title: Pancreatic injury in blunt abdominal trauma.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Pancreatic injuries are not common after blunt and penetrating trauma, but can be challenging to diagnose and manage.
  
  
  METHODS
  Twenty-three year old man, injured during a fall from a motorcycle two days earlier, was admitted to Department of Surgery, University Clinical Centre Tuzla because of suspicion of pancreatic trauma. Immediately after hospitalization, patient underwent laboratory and radiological tests that revealed the existence of pancreatic trauma, so we opted for urgent surgical treatment. Surgery and early postoperative course were normal and the patient was discharged on the ninth postoperative day.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Proper diagnosis and well-selected surgical treatment significantly increases the chances for recovery of these patients.
authors.affiliation: Clinic for Surgery, University Clinical Center Tuzla, Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
authors.forename: Jasmin
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hasanovic
authors.affiliation: Clinic for Surgery, University Clinical Center Tuzla, Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
authors.forename: Mirha
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Agic
authors.affiliation: Clinic for Surgery, University Clinical Center Tuzla, Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
authors.forename: Zijah
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Rifatbegovic
authors.affiliation: Clinic for Surgery, University Clinical Center Tuzla, Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
authors.forename: Zlatan
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Mehmedovic
authors.affiliation: Clinic for Surgery, University Clinical Center Tuzla, Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
authors.forename: Amra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Jakubovic-Cickusic
mesh_terms: D000007:Abdominal Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010179:Pancreas / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery; D010180:Pancreatectomy; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: blunt trauma; pancreatic injury