title: Delayed rupture of the abdominal aorta in a child after a suspected handlebar injury.
abstract: Blunt abdominal trauma resulting in a laceration of the abdominal aorta is extremely rare. Only one previous example of this injury has been reported in a child. We present the clinical course and surgical management of blunt disruption of the infrarenal aorta in a 13-year-old boy with a subsequent delayed rupture of a third aortic laceration. This is the youngest patient to die from this type of injury after blunt abdominal trauma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, St. Louis University Health Sciences Center, Missouri, USA.
authors.forename: T F
authors.initials: TF
authors.lastname: Tracy
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Silen
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Graham
mesh_terms: D000007:Abdominal Injuries / Q000150:complications*; D000293:Adolescent; D001012:Aorta, Abdominal / Q000293:injuries*; D001019:Aortic Rupture / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D001642:Bicycling / Q000293:injuries*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013997:Time Factors; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000150:complications*