title: [Traumatic rectal injuries].
abstract: The authors review the cases of traumatic rectal injuries admitted to the Emergency Service of the "Hospital das Clínicas", University of São Paulo Medical School, during the period of July 1981 to July 1988. Forty-five patients (62.5%) had their injuries due to gunshot, 14 (19.4%) due to foreign bodies on the rectum, 10 (13.8%) due to blunt trauma and 3 (4.1%) due to stab wounds. The intraperitoneal rectum was injured in 32 patients (44.4%) and extraperitoneal portion of the rectum in 40 patients (55.5%). On the intraperitoneal injuries the management adopted were simple suture (14 patients), associated with a colostomy (17 patients) and in one patient the Hartmann procedure was adopted. On the extraperitoneal wounds the management adopted were rectal repair (when feasible), colostomy, distal washout and drainage. The complications rate was 27.8%, and from them, the majority (70%) were related to infectious nature. Seven patients died (9.7%), four of them as a consequence of sepsis. The morbidity and mortality of the rectal injuries were closed related to infectious complications as a consequence of late diagnosis. For this reason, the authors consider that all efforts should be employed to establish the prompt diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: Serviço de Emergência do Hospital das Clínicas Faculdade de Medicina Universidade de São Paulo.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Steinman
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Cunha
authors.forename: P D
authors.initials: PD
authors.lastname: Branco
authors.forename: R G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Bevilacqua
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Birolini
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003125:Colostomy; D004322:Drainage; D004630:Emergencies; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012007:Rectum / Q000293:injuries*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014950:Wounds, Penetrating / Q000150:complications / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*
vernacular_title: Ferimentos traumáticos de reto.