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Short-bowel syndrome associated with subtotal necrosis of small intestine after rectal trauma
G Pomberger1, U Hallwirth, W Pumberger
1Department of Surgery, University of Vienna, Medical School, Austria/Europe.
Abstract:
We report on a 4-year-old girl who experienced rectal trauma during swimming, sitting on an uncovered draining valve in the swimming pool. This resulted in a powerful suction effect on her rectum, followed by rupture of the sigmoid colon and evisceration of the small intestine. Laparotomy showed a near complete necrosis of the small bowel because of thrombotic lesions and wall lacerations of the superior mesenteric artery (SMA). A subtotal bowel removal associated with a jejuno-ileostoma was carried out, a total length of about 35 cm of the small intestine could be left in situ. Parenteral nutrition was stopped after eight months. At the moment defecation takes place 2-3 times a day, growth and weight gain are quite normal.
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