Table 1 Summarises individual organ injuries, methods of diagnosis and management. CT scan was obtained using a spiral CT scanner with intravenous contrast.
From: Hollow viscus injury in children: Starship Hospital experience
Organ | Total | Diagnosis | Management | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Â | Â | Conservative | Operative |
Duodenum | 10 | CT (9); Upper GI series (1) | Haematoma (8) | Perforation (2) |
Small Bowel | 12 | CT(5); X-ray (4); Clinical (3) | Â | Perforation (11); Evisceration (1) |
Large Bowel | 6 | CT (3); Clinical (3) | Haematoma (2) | Perforation (3); Haematoma (1) |
Urinary Bladder | 4 | CT(4) | Extra peritoneal (2) | Intra peritoneal (2) |