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M Kurdoğlu

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PubMed1987

[Isolated injuries of the small intestine following blunt abdominal injuries].

Operations were performed on 327 patients for blunt abdominal trauma at the casualty ward of the Istanbul University Hospital, over the past three years. Isolated injuries to small intestines were recorded by laparotomy from 22 of these cases. Peritoneal lavage was applied to 18 patients. Only one patient was operated on with 24-hour delay because of false negative result of lavage. Six of the above 22 patients died (27.2 per cent) despite early surgical action. Five of these six had been admitted to the casualty ward with hypovolaemic shock as well as head and extremity injuries after a traffic accident.

Abdominal Injuries↗
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Prenatal diagnosis of diastematomyelia in a 15-week-old fetus.

OBJECTIVE: A case of prenatal diagnosis of diastematomyelia is presented. METHODS: A case of fetal diastematomyelia, diagnosed by prenatal sonography, demonstrated the typical sonographic features of this condition. In this case it was detected at 15 weeks of gestation, and presented with a midline echogenic focus in the posterior region of the thoracolumbar spine. RESULTS: The pregnancy was terminated by induction of labor. The fetus was female and there was a 1-cm long endurated hyperemic lesion at the back of the fetus. We confirmed the diagnosis of diastematomyelia after termination of pregnancy by plain chest and abdominal X-ray and also MRI scanning. CONCLUSION: Isolated diastematomyelia is a rare form of spinal dysraphism characterized by a sagittal cleft in the spinal cord, conus medullaris and/or filum terminale with splaying of the posterior vertebral elements. Prenatal diagnosis of this anomaly is possible in the early mid-trimester by sonography, thus allowing for early surgical intervention and a favorable prognosis.

Abortion, Induced↗