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Gastric perforation after blunt abdominal trauma: first case report in Argentina
Carolina Arró Ortiz1, Victoria Hughes1, Darío Ramallo1
1Department of Surgery, Hospital Interzonal General de Agudos San Roque, Gonnet, La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Abstract:
We report the case of a 18-year-old male with gastric perforation due to blunt abdominal trauma as a result of a vehicular collision. An exploratory laparotomy with suturing of the lesion and an omental patch is performed. The post-operative outcome was favorable. Traumatic injury is a frequent cause of hospital admission to the emergency department in Argentina, and vehicle collisions are the first cause of death and permanent disability in young adults. Isolated gastric perforations following blunt abdominal are an uncommon finding, and there are only a few published cases in the literature. It is interesting to discuss the type of surgical approach.
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