TRAUMATIC PANCREATIC DUCT RUPTURE IN A CHILD - DIAGNOSED BY ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE PANCREATOGRAPHY

Authors
HIRATA K OHTA R TSURUDOME Y FUKAMACHI Y OKAMOTO K NAGATA N HISATOMI K NAGAFUCHI Y ITOH H
Citation
K. Hirata et al., TRAUMATIC PANCREATIC DUCT RUPTURE IN A CHILD - DIAGNOSED BY ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE PANCREATOGRAPHY, European journal of pediatric surgery, 7(1), 1997, pp. 48-49
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery,Pediatrics
Journal title
European journal of pediatric surgery → ACNP
ISSN journal
09397248
Volume
7
Issue
1
Year of publication
1997
Pages
48 - 49
Database
ISI
SICI code
0939-7248(1997)7:1<48:TPDRIA>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
We report on a child who sustained blunt abdominal trauma with pancrea tic duct rupture diagnosed by preoperative endoscopic retrograde pancr eatography (ERP). Duct laceration remained undiagnosed by computerized tomography or ultrasonography. Preoperative ERP is the only known met hod for the accurate diagnosis of injury to main pancreatic duct. Even in children with pancreatic trauma we recommend ERP before any surger y is attempted to help in decisions on operative strategy.