Poostizadeh A, Gow K W, Al-Mahmeed T, Allardyce D B
Department of Surgery, Vancouver Hospital and Health Sciences Center and the University of British Columbia, Canada.
J Trauma. 1997 Aug;43(2):370-1. doi: 10.1097/00005373-199708000-00031.
A fragile 72-year-old female with previous coronary artery disease sustained blunt abdominal trauma in a motor vehicle crash. A ruptured duodenum was identified by computed tomography scanning. Exploratory laparotomy revealed that the duodenal rupture was caused by perforation of a diverticulum in the second portion of the duodenum. The surgical management of the injury to the duodenum is described in detail.