Poster - 173
Management of a Complicating Blunt Hepatic Trauma in a Child
Başak Erginel 1, Gökçe Karlı 1, Feryal Gün Soysal 1, Erbuğ Keskin 1, Kaan Gök 2, Cem İbiş 2, Tansu Salman 1
1 Istanbul University, Istanbul Medical Faculty, Department of Pediatric Surgery
2 Istanbul University, Istanbul Medical Faculty, Department of General Surgery
Trauma is an important cause of morbidity and mortality in pediatric age group. Hepatic injury is conservatively treated unless hemodynamic instability occurs. In conservative follow up late complications such as bile duct injury, bilioma should be kept in mind. In the post traumatic period abdominal pain, vomiting and abdominal distension must alert the the surgeon in terms of bile leakage. Herein, we report a case of 7 years old boy, admitted to our hospital with blunt hepatic trauma after a traffic accident outside the car. He had revascularization in the 3rd hepatic segment in abdominal CT and followed conservatively. In his clinical follow up he underwent laparoscopy for abdominal distension, bile leakage is detected and a subhepatic drain is placed. On his follow up bile leakage continued from the drain. On laparotomy, after cholecystectomy, catheterisation and externalisation of the bile is performed both from the cystic duct and injured bile channel. In the follow up period the drainage from the catheters diminished and he had no problem after the closure of the drains.