Manejo no operatorio del Trauma Abdominal cerrado en el Hospital Puente Piedra

Abstract

Handling of closed abdominal trauma is a noxa with a peculiar way of action when suspected, because of its life threatening potential. Different Schools of Surgery, as years go by, start to question how to handle this pathology, either by open surgery or non surgical procedures. Today, there are protocols and criteria with better sensitivity and specificity that approach this issue to decide among alternatives. We present the report of an adult woman that suffered abdominal trauma by an auto rickshaw (a common way of transportation in the Puente Piedra area). She was evaluated at the Hospital de Puente Piedra, referring as symptoms and main signs abdominal pain at left upper quadrant. She was hemodinamically stable, and had a 22% hematocrit level when admitted. Diagnosis was established as closed abdominal trauma with possible splenic rupture that was confirmed by tomography and ecography. Handling of the patient was non-surgical. (English) [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR], El manejo del trauma)