• J Ayub Med Coll Abbottabad · Apr 2016

    Case Reports

    Isolated Duodenal Injuries After Blunt Abdominal Trauma.

    • Raheel Ahmad, Muhammad Salman Shafique, Najibul Ul Haq, Zohra Akram, Usman Qureshi, and Jahangir Sarwar Khan.
    • Department of Surgery, Holy Family Hospital, Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
    • J Ayub Med Coll Abbottabad. 2016 Apr 1; 28 (2): 400-403.

    AbstractIsolated duodenal injury after blunt abdominal trauma is a very rare entity. In contrast to penetrating injuries, duodenal injuries after blunt trauma are difficult to diagnose. Early diagnosis and management is required to prevent high morbidity and mortality associated with these injuries. We present three young patients of blunt abdominal trauma with an isolated injury to duodenum in which primary repair of perforations were done with good outcomes.

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