Small bowel trauma in children and adolescents.
Fifty-five children and adolescents with blunt and penetrating small bowel injuries were treated during a 17-year period. Fourteen patients had blunt injuries, and there were no deaths in this group. The remaining 41 patients had penetrating small bowel injuries, with a mortality of 10 per cent. A decision to operate based on physical examination can be made in the pediatric age group without unduly delaying operation or increasing mortality.
D000007:Abdominal Injuries / Q000150:complications; D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000293:injuries*; D010808:Physical Examination; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy; D014950:Wounds, Penetrating / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy