Blunt Splenic Injury by Gunshot.
10.4266/kjccm.2013.28.4.340
- Author:
Young Hoon SUL
1
;
Sang Il LEE
;
Kwang Sik CHEON
;
Jae Young MOON
;
Jun Wan LEE
;
In Sang SONG
Author Information
1. Department of Surgery, Chungnam National University Hospital, Daejeon, Korea. songis@cnuh.co.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
penetrating and blunt injury;
shotgun;
trauma
- MeSH:
Hemoperitoneum;
Humans;
Peritoneal Cavity
- From:The Korean Journal of Critical Care Medicine
2013;28(4):340-343
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Trauma is frequently not purely penetrating or purely blunt. Such mixed trauma can result from the mechanism of injury. Recently, we encountered a patient who accidentally shot himself with a shotgun. He had a 15 x 8-cm-sized penetrating injury on left flank that did not penetrate into the peritoneal cavity and a blunt splenic injury with hemoperitoneum. Surgical and interventional treatments were performed for each injury. We present this case with a review of the related literature.
