Pneumatic colon injury following high pressure blow gun dust cleaner spray to the perineum

Highlights • Accident related pneumatic colon perforation is difficult to diagnose in children preoperatively as they are anxious to tell the history of trauma. • The presence of pneumoperitoneum always leads to exploratory laparotomy. • The sudden onset of tension pneumoperitoneum, intraoperative o...

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Published inInternational journal of surgery case reports Vol. 6; pp. 218 - 221
Main Authors Sy, Edgar D, Chiu, Yin-I, Shan, Yan-Shen, Ong, Roger L
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Netherlands Elsevier Ltd 01.01.2015
Elsevier
Subjects
Barotrauma
Case Report
Colon injury
Surgery
Colon injury
Barotrauma
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Summary:Highlights • Accident related pneumatic colon perforation is difficult to diagnose in children preoperatively as they are anxious to tell the history of trauma. • The presence of pneumoperitoneum always leads to exploratory laparotomy. • The sudden onset of tension pneumoperitoneum, intraoperative of multiple site colon injury with or without perforation in normal children should suspect the presence of trauma. • Creation of ostomy at the site of normal looking colon preferable to colon resection.
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ISSN:2210-2612
2210-2612
DOI:10.1016/j.ijscr.2014.12.022