Journal of Acute Care Surgery

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Case Report

Organ(liver, bowel, kideny etc.), Others

Delayed Small Bowel Ischemia following Minor Mesenteric Injury: Gil Hwan Kim, Jae Hun Kim, Sang Bong Lee; J Acute Care Surg 2019;9(2):66-68. Published online October 30, 2019; DOI: https://doi.org/10.17479/jacs.2019.9.2.66; Correction in: J Acute Care Surg 2023;13(2):80

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We report a case of delayed presentation of small bowel ischemia following minor mesenteric injury after blunt abdominal trauma. Traumatic small bowel and/or mesenteric injury is rare, and minor mesenteric injury is usually managed conservatively. However, mesenteric injury may cause potentially fatal conditions such as hemorrhages or peritonitis in extremely rare cases and require laparotomy. We present a case of small bowel ischemia that occurred 3 days after minor mesenteric injury from blunt abdominal trauma.

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