A Special Case Report on Small Intestinal Mesenteric Tear-A Rare Encounter

Vijaykumar S; Krishna Prasad; Akarsh Y G; Sreeramulu PN

doi:10.58739/jcbs/v08i4.5

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A Special Case Report on Small Intestinal Mesenteric Tear-A Rare Encounter

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Journal of Clinical and Biomedical Sciences

DOI: 10.58739/jcbs/v08i4.5

Year: 2018, Volume: 8, Issue: 4, Pages: 134-136

Case Report

A Special Case Report on Small Intestinal Mesenteric Tear-A Rare Encounter

Vijaykumar S¹,Krishna Prasad^2*, Akarsh Y G³, Sreeramulu PN⁴

1. Post graduate Department of General Surgery, Sri Devaraj Urs Medical College.
2. Professor, Department of General Surgery, Sri Devaraj Urs Medical College.
3. Assistant Professor, Department of General Surgery, Sri Devaraj Urs Medical College.
4. Professor and Head, Department of General Surgery, Sri Devaraj Urs Medical College, SDUAHER, Tamaka, Kolar.

*Corresponding Author
E-mail: [email protected]
Mob No: 9880021868

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Abstract

Mesenteric injuries can follow severe abdominal trauma or contusion and is a cause of hemoperito-neum. More commonly injured by torsional force so called seat belt injury, due sudden deceleration result-ing in mesenteric tear. This possibility has to be kept in mind as you encounter polytrauma case. Apart from controlling ongoing hemorrhage, associated ischemic or ruptured gut will require resection. We report one such case of mesenteric injury following abdominal trauma.

Key words: Mesentery, Hemoperitoneum, Seat injury, Torsional injury