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A traumatic pancreatic transection despite a child safety seat
Orlin Belyaev1, Oleg Tcholakov2, Waldemar Uhl1
1a Department of Surgery , St. Josef Hospital, Ruhr University of Bochum , Bochum , Germany.
Acta Chirurgica Belgica
|October 14, 2016
Abstract:
A 5-year-old boy sustained blunt abdominal trauma in a car crash. The buckle mechanism of the five-point harness of his child safety seat compressed his upper abdomen causing an isolated complete pancreatic rupture. Diagnosis was delayed due to subtle symptoms and normal initial findings. A CT scan confirmed diagnosis. An emergency limited central pancreatic resection was performed. The outcome was excellent.