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Case Report

Volume 15, Number 4-5, May 2024, pages 92-96

Long Segment Colon Degloving From Blunt Abdominal Trauma

Figures

Figure 1. Degloved injury of the colon. The black arrows represent the degloved portion of the colon without any mesentery attached to it.

Figure 2. Graphical version of the various segments of colon injury that are reported.

Table

**Table 1.** A Summary of Literature on Reported Cases of Degloving of the Colon and Their Repair Type [3, 4, 6, 9-16]
Study	Age/gender	Etiology	Site of injury	Repair type
MVC: motor vehicle collision.
Ho and Pritchett, 1990 [10]	42, male	Work accident	Descending colon	Colostomy
Armstrong et al, 2002 [4]	34, male	Fall	Sigmoid	Resection and colostomy
Armstrong et al, 2002 [4]	20, female	Pedestrian vs. motor vehicle	Sigmoid	Resection and colostomy
Sternbergh et al, 2003 [11]	27, male	Work accident	Sigmoid	Resection and colostomy
McStay et al, 2009 [12]	28, female	MVC	Ileum, ascending, transverse colon	Resection and ileotransverse colostomy
Keller et al, 2011 [9]	8, male	MVC	Sigmoid	Resection and end colostomy
Keller et al, 2011 [9]	11, male	MVC	Rectum	Resection and end colostomy
Ojuka et al, 2012 [13]	34, male	Pedestrian vs. motor vehicle	Descending colon	Colostomy and tensor fascia lata flap
Uri and Benamore, 2012 [14]	53, female	MVC	Ileocecum, duodenojejunal flexure	Not specified
Terazumi et al, 2012 [3]	71, male	MVC	Descending colon	Resection and colostomy
Vailas et al, 2015 [15]	31, male	MVC	Ascending colon	Ileocolonic anastomosis
El Kafsi et al, 2016 [16]	56, female	MVC	Rectosigmoid	Resection and colorectal anastomosis
Panesar et al, 2021 [6]	21, male	MVC	Cecum, ascending colon	Hemi-colectomy, ileocolic anastomosis