Traction as a cause of gallbladder avulsion
Raju, D.P.; Nayak, S.; Agarwal, S.; Abraham, D.T.
Tropical Gastroenterology Official Journal of the Digestive Diseases Foundation 25(3): 146
2004
ISSN/ISBN: 0250-636X PMID: 15682665 Document Number: 570653
Following isolated blunt trauma to the abdomen, a 25-year-old man developed peritonitis. Laparotomy revealed a band between the transverse colon and gallbladder, with partial avulsion of the latter. Avulsion of the gallbladder is a rare injury and, to the best of our knowledge traction has not been described as a mechanism of injury.