Late laparoscopic management of traumatic rectal injury without protective colostomy.
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.
Travassos
Daisy V
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Department of Pediatric Surgery, Wilhelmina Children's Hospital, University Medical Center, Utrecht, The Netherlands. d.vieira-travassos@umcutrecht.nl
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Rafal
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van der Zee
David
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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*