CASE REPORT
Year : 2014  |  Volume : 7  |  Issue : 1  |  Page : 76-77

An unusual case of handle bar injury of abdomen in a child: A case report and review of literature

Sudhir K Thakur, Shwetank Agarwal, Madhubala K Karne, Gopal
Department of Surgery, Saraswathi Institute of Medical Sciences, Hapur, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India

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Department of Surgery, Saraswathi Institute of Medical Sciences, Hapur, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh
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DOI: 10.4103/0975-2870.122792

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The handle bar injury is quite common in pediatric age group. The nature of injury may vary from minor abrasions to life-threatening acute abdomen. We present a case who came to us after five days of sustaining such injury with anterior abdominal wall hematoma and surprisingly, we found free gas under the right dome of diaphragm. We successfully treated the patient conservatively and the patient is being followed up at regular interval.


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