Citation

Maharaj D, Perry A, Ramdass M, Naraynsingh V. Postgrad. Med. J. 2003; 79(927): 57-58.

Affiliation

Department of Surgery, University of the West Indies, General Hospital, Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, West Indies. dalemaharaj@hotmail.com

Copyright

(Copyright © 2003, BMJ Publishing Group)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

12566556

PMCID

PMC1742578

Abstract

Blunt abdominal trauma with intraperitoneal injury usually presents acutely. On rare occasions, such patients can present later on with features of small bowel obstruction due to stricture formation. It is thought that such a delayed stricture is due to subclinical bowel perforation, localised gut ischaemia, or injury to the mesenteric vasculature. This case demonstrates the mesenteric vascular injury theory to be the cause of the bowel stricture.

Language: en