Background: Penetrating abdominal injury occurs when a foreign object pierces the skin. The morbidity and mortality associated with penetrating abdominal trauma is related to the intraabdominal complications. This study is, therefore, intended to determine the abscess rate resulting from penetrating abdominal trauma in Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital Zaria. Method: A 6-year (January 2...

Penetrating neck injuries are commonly related to stab wounds and gunshot wounds in the United States. The injuries are classified by penetration site in terms of the three anatomical zones of the neck. Based on this zonal classification system, penetrating injuries to the head and neck have traditionally been evaluated by conventional angiography and/or surgical exploration. In recent years, m...

This is a case report of extra-peritoneal rectal injury, secondary to a gunshot, that was managed non-operatively. A 57-year old male presented with a single gunshot to the right buttock and had blood per rectum. Extra-peritoneal rectal injuries were seen on proctoscopy and he had no genitourinary injury. He was managed successfully without rectal injury repair orfaecal stream diversion.

background: chest trauma is responsible for 50% of deaths due to trauma. this kind of death usually occurs immediately after the trauma has occurred. objectives: the aim of this study was to evaluate the various aspects of chest trauma in patients admitted to two main trauma centers located in the isfahan province, iran. conclusions: since hemothorax is the main complication of blunt chest trau...

OBJECTIVE To report our experience in treating patients with rectal injury with radical perineal prostatectomy. METHODS Medical charts of 176 patients submitted to radical perineal prostatectomy from 1996 to 2005 were reviewed to identify rectal problems. A review of rectal injury in prostatectomy is provided. RESULTS Of 176 patients who underwent radical perineal prostatectomy, 10 (5.7%) h...

Blunt rectal injuries are very uncommon forming 4-11% of all rectal injuries and the rest are accounted for by penetrating rectal trauma [1]. Anorectal avulsion is a rare rectal injury [2]. A 30-year-old male admitted after a motorcycle accident with history of being partly runover by a vehicle over the right side of his pelvis with no history of impalement was found to have right superior and ...

conclusions major vascular injuries in our center occurred in young men, frequently because of stab wounds. popliteal injuries mostly caused by motor vehicle accidents was the second most common arterial injury, followed by combined ulnar and radial injuries. vascular reconstruction in the first hours after trauma may prevent many unnecessary and preventable amputation procedures. results most ...