TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2009//
TI  - Isolated duodenal rupture due to go-karting accidents--braking news
JO  - Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England
A1  - Thomas, Milan
A1  - Basu, Narendra Nath
A1  - Gulati, Manpreet Singh
A1  - Seager, Ruth
A1  - Oke, Tayo
A1  - Constantinescu, Gabriel
A1  - Siddiqui, Midhat
SP  - 340
EP  - 343
VL  - 91
IS  - 4
N2  - INTRODUCTION: Isolated duodenal injury due to blunt abdominal trauma is extremely rare. We present a series of three such injuries due to go-karting accidents, which presented to our hospital over 5 months. CASE REPORTS: Between October 2007 and February 2008, three cases of D3/D4 duodenal rupture presented to our hospital after go-karting accidents. Trauma occurred as a result of the steering wheel impacting on the abdomen. All patients presented similarly with symptoms of epigastric and right upper quadrant pain. In all cases, computed tomography scanning was highly suggestive of duodenal injury and, in particular, demonstrated presence of retroperitoneal air centred around the duodenum. Treatment required laparotomy and operative repair in all cases. CONCLUSIONS: Duodenal injury presents insidiously due to its retroperitoneal position. A low threshold for investigating patients presenting with epigastric and right upper quadrant pain should be adopted along with active clinical vigilance to exclude serious and life-threatening trauma after go-karting accidents.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0035-8843
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1308/147870809X400930
ID  - ref1
ER  -