کد مقاله | کد نشریه | سال انتشار | مقاله انگلیسی | نسخه تمام متن |
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3961189 | 1255589 | 2016 | 4 صفحه PDF | دانلود رایگان |
BackgroundVaginal rupture after sexual assault is a rare but life-threatening occurrence requiring prompt recognition and treatment. Herein, we describe four such cases in children. Our purposes are to increase clinicians' awareness of the physical trauma that a sexual abuse victim can suffer and increase recognition that these victims require immediate trauma services.CasesEach patient had obvious hymenal and vaginal lacerations with a vaginal apical rupture injury and secondary acute blood loss. None of the four victims sustained infectious sequelae.Summary and ConclusionProviders should have a low threshold for managing sexual abuse victims as trauma cases when they have obvious hymenal and vaginal lacerations and genital bleeding, proceeding expeditiously to examination using general anesthesia when appropriate.
Journal: Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology - Volume 29, Issue 3, June 2016, Pages e49–e52