| Literature DB >> 36106245 |
Mohammed Abdullah1, Khalid Babieker1, Ali A Almohammed Saleh2.
Abstract
Patients with blunt abdominal trauma are at high risk of getting pancreatic injury, with high morbidity and mortality rates. The decision to manage the patient operatively depends highly on the condition of the main pancreatic duct (MPD). Conservative management of traumatic MPD injuries is rarely reported in the literature. In this article, we present the case of a 19-year-old male patient, medically free, admitted to the hospital following blunt abdominal trauma. He was hemodynamically stable and computed tomography showed MPD injury with no evidence of active bleeding or bile leakage. So, the decision to manage him conservatively was taken. Our aim in this report is to highlight the fact that the operative management of traumatic MPD injuries, which carries dangerous post-operative complications, could be avoided.Entities:
Keywords: blunt abdominal injury; conservative management; pancreatectomy; pancreatic duct injury; pancreatic injury
Year: 2022 PMID: 36106245 PMCID: PMC9447472 DOI: 10.7759/cureus.27749
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Cureus ISSN: 2168-8184