Gastric Injury

Raphael Parrado, MD MS, Carly J Celebrezze, MD, MSc, Martin S Keller, MD, Ibrahim Abd el-shafy, MD, Mitchell Price, MD, Jose M Prince, MD

Introduction

Gastric injury can be the result of either blunt or penetrating trauma. Gastric injury is found in 0.9 to 1.8% of children who experience blunt abdominal trauma [1][2].

see also Gastrointestinal Trauma and Gastric Repair for Trauma

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