title: [Blunt perineal injuries].
abstract: Blunt perineal and anal injuries are rare. We describe 2 patients who suffered injury to the perineum and anal canal due to blunt force. New surgical techniques for the reconstruction of the sphincteric mechanism are promising and should be used by the initial treating surgeon as minimal procedures in the perineal region. Anal tagging, minimal debridement, approximation of the edges of perineal laceration, repeated irrigation and loop-colostomy for fecal diversion should be the only initial surgical procedures.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Surgery B, Tel Aviv Medical Center.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kluger
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Soffer
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Sagie
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Abllay
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Aladgem
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rabau
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001003:Anal Canal / Q000293:injuries*; D003125:Colostomy / Q000379:methods; D003646:Debridement; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010502:Perineum / Q000293:injuries*; D007507:Therapeutic Irrigation; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000601:surgery*