Soccer-related severe blunt splenic injury in a young goalkeeper

Soccer-related severe blunt splenic injury in a young goalkeeper

Abdominal injuries are rare in sports, but even minor traumas may result in potentially life-threatening injuries. The most frequent abdominal injury is abdominal wall contusion, following by blunt injuries of the kidneys and spleen. The cases of blunt abdominal injuries in soccer are rarely reporte...

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Main Authors: Zlatan Zvizdic, Irmina Sefic Pasic, Emir Milisic, Asmir Jonuzi, Semir Vranic
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-06-01
Series:Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports
Subjects:
Blunt spleen injury
Soccer
Football
Nonoperative management
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213576621001019
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spelling doaj-1bb6d282ac714b079313592b9909a4372021-05-08T04:22:46ZengElsevierJournal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports2213-57662021-06-0169101879Soccer-related severe blunt splenic injury in a young goalkeeperZlatan Zvizdic0Irmina Sefic Pasic1Emir Milisic2Asmir Jonuzi3Semir Vranic4Clinic of Pediatric Surgery, University Clinical Center Sarajevo, Sarajevo, Bosnia and HerzegovinaDepartment of Radiology, University Clinical Center Sarajevo, Sarajevo, Bosnia and HerzegovinaClinic of Pediatric Surgery, University Clinical Center Sarajevo, Sarajevo, Bosnia and HerzegovinaClinic of Pediatric Surgery, University Clinical Center Sarajevo, Sarajevo, Bosnia and HerzegovinaCollege of Medicine, QU Health, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar; Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Research Unit, QU Health, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar; Corresponding author. College of Medicine, QU Health, Qatar University, PO Box, 2713, Doha, Qatar.Abdominal injuries are rare in sports, but even minor traumas may result in potentially life-threatening injuries. The most frequent abdominal injury is abdominal wall contusion, following by blunt injuries of the kidneys and spleen. The cases of blunt abdominal injuries in soccer are rarely reported in the literature. We present a case of a grade IV splenic laceration in a 10-year-old soccer goalkeeper caused by the blunt abdominal trauma sustained during the gameplay. The trauma was successfully treated with a nonoperative management approach.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213576621001019Blunt spleen injurySoccerFootballNonoperative management
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author Zlatan Zvizdic
Irmina Sefic Pasic
Emir Milisic
Asmir Jonuzi
Semir Vranic
spellingShingle Zlatan Zvizdic
Irmina Sefic Pasic
Emir Milisic
Asmir Jonuzi
Semir Vranic
Soccer-related severe blunt splenic injury in a young goalkeeper
Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports
Blunt spleen injury
Soccer
Football
Nonoperative management
author_facet Zlatan Zvizdic
Irmina Sefic Pasic
Emir Milisic
Asmir Jonuzi
Semir Vranic
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title Soccer-related severe blunt splenic injury in a young goalkeeper
title_short Soccer-related severe blunt splenic injury in a young goalkeeper
title_full Soccer-related severe blunt splenic injury in a young goalkeeper
title_fullStr Soccer-related severe blunt splenic injury in a young goalkeeper
title_full_unstemmed Soccer-related severe blunt splenic injury in a young goalkeeper
title_sort soccer-related severe blunt splenic injury in a young goalkeeper
publisher Elsevier
series Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports
issn 2213-5766
publishDate 2021-06-01
description Abdominal injuries are rare in sports, but even minor traumas may result in potentially life-threatening injuries. The most frequent abdominal injury is abdominal wall contusion, following by blunt injuries of the kidneys and spleen. The cases of blunt abdominal injuries in soccer are rarely reported in the literature. We present a case of a grade IV splenic laceration in a 10-year-old soccer goalkeeper caused by the blunt abdominal trauma sustained during the gameplay. The trauma was successfully treated with a nonoperative management approach.
topic Blunt spleen injury
Soccer
Football
Nonoperative management
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213576621001019
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