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Pancreatic injuries in under‐age Australian rules footballers
Author(s) -
Burton Paul,
Fenton Edmond
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
emergency medicine australasia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.602
H-Index - 52
eISSN - 1742-6723
pISSN - 1742-6731
DOI - 10.1111/j.1742-6723.2007.00947.x
Subject(s) - medicine , pancreatic injury , blunt , accidental , pancreas , pancreatic pseudocyst , football , pancreatitis , percutaneous , blunt trauma , general surgery , surgery , physics , political science , acoustics , law
Blunt injury to the pancreas is rare in children. It has significant physiological effects and can result in death. The most common injury mechanism is a high‐velocity motor vehicle accident. Bicycle accidents, non‐accidental injuries and falls can also cause pancreatic injury. 1 Given the protected retroperitoneal location of the pancreas, it is not surprising that low‐velocity injuries are an uncommon cause of pancreatic injury. Over a 12‐month period we have observed three cases of blunt pancreatic injury, occurring during under‐age Australian rules football (AFL) matches. These represented a spectrum of injuries from ‘traumatic pancreatitis’ to a devascularized distal pancreas requiring initial percutaneous drainage complicated by pseudocyst development requiring cyst gastrostomy. AFL is a free flowing game that combines certain attributes of soccer and rugby. There is an emphasis on physical contact and high‐velocity interpersonal collisions are frequent.