Publications by authors named "Nicolle Antunes de Almeida"
Article Synopsis
- The study compared patients with isolated blunt small bowel injury (SBI) to those with multiple intra-abdominal injuries to see how delayed surgery impacted their outcomes.
- A total of 90 patients were analyzed; 68.9% had isolated injuries while 31.1% had non-isolated injuries, revealing that non-isolated cases had quicker diagnosis and more severe injuries.
- Although isolated cases had delays in diagnosis, they showed no significant difference in morbidity or mortality compared to non-isolated cases, suggesting that more severe associated injuries led to worse survival rates.
