Emergency Medicine: Open Access
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ISSN: 2165-7548
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ISSN: 2165-7548
+44 1223 790975
Tadashi Ishihara
Urayasu Hospital, 2-1-1, Tomioka, Urayasu, Chiba, 279-0021
Japan
Research Article
Analysis of Pseudoaneurysms in Solid Organs after Blunt Abdominal Injury in Pediatric age group Treated at an Emergency Center
Author(s): Tadashi Ishihara, Inoue Y, Nishiyama K, Sueyoshi K, Sumi Y, Matsuda S, Okamoto K and Tanaka HTadashi Ishihara, Inoue Y, Nishiyama K, Sueyoshi K, Sumi Y, Matsuda S, Okamoto K and Tanaka H
Background: Pediatric trauma patients present unique clinical challenges such as different mechanisms of injury, physiological responses, and indications for operative versus nonoperative management compared to adults. Nonoperative management for blunt abdominal trauma is generally preferred in hemodynamically stable children and its outcomes are generally excellent. However, therapeutic strategy for pseudoaneurysms (PA) after solid organ injury (SOI) is controversial.
Methods: Patients aged ≤ 15 years admitted to our hospital from April 2008 to March 2014 because of blunt abdominal trauma were enrolled in this study. The patients were divided into two groups: those complicated with PA (PA group) or without PA (non-PA group). Result: Among the 294 patients admitted with abdominal injury, 17 were enrolled in this study. No significant differe.. View More»
DOI:
10.4172/2165-7548.1000295