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dc.contributor.authorBeiler, Hans Alberten
dc.contributor.authorZachariou, Zachariasen
dc.contributor.authorDaum, R.en
dc.creatorBeiler, Hans Alberten
dc.creatorZachariou, Zachariasen
dc.creatorDaum, R.en
dc.date.accessioned2018-06-22T09:52:28Z
dc.date.available2018-06-22T09:52:28Z
dc.date.issued1998
dc.identifier.urihttps://gnosis.library.ucy.ac.cy/handle/7/41369
dc.description.abstractBackground/Purpose: Because of the small numbers of impalement and anorectal injuries in childhood, a standardized therapeutic approach is necessary to avoid major complications. On the basis of a retrospective analysis of 12 children with such injuries treated from 1986 to 1996 in our department, the authors tried to establish guidelines for their treatment. Methods: Additional therapeutic problems and main complications are elucidated after meticulous analysis of three selected cases. Results: In two cases of anorectal impalement and a primary colostomy, no complications occured. However, in three cases involving anorectal injury a primary fecal diversion was not performed, making a secondary colostomy necessary after wound infection. Conclusions: The current standard principles in the treatment of severe anorectal injuries in children are fecal diversion, wound drainage, and broad spectrum antibiotics. A primary reconstruction in cases of impalement can be recommended only after exclusion of anorectal injury.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.sourceJournal of pediatric surgeryen
dc.subjectAnorectal injuriesen
dc.subjectImpalementen
dc.subjectTherapeutic approachen
dc.titleImpalement and anorectal injuries in childhood: A retrospective study of 12 casesen
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/article
dc.description.volume33
dc.description.issue8
dc.description.startingpage1287
dc.description.endingpage1291
dc.author.facultyΙατρική Σχολή / Medical School
dc.author.departmentΙατρική Σχολή / Medical School
dc.type.uhtypeArticleen
dc.contributor.orcidZachariou, Zacharias [0000-0001-8305-8037]
dc.gnosis.orcid0000-0001-8305-8037


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