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  • Title: [Abdomino-pelvic-gluteal war injuries. Principles of treatment].
    Author: Pons F, Rigal S, Dupeyron C.
    Journal: Ann Urol (Paris); 1997; 31(5):294-302. PubMed ID: 9480636.
    Abstract:
    From a series of 316 cases of war wounds, the authors selected those cases in which the entry or exit wound was situated between the iliac crests and the inferior gluteal fold and report a series of 21 wounds (including 17 assault gunshot wounds) involving the perineal, pelvic and/or gluteal regions. Wounds of these regions are characterized by their immediate severity (10% mortality in this series), due to the complexity of combined lesions (urethra, rectum, hip, abdominal and vascular lesions) and the severity of sequelae. This series included 5 anorectal wounds, 5 urethral wounds and 4 hip wounds. Based on this series and a review of the literature, the authors discuss diagnostic problems (risk of missing abdominal penetration, a retroperitoneal rectal wound or an articular wound). Principles of treatments are also described (wide debridement and drainage, systematic colostomy for wounds of the rectum and large soft tissues wounds, systematic cystostomy for bladder and urethral wounds and alignment of urethral wounds whenever possible, articular lavage and immobilization by external fixation of hip wounds).
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