Abstract:Liver is the organ most frequently injured after blunt or penetrating abdominal trauma, being in pediatrics a pathology that has an increasing incidence; Non-operative management is the hallmark of treatment, however cases of secondary biliary leakage have been described, which may affect the intrahepatic or extrahepatic track. A male 8 years old, with blunt trauma in the right hypochondrium, presenting acute abdomen and hemodynamic instability, requiring exploratory laparotomy with a grade III liver injury in… Show more
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