauma resulting in US emergency department (ED) presentation. In fact, we found them the most common etiology of such GU injury over virtually every age range. It is important to note, however, that the very young (aged <3 years) and the elderly (aged >65 years) were notable exceptions. In both of these cohorts, GU injury was more common in the bathroom, often due to trauma with bathroom fixtures, and in infants, due to hot water burns or irritation due to soaps. 1 Bagga H.S. Tasian G.E. Fisher P.B. et al. Product related adult genitourinary injuries treated at emergency departments in the United States from 2002 to 2010. J Urol. 2013; 189: 1362-1368 Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (12) Google Scholar , 2 Tasian G.E. Bagga H.S. Fisher P.B. et al. Pediatric genitourinary injuries in the United States from 2002 to 2010. J Urol. 2013; 189: 288-293 Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (25) Google Scholar Editorial CommentUrologyVol. 85Issue 1PreviewThe authors in this study used the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System (NEISS) to evaluate sporting activities and the incidence of genitourinary (GU) injury. The NEISS is maintained by the US Consumer Product Safety Commission and links those injuries presenting to emergency departments with consumer products. Prior work has used this data set to evaluate injuries associated with a wide variety of consumer products ranging from batteries to trampolines. The authors of this study are to be congratulated on recognizing that the NEISS could be used more extensively to estimate the demographics of GU injury related to sporting activities. Full-Text PDF