Citation

Chen C, Schuster K, Bhattacharya B. Case Rep. Surg. 2015; 2015: 519836.

Affiliation

Surgical Critical Care and Surgical Emergencies, Section of Trauma, Yale School of Medicine, 330 Cedar Street, BB310, P.O. Box 208062, New Haven, CT 06520-8062, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2015, Hindawi Publishing)

DOI

10.1155/2015/519836

PMID

25688322

Abstract

Blunt polytrauma can present complex management decisions. Here we report the case of a 31-year-old male involved in a high speed motor vehicle collision resulting in both duodenal and thoracic aorta injury that was managed collaboratively between the trauma, vascular, and cardiothoracic surgical teams. The patient went on to a full recovery. We also review the management of such injuries which has evolved over the past two decades resulting in less morbidity and mortality.

Language: en