Complete transection of the stomach and pancreas as a result of blunt trauma

Abstract

A case is reported of complete transection of the stomach and pancreas as a results of blunt trauma. The occurrence of transection of the stomach and transection of the pancreas and their management are reviewed. From a search of the medical literature this is the first recorded case in which both these injuries have occurred together.

Transection of the stomach after blunt injury in the pediatric population

“…The stomach was reconstructed by way of an endto-end anastomosis in 2 layers, but the patient died a few hours later because of untreatable shock. Since this first case, scattered reports have been published involving both adult and pediatric patients [2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]; however, the incidence of stomach transection in the pediatric population has never been reported. In our level I trauma center (both adult and pediatric), we treated 6763 pediatric blunt abdominal injuries between January 1989 and December 2005.…”