Isolated Duodenal Injuries After Blunt Abdominal Trauma

Isolated duodenal injury after blunt abdominal trauma is a very rare entity. In contrast to penetrating injuries, duodenal injuries after blunt trauma are difficult to diagnose. Early diagnosis and management is required to prevent high morbidity and mortality associated with these injuries. We pres...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of Ayub Medical College, Abbottabad : JAMC Abbottabad : JAMC, 2016, Vol.28 (2), p.400-403
Hauptverfasser: Ahmad, Raheel, Shafique, Muhammad Salman, Ul Haq, Najibul, Akram, Zohra, Qureshi, Usman, Khan, Jahangir Sarwar
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Isolated duodenal injury after blunt abdominal trauma is a very rare entity. In contrast to penetrating injuries, duodenal injuries after blunt trauma are difficult to diagnose. Early diagnosis and management is required to prevent high morbidity and mortality associated with these injuries. We present three young patients of blunt abdominal trauma with an isolated injury to duodenum in which primary repair of perforations were done with good outcomes.
ISSN:1025-9589