Blunt abdominal trauma with handlebar injury: A rare cause of traumatic amputation of the appendix associated with acute appendicitis

• Những tác giả chính: Amanda Jensen (Tác giả), Reto Baertschiger (Tác giả), Jodi Hackworth (Tác giả), Fredrick Rescorla (Tác giả)
• Định dạng: Sách
• Được phát hành: Elsevier, 2016-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Những chủ đề: article
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We describe traumatic appendicitis in a 7-year-old boy who presented after sustaining blunt abdominal trauma to his right lower abdomen secondary to bicycle handlebar injury. With diffuse abdominal pain following injury, he was admitted for observation. Computed axial tomography (CT) obtained at an...