Literature DB >> 3433347

Compressed air injury of the colon, a case report.

E C Onyedunma1, B Akande, S A Adedeji.   

Abstract

A case of compressed air injury to the bowel resulting in large bowel perforation necessitating resection is presented. The mechanism of injury is discussed and the attention of health care delivery personnel is drawn to this new type of industrial accident in Nigeria. The need for education of the workers handling compressed air appliances in a developing country like Nigeria is emphasized.

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Year:  1987        PMID: 3433347

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Trop Geogr Med        ISSN: 0041-3232


  2 in total

1.  Survived ileocecal blowout from compressed air.

Authors:  Marco Weber; Frank Kolbus; Jan Dressler; Rüdiger Lessig
Journal:  Int J Legal Med       Date:  2010-04-27       Impact factor: 2.686

2.  Trans-anal barotrauma by compressed air leading to sigmoid perforation due to a dangerous practical joke.

Authors:  Harvinder Singh Pahwa; Awanish Kumar; Rohit Srivastava; Anurag Rai
Journal:  BMJ Case Rep       Date:  2012-08-01
  2 in total

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