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Hollow viscus injury in children: Starship Hospital experience

Authors: Saleh M Abbas, Vipul Upadhyay

Published in: World Journal of Emergency Surgery | Issue 1/2007

Abstract

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.

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Title: Hollow viscus injury in children: Starship Hospital experience
Authors: Saleh M Abbas
Vipul Upadhyay
Publication date: 01-12-2007
Publisher: BioMed Central
Published in: World Journal of Emergency Surgery / Issue 1/2007
Electronic ISSN: 1749-7922
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/1749-7922-2-14

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