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Laparoscopic evaluation and management of isolated gastric rupture in a boy after blunt abdominal injury.

TitleLaparoscopic evaluation and management of isolated gastric rupture in a boy after blunt abdominal injury.
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2017
AuthorsKleanthis, A., Mouravas V., Lampropoulos V., Babatseva E., & Spyridakis I.
JournalPan Afr Med J
Volume27
Pagination173
Date Published2017
ISSN1937-8688
KeywordsAbdomen, Acute, Abdominal Injuries, Bicycling, Child, Humans, Laparoscopy, Male, Stomach Rupture, Tomography, X-Ray Computed, Wounds, Nonpenetrating
Abstract

Blunt abdominal injury in children can be a significant diagnostic and therapeutic challenge. The extent and localization of organ damage cannot be always thoroughly investigated noninvasively and in spite of modern imaging techniques and a laparotomy may be necessary for diagnosis, even though it carries a significant morbidity. We present a rare case of isolated gastric rupture after blunt abdominal injury in a 12 year old boy that sustained a bicycle accident. He was hemodynamically stable, had signs of acute abdomen and axial tomography was inconclusive as of the site of visceral perforation. Definitive diagnosis and treatment were carried out laparoscopically with excellent results. Laparoscopic surgery in cases of blunt abdominal injury with gastric rupture can serve both as a diagnostic and therapeutic modality with the additional advantage of being less traumatic. The accumulation of relevant experience is mandatory in order to establish this modality in the diagnostic and therapeutic protocols.

DOI10.11604/pamj.2017.27.173.12430
Alternate JournalPan Afr Med J
PubMed ID28904701
PubMed Central IDPMC5579448

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