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Gunshot colonGunshot injury to colon trauma.org |
Necrotizing fasciitis following missed rectal injuryNecrotizing fasciitis after missed rectal injury trauma.org |
Staple closure of the colon in damage control surgeryDamage control for colon injury Haim Paran, Kfar-Sava, Israel |
Tape ligation of colon injury - damage control surgeryTape ligation of colon injury during damage control surgery Haim Paran, Kfar-Sava, Israel |
Caecal evisceration following stab woundCaecal evisceration following stab wound Jorge Carlotto, Hospital da Cidade, Passo Fundo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil. |
Colon injury from air gun pellet in a 5 year oldColon perforations from airgun injury in a 5-year old. Fernando Joglar, MD, Subdirector, Puerto Rico Trauma Center, San Juan, Puerto Rico |
Knife wound to the abdomen causing eviscerationEvisceration of bowel following a stab wound from a knifeJOSE CABALLERO ALVARADO, MD. Trujillo, Peru |
Articles
Injury to the Colon and Rectum
, July 08, 2003
Introduction
The colon is the second most commonly injured organ in penetrating trauma, but injury is rare in blunt trauma (2-5%). However rectal injuries are more common in blunt trauma,…
Case Presentations
Traumatic diaphragmatic Injury (Right side)
, December 22, 2010
A middle aged female presented with multiple # ribs and right side haemothorax after a road accident. A chest tube was put in to drain the hemothorax. She was comfortable, no respiratory distress and maintaining the oxygen saturation without oxygen supplementation. There is decrease air entry at base and check X-ray revealed markedly elevated diaphragm on Rt. Side.
C.T.Chest-suspicion of traumatic diaphragmatic hernia with herniation of liver in thorax. I planned lateral thoracotomy through 7th I.C.space. Before opening I put Laparoscope through chest tube site and confirmed the diagnosis. Liver and a part of colon were in thorax. After opening both structures could be reduced easily. Rent in diaphragm repaired with 1/0 Prolene suture. Post operative – uneventful recovery
