isolated small bowel mesentery injury after steering wheel trauma

Isolated small bowel perforation following blunt abdominal trauma.

Small bowel perforation from blunt abdominal trauma is a common injury. Isolated perforation of the small bowel after blunt abdominal trauma is infrequent and the diagnosis can be elusive. A case of isolated perforation from blunt trauma is presented. Deterioration of the clinical picture raised suspicion of acute abdomen, perforated sore. If acute abdomen is the case even with a history of min...

Small Bowel Injury in Peritoneal Encapsulation following Penetrating Abdominal Trauma

Small bowel encapsulation is a rare entity which is usually found incidentally at autopsy. We report the first case of peritoneal encapsulation encountered serendipitously at laparotomy undertaken for penetrating abdominal trauma and review the literature on peritoneal encapsulation. We also compare this phenomenon to abdominal cocoon and sclerosing encapsulating peritonitis.

Isolated Small Bowel Perforation After Blunt Abdominal Trauma: Report Of 2 Cases

Isolated perforation of the small bowel after blunt abdominal trauma is infrequent and the diagnosis can be elusive. Although computerized tomography is the modality most commonly used, there is no consensus over the optimal diagnostic approach. Diagnostic difficulties result in delayed surgical treatment and eventually in increased morbidity and mortality. We report two cases of isolated small...

Tracheo-esophageal fistula as an isolated effect of steering-wheel injury.

Bowel obstruction due to diaphragmatic injury after penetrating thoracic trauma.

Diaphragmatic injuries due to penetrating traumas to the thorax progress insidiously. Proper diagnosis might only be performed after months. Delayed diagnosis increases morbidity and mortality. Herein, we present a case of diaphragm injury due to penetrating thoracic trauma that was diagnosed 2 years later. The case was referred to emergency service with bowel obstruction symptoms and after the...

Late small bowel obstruction after blunt abdominal trauma.

Blunt abdominal trauma with intraperitoneal injury usually presents acutely. On rare occasions, such patients can present later on with features of small bowel obstruction due to stricture formation. It is thought that such a delayed stricture is due to subclinical bowel perforation, localised gut ischaemia, or injury to the mesenteric vasculature. This case demonstrates the mesenteric vascular...