Uncommon rectal impalement injury with an unexpected intraabdominal trauma

Rectal penetrating injuries are a very rare and potentially lethal form of trauma in children. We report the case of a rectal impalement injury (RII) in a 3-year-old female patient after an almost unbelievable accident at home. Laparotomy revealed a traumatic rectal wall perforation. Initially, we h...

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Main Authors: Belkis Diez-Mendiondo, Jonathan Hencke, Oliver H. Diez, Steffan Loff
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2022-06-01
Series:Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213576622000811