title: Late laparoscopic management of traumatic rectal injury without protective colostomy.
abstract: The gold standard of treatment in the case of fecal peritonitis in association with traumatic rectal perforation is closure of the perforation in combination with a diverting colostomy. In this paper, we report the successful laparoscopic management of such a trauma without colostomy 24 hours after the incident.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Surgery, Wilhelmina Children's Hospital, University Medical Center, Utrecht, The Netherlands. d.vieira-travassos@umcutrecht.nl
authors.forename: Daisy V
authors.initials: DV
authors.lastname: Travassos
authors.forename: Rafal
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Chrzan
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: van der Zee
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D003125:Colostomy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D010538:Peritonitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D012007:Rectum / Q000293:injuries*; D013997:Time Factors; D014950:Wounds, Penetrating / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*