Title
Case Report: Intestinal Obstruction as a Late Presentation of Perforation of the Transverse Colon Following Blunt Abdominal Trauma
Date Issued
01 October 2017
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Publisher(s)
Springer India
Abstract
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.
Start page
458
End page
460
Volume
79
Issue
5
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Gastroenterología, Hepatología
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85012188141
Source
Indian Journal of Surgery
ISSN of the container
09722068
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