Table 1 |
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Summarises individual organ injuries, methods of diagnosis and management. CT scan was obtained using a spiral CT scanner with intravenous contrast. |
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| Organ |
Total |
Diagnosis |
Management |
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| Conservative |
Operative |
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| Duodenum |
10 |
CT (9); Upper GI series (1) |
Haematoma (8) |
Perforation (2) |
| Small Bowel |
12 |
CT(5); X-ray (4); Clinical (3) |
Perforation (11); Evisceration (1) |
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| Large Bowel |
6 |
CT (3); Clinical (3) |
Haematoma (2) |
Perforation (3); Haematoma (1) |
| Urinary Bladder |
4 |
CT(4) |
Extra peritoneal (2) |
Intra peritoneal (2) |
Abbas and Upadhyay World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2007 2:14 doi:10.1186/1749-7922-2-14 |
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