SUCCESSFUL TREATMENT OF BLUNT TRAUMA INVOLVING COMPLETE LACERATION OFTHE PANCREAS AND DUODENUM IN A 7-YEAR-OLD CHILD - REPORT OF A CASE

The acute onset of peritoneal signs and shock in a 7-year-old boy who had been hit in the epigastrium by a log-seesaw mandated surgical trea tment, Enhanced computed tomography (CT) demonstrated complete lacerat ion of the pancreas as well as duodenal injury, and a duodenoduodenost omy with distal pancreaticogastrostomy was subsequently performed. Tem porary external drainage of the stomach and distal pancreas led to an uneventful recovery in the early postoperative period, Although the pa tient's postoperative development was appropriate for his age, the ori fice of the distal pancreas spontaneously closed 2.5 years following s urgery, We present this report to stress the fact that every effort sh ould be made to preserve the pancreas following abdominal injury in ch ildren.