Empalamiento inguinal: presentación de dos casos clínicos / Inguinal impalement: report of two cases

BACKGROUND: Traumatic inguinal lesions in children are relatively unusual and those caused by impalement are less common. The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate the clinical course of two similar cases. CLINICAL CASES: A 13-year-old male and a 7-year-old female are presented in this report. During an accidental fall, they sustained an inguinal wound. In the emergency room, a wooden stake and a metallic bar were seen in the inguinal region. The surgical procedure shows absence of vascular, neurological, visceral and testicular damage. Both wounds caused by foreign bodies were subcutaneous and removed without complications. CONCLUSIONS: These types of accidents are uncommon and the absence of damage is the most relevant issue.

Trauma renal en la edad pediátrica. Experiencia de un hospital de segundo nivel / Renal trauma in childhood. Second-level hospital experience

The leading cause of death in children is accidents. Severe craniocerebral trauma and injuries to the heart or major vessels are mainly responsible for immediate death. This phenomenon is also reflected in the increasing number of pediatric admissions for renal trauma. MATERIAL AND METHODS: From 1990 to 2000, the charts of 132 patients with renal injuries secondary to blunt and penetrating trauma in childhood are reviewed. RESULTS: A total of 88 were male patients and 126 sustained blunt trauma (motor accidents, falls, etc.). Gross and microscopic hematuria were the most important finding at the time of presentation, and correlated with severe renal injury, and both were present in 122 cases. Intravenous pyelography and CT scan were the most useful diagnosis tools. Only 27 patients were managed operatively, the majority because of associated intra-abdominal injury. CONCLUSIONS: Intravenous pyelography remains the most cost-effective means of investigating renal injuries in a second-level hospital. Renal contusion and most laceration should be managed conservatively. Only few a renal transactions should be managed operatively.

Duplicación intestinal tóraco-abdominal / Thoraco-abdominal duplication

Introducción. Es bien conocido que la duplicación intestinal intraabdominal es una malformación congénita poco frecuente; la torácica es aún menos; y la tóraco-abdominal es excepcional. Presentamos el caso de un niño que sufrió este último defecto y estudiamos en detalle los hallazgos clínicos, radiológicos y quirúrgicos. Caso clínico. Lactante masculino de 11 meses de edad que fue hospitalizado por infección de vías respiratorias y palidez cutánea. el día de su ingreso se le efectuo estudio radiológico de tórax, que revelo la presencia de un nivel hidroaéro en el hemitórax izquierdo y hemivértebras. La tomografía axial computada mostró la presencia de tumoración en mediastino posterior. Fue intervenido quirúrgicamente encontrándose duplicación tóraco-abdominal. Esta fue extirpada y el extremo diafragmático fue suturado. Como externo, se le efectuó tránsito intestinal y gamagrafía abdominal, refiriéndose posible comunicación con el tubo digestivo proximal y mucosa gástrica ectópica. En la laparotomía exploradora se encontró conexión del yeyuno con el residuo de la duplicación Se efectuó resección intestinal y entero-enteroanastomosis. Conclusiones: este es un defecto raro que requiere de intervención quirúrgica