Citation

Rood LK. J. Emerg. Med. 2007; 32(2): 187-189.

Affiliation

Department of Emergency Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana 46202, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2007, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.jemermed.2006.05.050

PMID

17307631

Abstract

Emergency physicians routinely evaluate patients for injury from blunt abdominal trauma. Most serious injuries result from high energy mechanisms such as motor vehicle collisions. This case report describes a patient who sustained blunt trauma to the descending colon during a martial arts match, necessitating a hemicolectomy.

Language: en