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Endovascular management of lap belt-related abdominal aortic injury in a 9-year-old child.

TitleEndovascular management of lap belt-related abdominal aortic injury in a 9-year-old child.
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2015
AuthorsPapazoglou, K. O., Karkos C. D., Kalogirou T. E., & Giagtzidis I. T.
JournalAnn Vasc Surg
Volume29
Issue2
Pagination365.e11-5
Date Published2015 Feb
ISSN1615-5947
Abstract

Blunt abdominal aortic trauma is a rare occurrence in children with only a few patients having been reported in the literature. Most such cases have been described in the context of lap belt injuries. We report a 9-year-old boy who suffered lap belt trauma to the abdomen during a high-speed road traffic accident resulting to the well-recognized pattern of blunt abdominal injury, that is, the triad of intestinal perforation, fractures of the lumbar spine, and abdominal aortic injury. The latter presented with lower limb ischemia due to dissection of the infrarenal aorta and right common iliac artery. Revascularization was achieved by endovascular means using 2 self-expanding stents in the infrarenal aorta and the right common iliac artery. This case is one of the few reports of lap belt-related acute traumatic abdominal aortic dissection in a young child and highlights the feasibility of endovascular management in the pediatric population.

DOI10.1016/j.avsg.2014.09.026
Alternate JournalAnn Vasc Surg
PubMed ID25463338

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