Diagnostic Pelvic Computed Tomography in the Rectal-Injured Combat Casualty | Zendy

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Diagnostic Pelvic Computed Tomography in the Rectal-Injured Combat Casualty

Author(s) -

Eric K. Johnson,

Timothy Judge,

Jonathan B. Lundy,

Mark W. Meyermann

Publication year - 2008

Publication title -

military medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.442

H-Index - 67

eISSN - 1930-613X

pISSN - 0026-4075

DOI - 10.7205/milmed.173.3.293

Subject(s) - medicine , proctoscopy , triage , diagnostic peritoneal lavage , pelvis , radiology , computed tomography , surgery , retrospective cohort study , rectum , blunt , abdominal trauma , medical emergency

The current standard for evaluating trauma patients for penetrating rectal injury is to perform a rigid proctoscopy. This can be laborious and inaccurate. Injuries are often not visualized and a small number of unnecessary colostomies may be created. Computed tomography (CT) scanning of the pelvis may be useful in identifying penetrating rectal injuries.

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