%0 Journal Article
%T Divert¨ªculo duodenal perforado como causa de abdomen agudo quir¨²rgico
%A Est¨¦vez ¨¢lvarez
%A Nizahel
%A Cruz Alonso
%A Juan Ram¨®n
%A Rivero Mart¨ªnez
%A Nuria
%A Est¨¦vez Trujillo
%A Nisaber M¨¢ximo
%A Bonachea P¨¦rez
%A Yosbani
%J Revista Cubana de Cirug£¿-a
%D 2011
%I Scientific Electronic Library Online
%X the duodenal diverticular disease is considered within surgery of digestive tracts as unusual. the less frequent complication referred in medical literature is the acute perforation and when it occurs always will be carried out the emergency surgical treatment. it is polemic to arrive to a general consensus directing the diagnostic methodology due to its atypical way of presentation. the abdominal tomography has been very useful in diagnosis of this entity. authors report high mortality rates (25-30 %) in general originated by the diagnostic difficulty in face of this disease. a new case of perforated duodenal diverticulum of a female sex patient aged 60. the surgical technique used in this opportunity was the duodenal exclusion and the retroperitoneal drainage.
%K perforated duodenal diverticulum
%K acute abdomen.
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