Injuries to the pancreas by blunt trauma are uncommon. The association of pancreatic injury with acute portal vein thrombosis secondary to blunt trauma abdomen is furthermore rare. The early diagnosis of the pancreas with injury to the portal vein is challenging and difficult. These injuries are associated with high morbidity and mortality, particularly if the diagnosis is delayed. Accurate and...

of great vessel trauma, and any thoracic vascular structure is at risk. Patients who survive to arrive at the emergency department, particularly if they are not in hemorrhagic shock, have a survival rate that approaches 50%. In contrast, blunt traumatic injuries to the great vessels most often affect the aorta, although the innominate artery, pulmonary hilar vessels, and vena cava are also susc...

Acute traumatic maculopathy included a spectrum of disorders following blunt ocular trauma, such as pigment epitheliopathy, commotio retina, and choroidal rupture.

Celiac artery (CA) injuries are very rare and are often associated with high mortality. These injuries are associated more often with penetrating trauma rather than blunt trauma injury. Our case highlights a blunt trauma injury of CA in a hemodynamically stable patient without any symptoms that was treated conservatively.

introduction: in cases of blunt abdominal traumas, predicting the possible intra-abdominal injuries is still a challenge for the physicians involved with these patients. therefore, this study was designed, to evaluate the accuracy of urinalysis in predicting intra-abdominal injuries. methods: patients aged 15 to 65 years with blunt abdominal trauma who were admitted to emergency departments wer...

Apoptotic cells in rat thymus were labeled in situ in paraffin-embedded and frozen tissue sections by ligation of double-stranded DNA fragments containing digoxigenin or Texas red. Two forms of double-stranded DNA fragments were prepared using the polymerase chain reaction: one was synthesized using Taq polymerase, which yields products with single-base 3' overhangs, and one using Pfu polymeras...

PURPOSE Present a case of dislocation of an Implantable Collamer Lens (ICL) that occurs after blunt trauma and review the published literature on this topic. METHODS Case report and literature review using PubMed. RESULTS A 44 year-old male presented to the emergency department with sudden onset of blurry vision after blunt trauma to the left eye. Three years prior, he had undergone bilater...

BACKGROUND A departmental audit in March 2015 revealed significant mortality rate of 40% in blunt chest trauma patients (much greater than the global 25%). A study was thus planned to study morbidity and predictors of mortality in blunt chest trauma patients admitted to our hospital. METHODS This study was a prospective observational study of 139 patients with a history of blunt chest trauma ...

It is generally accepted that terms referring to specific craniocerebral injury mechanisms must be replaced by the more general term abusive head trauma (AHT). Although blunt impact trauma remains an essential part of AHT, it has received far less attention in the literature than shaken-impact injuries. The current article presents 19 confessed cases of a series of 47 highly suspected AHT cases...

BACKGROUND Blunt traumatic cardiac rupture is rare. However, such cardiac ruptures carry a high mortality rate. This study reviews our experience treating blunt traumatic cardiac rupture. METHODS This retrospective study included 21 patients who experienced blunt traumatic cardiac rupture from 1999 to 2015. Every patient underwent surgery. Several variables were compared between survivors and...