Retroperitoneal injuries of the duodenum
Rodkin, S.A.; Tarakanova, I.I.
Vestnik Khirurgii Imeni I. I. Grekova 121(10): 113-116
1978
ISSN/ISBN: 0042-4625 PMID: 716122 Document Number: 127012
8 observations over a closed trauma of the retroperitoneal portion of the duodenum are presented; 3 patients out of them sustained combined traumas. Only in 2 cases the rupture of the peritoneal portion of the duodenum was suspected before operation. In 4 patients the diagnosis was established in time of laparotomy, in 2 cases the rupture was recognized at the repeated laparotomy. As a rule each operation terminated in a drainage of the retroperitoneal space through the lumbar region.