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| Year : 2023 | Volume
: 28
| Issue : 1 | Page : 80-81 |
Dog bite causing intestinal perforation in a child: A case report with review of literature
Deepak Kumar Garnaik, Jaydeep Jain, Enono Yhoshu
Department of Pediatric Surgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India
Correspondence Address:
Enono Yhoshu
6th Floor A Block, Department of Pediatric Surgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Veerbhadra Road, Rishikesh - 249 203, Uttarakhand
India
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DOI: 10.4103/jiaps.jiaps_47_22
Dog bite injuries are common in children. They are a major cause of morbidity and mortality involving commonly the extremities, head, and neck. Injuries to the torso represent only 10% of injuries. Visceral injury by a dog bite in children is a rare clinical scenario with very few cases reported. We present a 2-year-old female child who suffered a severe dog bite injury causing colonic perforation.
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