TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1998//
TI  - Abdominal injuries in children. The value of emergency abdominal ultrasonography
JO  - Archives de Pediatrie
A1  - Elabbassi-Skalli, A.
A1  - Ouzidane, L.
A1  - Maani, K.
A1  - Benjelloun, A.
A1  - Ksiyer, M.
SP  - 269
EP  - 273
VL  - 5
IS  - 3
N2  - UNLABELLED: Abdominal injuries are frequent in children. Their early assessment is the best guarantee for an accurate management. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Seventy children with abdominal trauma were evaluated by early ultrasonography. RESULTS: This investigation found abnormalities in 52 patients, with hematic peritoneal effusion in 26 cases, renal lesion in 20 cases, hepatic lesion in ten cases, splenic lesion in seven cases and a lesion involving liver, spleen and pancreas in one case. Based on these results, surgery was performed in six cases. The remaining cases were simply supervised with a good prognosis. CONCLUSION: Ultrasonography represents the main investigation in children's abdominal trauma, allowing an early, efficient and non-costly morphological diagnosis. Computerized tomography (CT) scan has some particular indications.<p /> <p>Language: fr</p>
LA  - fr
SN  - 0929-693X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -