BACKGROUND Complete reports of biliary and vascular injuries after laparoscopic cholecystectomy are rare. STUDY DESIGN Fifteen patients with complex laparoscopic cholecystectomy injuries underwent corrective operations. The injuries consisted of 14 bile duct injuries and one large laceration of a cirrhotic liver. Five of the bile duct injuries were accompanied by inadvertent occlusion of the ...

'\J Out of 43 ruptures of the spleen 14, or 32*5 per cent, were accompanied by injuries of other orgaus, during the 9 years I have been considering. Of these, 5 or 35'7 per cent., were complicated with ruptures of the liver; 3, or 21*4 per cent., with those of the left kidney; 1, or 7*1 per cent., with laceration of the brain ; 1, or 7*1 percent., of the stomach ; 1, or 7*1 percent., with lacer...

A 56-year-old female patient presented with right chest and upper abdominal pain in a motorcycle accident. Hypotension low blood hemoglobin were noted. Contrast-enhanced multi detector computed tomography showed hemoperitoneum, retroperitoneal hematoma, injury of the retro hepatic suprarenal segments inferior vena cava, grade V injury, renal involving main vein according to American Association...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the incidence of fetal laceration injury in cesarean delivery. METHODS A retrospective review was conducted using a computer-based data coding system. All neonatal records were reviewed for infants delivered by cesarean during a 2-year period. Maternal records were reviewed in those cases of documented fetal laceration injury. The Fisher exact test was used when indic...

OBJECTIVE To determine the point prevalence of urine bilirubin, urine hemoglobin and urobilinogen in blunt trauma patients, and to evaluate its utility as a screening tool for intra-abdominal injury. METHODS Data analysis of 986 consecutive trauma patients of which 698 were adult blunt trauma patients. Five-hundred sixteen subjects had a urinalysis and a CT scan of the abdomen/pelvis or explo...

Laceration injuries in rugby union account for approximately 6% of all injuries sustained during match play. Commentators often cite the design of studded footwear as a causal factor in laceration injuries. In order to assess the laceration injury risk of different stud designs, there is a need to develop a testing protocol that is able to replicate the laceration injury event. This study used ...

Because laceration of the liver is a condition which the surgeon is rarely called upon to treat, 36 cases of liver injury admitted between 1926 and 1958 have been reviewed and the results compared with those of other authors. As well as discussing the incidence of this injury and its relation to age, sex, and pathology, the surgical management is outlined. The greatest single factor which has a...