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Traumatic Perforation of Duodenal Diverticulum

A. Poostizadeh, Kenneth W. Gow, Taghreed Almahmeed, D.Bruce Allardyce

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A fragile 72-year-old female with previous coronary artery disease sustained blunt abdominal trauma in a motor vehicle crash. A ruptured duodenum was identified by computed tomography scanning. Exploratory laparotomy revealed that the duodenal rupture was caused by perforation of a diverticulum in the second portion of the duodenum. The surgical management of the injury to the duodenum is described in detail.

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Key concepts: Exploratory laparotomy, Duodenum, Medicine, Perforation, Diverticulum (mollusc), Abdominal trauma, Laparotomy, Blunt