Surgical management of injuries of the large intestine
- 1 October 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in British Journal of Surgery
- Vol. 68 (10) , 725-728
- https://doi.org/10.1002/bjs.1800681016
Abstract
Summary: During the period 1969–79, 106 patients were admitted to the Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast suffering from injuries of the large intestine as a consequence of civil disturbances in Northern Ireland. Eighty-eight of these had penetrating wounds of the colon or rectum. Eighteen patients died as a result of multiple injuries. In these patients there was an average of 3.6 intra-abdominal organs injured compared with a mean of 2.2 in non-fatal cases. There were no deaths among patients who had isolated colonic or rectal injuries.Keywords
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