Journal of Emergency Practice and Trauma

Penetrating trans-abdominal bamboo stick injury: An unusual case report

Document Type : Case Report

Authors

Lalit Kumar Bansal
Raja Bhanukiran
Poras Chaudhary
Arun Kumar Gupta

Department of Surgery, ABVIMS and Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital and Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, New Delhi, India

https://doi.org/10.34172/jept.2021.04
Abstract
Objective: objectives: Penetrating abdominal trauma secondary to bamboo stick injury is a rare entity in the developed world. Most of such kind of trans abdominal penetrating bamboo stick injury is associated with multiple solid and hollow viscus injuries. In developing countries like India, where nearly 70% of the population reside in rural areas, it is not that uncommon. Aim of this report is to recognition of risk factors and explain optimum surgical management in trans-abdominal bamboo stick injury.
Case Presentation: Here we describe a case of penetrating trans abdominal bamboo stick injury resulting due to fall
over a branch of bamboo stick with multiorgan damage, which was successfully managed
by early surgical exploration in our institute.
Conclusion: There are many factors
which can prognosticate the penetrating trauma cases. The most important factors include
a long interval between injury and surgical exploration, presence or absence of shock, and
other associated organ injuries at the time of admission. Early recognition of the severity of
injury with surgical management is utmost necessary. These patients have high morbidity
and mortality rates due to multiorgan damage and post-operative infection

Keywords

Penetrating trauma
Bamboo stick injury
Transabdominal injury
Exploratory laparotomy
Subjects
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Journal of Emergency Practice and Trauma
Volume 7, Issue 2
July 2021
Pages 137-139

  • Receive Date 13 October 2020
  • Revise Date 22 December 2020
  • Accept Date 10 January 2021

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