title: Blunt colon injury sustained during a kickboxing match.
abstract: Emergency physicians routinely evaluate patients for injury from blunt abdominal trauma. Most serious injuries result from high energy mechanisms such as motor vehicle collisions. This case report describes a patient who sustained blunt trauma to the descending colon during a martial arts match, necessitating a hemicolectomy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana 46202, USA.
authors.forename: Loren K
authors.initials: LK
authors.lastname: Rood
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001265:Athletic Injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D003082:Colectomy; D003106:Colon / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016139:Martial Arts / Q000293:injuries*; D011859:Radiography; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000209:etiology*