Liu DL, Pan JY, Huang TC, Li CZ, Feng WD, Wang GX. Isolated traumatic gallbladder injury: A case report. World J Gastrointest Surg 2023; 15(11): 2639-2645 [PMID: 38111759 DOI: 10.4240/wjgs.v15.i11.2639]
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Gao-Xiong Wang, Doctor, MD, Professor, Surgeon, Department of Hepatobiliary & Pancreatic Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, No. 950 Donghai Street, Fengze District, Quanzhou 362000, Fujian Province, China.wanggaoxiong2013@163.com
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Gastroenterology & Hepatology
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Case Report
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Dong-Liang Liu, Jun-Yong Pan, Tian-Cong Huang, Cheng-Zong Li, Wen-Du Feng, Gao-Xiong Wang, Department of Hepatobiliary & Pancreatic Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Quanzhou 362000, Fujian Province, China
Gao-Xiong Wang, Department of Hospital Administration Office, Quanzhou Women's and Children's Hospital, Quanzhou 362000, Fujian Province, China
Author contributions: Liu DL contributed to manuscript writing and editing, and data collection; Pan JY, Huang TC, Li CZ, Feng WD contributed to conceptualization and supervision; Wang GX provided clinical advice, reviewed the manuscript, and gave final approval; all authors have read and approved the final manuscript.
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Corresponding author: Gao-Xiong Wang, Doctor, MD, Professor, Surgeon, Department of Hepatobiliary & Pancreatic Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, No. 950 Donghai Street, Fengze District, Quanzhou 362000, Fujian Province, China.wanggaoxiong2013@163.com
Received: July 27, 2023 Peer-review started: July 27, 2023 First decision: September 11, 2023 Revised: September 20, 2023 Accepted: September 27, 2023 Article in press: September 27, 2023 Published online: November 27, 2023 Processing time: 122 Days and 22.1 Hours
Abstract
BACKGROUND
Isolated gallbladder injury (GI) (IGI) directly induced by abdominal trauma is rare. Symptoms, indications, and imaging examinations of IGI are frequently non-specific, posing tremendous diagnostic challenges, which are simple to overlook and may have severe implications. Improving doctors' understanding of gallbladder injury (GI) facilitates early detection and decreases the likelihood of severe consequences, including death.
CASE SUMMARY
We report a case of IGI caused by blunt violence (after falling from three meters with the umbilicus as the stress point) and performed laparoscopic repair of the gallbladder rupture, which helps clinicians understand IGI and reduce the severe consequences of delayed diagnosis. Through extensive medical history and dynamic abdominal ultrasound evaluation, doctors can identify GI early and begin surgery, thereby decreasing the devastating repercussions of delayed diagnosis.
CONCLUSION
This article aims to improve clinicians' understanding of IGI and propose a method for the diagnosis and treatment of GI.
Core Tip: Blunt-force closed abdominal injury is a prevalent clinical condition. Gallbladder injury directly caused by blunt violence in the abdomen is rare, and isolated traumatic gallbladder injury is even rarer. No literature study has determined the likelihood of solitary traumatic gallbladder injury in closed abdominal injury. Therefore, in the diagnosis and treatment of closed abdominal trauma, gallbladder injury is easy to be ignored by clinicians because gallbladder injury is rare. If undiagnosed and untreated, it can cause significant consequences, including death.
