title: Inframesocolic Abdominal Aortic Injury and Lumbar Vertebral Body Fracture Secondary to Hyperextension with Blunt Trauma.
abstract: This case study describes an abdominal aortic injury and lumbar vertebral body fracture after blunt trauma. Abdominal aortic pseudoaneurysm is a rare complication of blunt abdominal trauma. Recent data reveal seven other reports in the literature. We describe a case of an inframesocolic abdominal aortic injury and lumbar vertebral body fracture from blunt trauma in a 16-year-old male after a hyperextension injury while body board surfing.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Division of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care, Christiana Care Hospital, Newark, DE, USA. mkalina@hotmail.com.|Department of Surgery, Division of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care, Christiana Care Hospital, 4735 Ogletown-Stanton Road, Medical Arts Pavilion II, Suite 3301, Newark, DE, 19713, USA. mkalina@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kalina
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Division of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care, Christiana Care Hospital, Newark, DE, USA.
authors.forename: Melissa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Donovan
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Division of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care, Christiana Care Hospital, Newark, DE, USA.
authors.forename: Frederick
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Giberson
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Division of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care, Christiana Care Hospital, Newark, DE, USA.
authors.forename: Glen
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Tinkoff
keywords: Abdominal trauma; Biomechanics; Pseudoaneurysm; Vascular trauma
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