Non-operative management of non-destructive extra-peritoneal rectal injury.
This is a case report of extra-peritoneal rectal injury, secondary to a gunshot, that was managed non-operatively. A 57-year old male presented with a single gunshot to the right buttock and had blood per rectum. Extra-peritoneal rectal injuries were seen on proctoscopy and he had no genitourinary injury. He was managed successfully without rectal injury repair orfaecal stream diversion.
Kingston Public Hospital, Kingston, Jamaica. mfharry2002@yahoo.com
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Harry
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Plummer
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Stubbs
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Aitken
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Williams
D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012007:Rectum / Q000293:injuries*; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000628:therapy*