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Handlebar herniation: a case of near missed abdominal injury.

Timely identification of specific injuries in a polytrauma case is of paramount importance in order to reduce morbidity and mortality. Unfortunately, some of these injuries are subtle and can be missed on initial primary and secondary assessments. In this paper, we report one such injury in a case o...

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Main Authors: Chew, K S, Amin, N M N Nik
Format: E-Article
Language:English
Published: 2009
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R Medicine (General)
RC Internal medicine
RT Nursing
RZ Other systems of medicine
Online Access:http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/11821/1/MJM%20Handlebar%20Herniation.pdf
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spelling my.unimas.ir.118212016-05-03T02:58:14Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/11821/ Handlebar herniation: a case of near missed abdominal injury. Chew, K S Amin, N M N Nik R Medicine (General) RC Internal medicine RT Nursing RZ Other systems of medicine Timely identification of specific injuries in a polytrauma case is of paramount importance in order to reduce morbidity and mortality. Unfortunately, some of these injuries are subtle and can be missed on initial primary and secondary assessments. In this paper, we report one such injury in a case of a 16-year old motorcyclist who complained of abdominal pain over the right lumbar region after the motorcycle handlebar hit his abdomen. Although initial assessment was uneventful, he was subsequently diagnosed to have a traumatic abdominal wall herniation on abdominal computed tomography after more than 24 hours of observation in the ward. 2009-06 E-Article PeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/11821/1/MJM%20Handlebar%20Herniation.pdf Chew, K S and Amin, N M N Nik (2009) Handlebar herniation: a case of near missed abdominal injury. The Medical journal of Malaysia, 64 (2). pp. 170-1. ISSN 0300-5283
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topic R Medicine (General)
RC Internal medicine
RT Nursing
RZ Other systems of medicine
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RC Internal medicine
RT Nursing
RZ Other systems of medicine
Chew, K S
Amin, N M N Nik
Handlebar herniation: a case of near missed abdominal injury.
description Timely identification of specific injuries in a polytrauma case is of paramount importance in order to reduce morbidity and mortality. Unfortunately, some of these injuries are subtle and can be missed on initial primary and secondary assessments. In this paper, we report one such injury in a case of a 16-year old motorcyclist who complained of abdominal pain over the right lumbar region after the motorcycle handlebar hit his abdomen. Although initial assessment was uneventful, he was subsequently diagnosed to have a traumatic abdominal wall herniation on abdominal computed tomography after more than 24 hours of observation in the ward.
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author Chew, K S
Amin, N M N Nik
author_facet Chew, K S
Amin, N M N Nik
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title Handlebar herniation: a case of near missed abdominal injury.
title_short Handlebar herniation: a case of near missed abdominal injury.
title_full Handlebar herniation: a case of near missed abdominal injury.
title_fullStr Handlebar herniation: a case of near missed abdominal injury.
title_full_unstemmed Handlebar herniation: a case of near missed abdominal injury.
title_sort handlebar herniation: a case of near missed abdominal injury.
publishDate 2009
url http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/11821/1/MJM%20Handlebar%20Herniation.pdf
http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/11821/
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