Conservative management of a traumatic non-destructive grade II extraperitoneal rectal injury following motor vehicle collision

AbstractRectal injuries are rare sequelae of blunt force abdominal trauma and are notorious for delayed recognition with resulting high morbidity and mortality. The management of traumatic colorectal injury is mired in old dogma and until recently mandated faecal diversion. Here we present a case of extraperitoneal rectal perforation successfully managed conservatively following blunt trauma.