Nonoperative management of blunt pediatric liver injury--late complications: case report.
Selective nonoperative management of blunt liver injuries has become a standard of care, especially in pediatric trauma centers. Recent studies report few complications with this form of therapy. Complications that occur arise over a wide time period, frequently weeks after injury. We report a patient with blunt liver trauma managed nonoperatively, who developed hemobilia 56 days after injury.
MacGillivray
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Department of General Surgery, Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Maryland 20814-5011.
Valentine
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D000293:Adolescent; D001265:Athletic Injuries / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D006406:Hematoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D006431:Hemobilia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D006499:Hepatic Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries*; D008297:Male; D012916:Soccer; D013997:Time Factors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*