BACKGROUND Abdominal injuries occur relatively infrequently during trauma, and they rarely require surgical intervention. In this era of non-operative management of abdominal injuries, surgeons are seldom exposed to these patients. Consequently, surgeons may misinterpret the mechanism of injury, underestimate symptoms and radiologic findings, and delay definite treatment. Here, we determined th...

With the advent of newer imaging modalities retained surgical items are now easily diagnosed by their characteristic imaging appearances. A combination of complementary imaging modalities helps to arrive at the diagnosis of this relatively rare complication. Factors contributing to their imaging features include the timing of diagnosis and imaging, presence of secondary infection, communication...

Objective: Penetrating abdominal trauma secondary to bamboo stick injury is a rare entity in the developed world. Most of such kind trans penetrating associated with multiple solid and hollow viscus injuries. In developing countries like India, where nearly 70% population reside rural areas, it not that uncommon. Aim this report recognition risk factors explain optimum surgical management trans...

Introduction: Isolated duodenal injuries are rare in blunt abdominal trauma. These present a significant challenge for management because of the associated and its difficult anatomical accessibility.
 Case presentation: A 20years male presented to Emergency department following bike accident sustaining injury over face, chest abdomen, 6hours after incident. His vitals were unstable so he w...

OBJECTIVES To compare the presentation of young children with abdominal trauma caused by high-velocity accidental (HVA), low-velocity accidental (LVA), and inflicted injury, and to test the hypothesis that a delay in care is highly predictive of an inflicted injury. METHODS We performed a retrospective chart review at an urban Level I pediatric trauma center between 1991 and 2001 of children ...