Hollow viscus injury in children: Starship Hospital experience

Starship Children's Hospital in Auckland, New Zealand, serves a population of 1.2 million people and is a tertiary institution for pediatric trauma. This study is designed to review all cases of abdominal injury (blunt and penetrating) that resulted in injury of a hollow abdominal viscus includ...

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Published in:World journal of emergency surgery 2007-06, Vol.2 (1), p.14-14
Main Authors: Abbas, Saleh M, Upadhyay, Vipul
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Abdomen
Children
Injuries
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Summary:Starship Children's Hospital in Auckland, New Zealand, serves a population of 1.2 million people and is a tertiary institution for pediatric trauma. This study is designed to review all cases of abdominal injury (blunt and penetrating) that resulted in injury of a hollow abdominal viscus including the stomach, duodenum, small intestine, large intestine and urinary bladder. The mechanism of injury; diagnosis and outcome were studied. This was done by retrospective chart review of patients admitted from January 1995 to December 2001. Thirty two injuries were found in 29 children. The age ranged from 7 months to 15 years with boys represented more commonly. Small bowel was the most frequently injured hollow viscus. Computerized Tomography (CT scan) is an extremely useful tool for the diagnosis of HVI.
ISSN:1749-7922
1749-7922
DOI:10.1186/1749-7922-2-14