Small bowel trauma in children and adolescents
Reilley, A.; Marks, M.; Nance, F.; Arensman, R.M.; Falterman, K.H.
American Surgeon 51(3): 132-135
1985
ISSN/ISBN: 0003-1348 PMID: 3977186 Document Number: 255582
Fifty-five children and adolescents with blunt and penetrating small bowel injuries were treated during a 17-year period. Fourteen patients had blunt injuries, and there were no deaths in this group. The remaining 41 patients had penetrating small bowel injuries, with a mortality of 10 per cent. A decision to operate based on physical examination can be made in the pediatric age group without unduly delaying operation or increasing mortality.