Diagnosis and management of traumatic rectal injury: A Western Trauma Association critical decisions algorithm

Morgan Schellenberg1, Sarah Koller, Marc de Moya

  • 1From the Division of Acute Care Surgery, Department of Surgery (M.S., K.I., M.J.M.),; Division of Colorectal Surgery, Department of Surgery (S.K.), University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California; Division of Acute Care Surgery, Department of Surgery (M.d.M.), Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Division of Acute Care Surgery, Department of Surgery (L.J.M.), University of Texas-Houston Medical Center, Houston; Division of Acute Care Surgery, Department of Surgery (C.V.R.B.), Dell Medical School, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas; Division of Acute Care Surgery, Department of Surgery (J.L.H.), University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas; Division of Acute Care Surgery, Department of Surgery (E.J.L.), Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California; Division of Acute Care Surgery, Department of Surgery (N.K.), Banner University Medical Center, Phoenix, Arizona; Division of Acute Care Surgery, Department of Surgery (K.A.P.), Scripps Mercy Hospital, San Diego, California; Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery (C.J.F.), R. Cowley Adams Shock Trauma Center, Baltimore, Maryland; Division of Pediatric General and Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery (N.G.R.), Children's Hospital, Cincinnati, Ohio; Division of Acute Care Surgery, Department of Surgery (J.A.W.), St. Joseph's Medical Center, Phoenix, Arizona; and Division of Acute Care Surgery, Department of Surgery (R.C.), Riverside University Health System Medical Center, Riverside, California.

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