Journal of Trauma and Injury

The Korean Society of Traumatology (대한외상학회)
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Laparoscopy in Blunt Abdominal Trauma: Diaphragmatic and Bladder Lacerations Repair

  • Martins, Ruben (General Surgery Department, Faro Hospital, Algarve Hospital University Center) ;
  • dos Santos, Martins (General Surgery Department, Faro Hospital, Algarve Hospital University Center) ;
  • Revez, Tatiana (General Surgery Department, Faro Hospital, Algarve Hospital University Center)
  • Received : 2019.06.24
  • Accepted : 2019.08.02
  • Published : 2019.09.30
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Abstract

The growing use of laparoscopy in elective surgery has led to its increase utilization in emergency surgery. However, the employment of laparoscopy in abdominal trauma is still unusual. Here in we report a case of a patient with blunt abdominal trauma that resulted in a combination of exceptional traumatic lesions, diaphragmatic and bladder lacerations. Both injuries were diagnosed and successfully resolved by laparoscopy. The report of this type of lesions and resolution is extremely rare, being this the second case described in the international literature. This article intends to show that laparoscopy may not only be used as a diagnostic tool, but also as a therapeutic instrument in selected cases of blunt abdominal trauma.

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