Treatment of acute pancreatic injuries in childhood.
Eight cases of acute pancreatic injuries in children aged between 3 and 15 years are presented. All the injuries were blunt. Four children were managed with distal pancreatectomy and four with abdominal lavation and canalization. Three patients were classed as grade I and five to grade II in terms of severity of injury, according to the classification of Lucas. Hospital mortality was zero. In the follow-up study after the average time of three years and seven months, all eight patients were doing well. There were no postoperative diabetes in our patient sample.
D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010179:Pancreas / Q000293:injuries*; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000628:therapy*