Blunt Liver Trauma in a Pediatric Patient

Abstract

Objective: Nowadays the conservative treatment in case of solid organ injury in abdominal trauma is the procedure of choice, regardless of the injury degree. Our objective is to describe our abdominal trauma protocol in case of a solid organ injury and present a case of a pediatric patient with liver organ injury after an abdominal trauma.Case Report: A 13-year-old-patient was transfer to our center with a liver injury after blunting abdominal trauma. Demographic data, trauma mechanism, organ, associated lesions, examination made at diagnosis and follow-up, type of treatment, success rate of treatment, complications during admission and after discharge were collected. Conclusion:The gold standard for the initial treatment of abdominal trauma with solid organ injury, regardless of the degree of involvement, is the conservative treatment.