1. Successful management of perineal injury without colostomy in a pediatric patient: A case report
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Hussah Mohammed Al-Buainain, Anwar Saeed AlZahrani, Ibrahim Mohammed Al-Dossary, and Hossam Elshafei
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colostomy ,medicine.medical_specialty ,business.industry ,injury ,General surgery ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Colostomy ,Case Report ,General Medicine ,medicine.disease ,Polytrauma ,Road traffic accident ,Primary repair ,Pediatric patient ,Therapeutic approach ,pediatric ,trauma ,Stoma (medicine) ,Perineal wound ,medicine ,Medicine ,perineal ,business ,management - Abstract
Perineal trauma in children are rare, but they can be life-threatening and surgically challenging conditions in the absence of a standardized therapeutic approach. Colostomy remains important and plays an essential role in minimizing the frequency of perineal wound infections but has known complications. Here, we describe a case of a 7-year-old boy who was a victim of a road traffic accident polytrauma and sustained severe perineal injury. The patient was managed primarily without stoma creation and achieved complete wound healing and continence. This case highlights that selection of primary repair without colostomy must be meticulous and individualized. more...
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- 2021