Abdomino-thoracic shooting wound with multivisceral involvement including injury of abdominal aorta in the supra-mesocolic segment.
Abdomino-thoracic wounds caused by shooting are very serious as they frequently affect several organs and require extreme emergency surgery. Within traumatic abdominal vascular wounds, aortic injury in the supramesocolic segment is associated with a high mortality, 64% (2). The case reported, a 19y. old young man, suffered multiple organ injuries by shooting involving abdominal aorta, stomach, liver, diaphragm and lung. He was operated in extreme emergency. The evolution has been simple, the patient leaving the hospital 19 days after surgery. This case presents a tactical peculiarity about the access procedure to the supramesocolic abdominal aorta through the great epiploon, dividing the gastro-colic and the gastro-splenic ligaments.
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Department of Surgery, University Hospital, Bucharest, Romania.
D000007:Abdominal Injuries / Q000150:complications / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D000328:Adult; D001012:Aorta, Abdominal / Q000293:injuries*; D004630:Emergencies; D006801:Humans; D007813:Laparotomy / Q000379:methods; D007902:Length of Stay / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008297:Male; D009104:Multiple Trauma / Q000150:complications / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D013898:Thoracic Injuries / Q000150:complications / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D013908:Thoracotomy / Q000379:methods; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000150:complications / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*