Primary Article

Blunt Trauma to the Pancreas in Children

Authors: DON MEIER MD, LEONARD GRAIVIER MD, TED VOTTELER MD, DALE COLN MD

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Sixteen children below the age of 12 were operated on for blunt injury to the pancreas during a ten-year period. Unless there was an associated injury, signs and symptoms did not immediately develop. Common to the delayed manifestation of an injury to the pancreas was a history of an impaling force to the upper abdomen, abdominal tenderness, and an elevated serum amylase level. The postoperative morbidity for contusion of the pancreas was unpredictable, and a prolonged period without oral alimentation should be anticipated.

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