Case Report: Intestinal Obstruction as a Late Presentation of Perforation of the Transverse Colon Following Blunt Abdominal Trauma
| Autor: | Cinthya Alva-Torres, José Antonio Ruiz Caballero, Edwin García |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
business.industry 030231 tropical medicine Perforation (oil well) Transverse colon Adhesion (medicine) Case Report Anastomosis medicine.disease digestive system diseases Surgery 03 medical and health sciences Plastic surgery 0302 clinical medicine Blunt Abdominal trauma Cardiothoracic surgery 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis medicine Radiology business |
| Popis: | Colonic perforation associated with blunt abdominal trauma is rare. Even more so is the formation of an inflammatory adhesion preventing leakage into the peritoneum. We present a case of the above in which the patient presented 1 month later with intestinal obstruction which required surgical intervention. A 38-year-old male, victim of a road traffic accident (RTA), presented with multiple fractures in his extremities which had to be operated on and was later discharged without complications. He was readmitted 1 month following the trauma with intestinal obstruction. During the operation, a stenosing colonic adhesion due to bowel perforation following blunt abdominal trauma was discovered. Resection of the transverse colon and a termino-terminal colo-colonic anastomosis was performed. |
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