A conservative approach in a child with haematuria after accidental rectal impalement trauma

We present a case of an 11-year-old boy with haematuria after traumatic rectal insertion of a sharp metal stick. It demonstrates that an expectative management with close observation can be considered in patients with rectal impalement trauma presenting with haematuria and stable vital parameters wi...

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Autores principales: Schijns, Josephine, Plötz, Frans Berend
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4955428/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26612125
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0189-6725.170198
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spelling pubmed-49554282016-09-01 A conservative approach in a child with haematuria after accidental rectal impalement trauma Schijns, Josephine Plötz, Frans Berend Afr J Paediatr Surg Case Report We present a case of an 11-year-old boy with haematuria after traumatic rectal insertion of a sharp metal stick. It demonstrates that an expectative management with close observation can be considered in patients with rectal impalement trauma presenting with haematuria and stable vital parameters without significant injury on abdominal ultrasound. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015 /pmc/articles/PMC4955428/ /pubmed/26612125 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0189-6725.170198 Text en Copyright: © 2015 African Journal of Paediatric Surgery http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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title_short A conservative approach in a child with haematuria after accidental rectal impalement trauma
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