PANCREATIC TRAUMA
Magdy Mohamed Mahmoud Bassuni;
Abstract
lkcausc or its pr:Jtcctcd retroperitoneal position, pancreatic injury
- only occurs with deep penetrating wounds or blunt trai.nna of significant force. Injury to the pancreas must be considered, however, in all patients
who sustain injury to the upper abdomen. The diagnostic approach varies
with the mechanism of injury. With penetrating trauma, almost all .
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patients are operctted on, and the diagnosi
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s of pancreatic injury is made ;it
the time of exploration. The diagnosis oi' blunt injury requires a high
: . degree of clinical suspicion, since there may be few sympfomsduring the initial phase.s of management. In the first several days, the majority of patients wi II eventually develop epigastric and/or back pain, nausea vomiting ileus, and tenderness to abdominal palpittion. Although the
- only occurs with deep penetrating wounds or blunt trai.nna of significant force. Injury to the pancreas must be considered, however, in all patients
who sustain injury to the upper abdomen. The diagnostic approach varies
with the mechanism of injury. With penetrating trauma, almost all .
J..
I
patients are operctted on, and the diagnosi
.
s of pancreatic injury is made ;it
the time of exploration. The diagnosis oi' blunt injury requires a high
: . degree of clinical suspicion, since there may be few sympfomsduring the initial phase.s of management. In the first several days, the majority of patients wi II eventually develop epigastric and/or back pain, nausea vomiting ileus, and tenderness to abdominal palpittion. Although the
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| Title | PANCREATIC TRAUMA | Other Titles | اصابات البنكرياس | Authors | Magdy Mohamed Mahmoud Bassuni | Issue Date | 2001 |
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