A CASE REPORT OF CELL PHONE BLAST INJURY CAUSING GASTRIC PERFORATION

A 13 year old boy met with mobile phone blast injury presented with pain abdomen and multiple injuries over abdomen and chest with sutured laceration. On examination signs of peritonitis were present. Radiological investigations showed air under diaphragm. On Emergency exploratory laprotomy, perfora...

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Published in:National journal of medical research 2013-09, Vol.3 (3)
Main Authors: V Suryanarayana Reddy, P Ramalingam, C Ashrith Reddy, Vimal Kumar K
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Blast injury
Cell phone
Gastric perforation
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Summary:A 13 year old boy met with mobile phone blast injury presented with pain abdomen and multiple injuries over abdomen and chest with sutured laceration. On examination signs of peritonitis were present. Radiological investigations showed air under diaphragm. On Emergency exploratory laprotomy, perforation of around 1cm is found at the antrum of stomach on its greater curvature. Closure of the perforation was done. Patient recovered well.
ISSN:2249-4995
2277-8810