A Special Case Report on Small Intestinal Mesenteric Tear-A Rare Encounter

Mesenteric injuries can follow severe abdominal trauma or contusion and is a cause of hemoperito-neum. More commonly injured by torsional force so called seat belt injury, due sudden deceleration result-ing in mesenteric tear. This possibility has to be kept in mind as you encounter polytra...

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Main Authors: Vijaykumar S, Krishna Prasad, Akarsh Y G, Sreeramulu PN
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Language:English
Published: Sri Devaraj Urs Academy of Higher Education and Research 2018-12-01
Series:Journal of Clinical and Biomedical Sciences
Online Access:https://jcbsonline.ac.in/articles/a-special-case-report-on-small-intestinal-mesenteric-tear-a-rare-encounter
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description Mesenteric injuries can follow severe abdominal trauma or contusion and is a cause of hemoperito-neum. More commonly injured by torsional force so called seat belt injury, due sudden deceleration result-ing in mesenteric tear. This possibility has to be kept in mind as you encounter polytrauma case. Apart from controlling ongoing hemorrhage, associated ischemic or ruptured gut will require resection. We report one such case of mesenteric injury following abdominal trauma. Key words: Mesentery, Hemoperitoneum, Seat injury, Torsional injury
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spelling doaj-art-6f16efd8f18c41839f834ac8e1d45b712025-08-20T02:51:00ZengSri Devaraj Urs Academy of Higher Education and ResearchJournal of Clinical and Biomedical Sciences2231-41802319-24532018-12-0108413413610.58739/jcbs/v08i4.5A Special Case Report on Small Intestinal Mesenteric Tear-A Rare EncounterVijaykumar SKrishna PrasadAkarsh Y GSreeramulu PN Mesenteric injuries can follow severe abdominal trauma or contusion and is a cause of hemoperito-neum. More commonly injured by torsional force so called seat belt injury, due sudden deceleration result-ing in mesenteric tear. This possibility has to be kept in mind as you encounter polytrauma case. Apart from controlling ongoing hemorrhage, associated ischemic or ruptured gut will require resection. We report one such case of mesenteric injury following abdominal trauma. Key words: Mesentery, Hemoperitoneum, Seat injury, Torsional injuryhttps://jcbsonline.ac.in/articles/a-special-case-report-on-small-intestinal-mesenteric-tear-a-rare-encounter
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