Non-operative management of non-destructive extra-peritoneal rectal injury.

This is a case report of extra-peritoneal rectal injury, secondary to a gunshot, that was managed non-operatively. A 57-year old male presented with a single gunshot to the right buttock and had blood per rectum. Extra-peritoneal rectal injuries were seen on proctoscopy and he had no genitourinary injury. He was managed successfully without rectal injury repair orfaecal stream diversion.

Citation

M F Harry, J M Plummer, M Stubbs, R Aitken, P Williams. Non-operative management of non-destructive extra-peritoneal rectal injury. The West Indian medical journal. 2011 Jun;60(3):344-5

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PMID: 22224350

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