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Female pediatric and adolescent genitalia trauma: a retrospective analysis of the National Trauma Data Bank
- Source :
- Pediatric surgery international, vol 36, iss 10, Pediatric Surgery International
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- eScholarship, University of California, 2020.
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Abstract
- Purpose Pediatric genitalia injury represents 0.6% of all pediatric trauma. It is crucial for providers to understand whether pediatric patients are at risk for violent mechanisms, such as rape, assault, or other abuse. Therefore, we sought to perform a large database analysis of pediatric and adolescent female genitalia trauma, comparing mechanisms of injury (i.e., sexual abuse) and need for operative intervention between adolescent and pediatric cohorts. Methods The National Trauma Data Bank was queried (years 2007–2015) for female patients ≤ 16 years old with external genitalia (vaginal or vulvar) trauma. Two groups were compared: pediatrics (
- Subjects :
- medicine.medical_specialty
Pediatrics
Adolescent
Databases, Factual
Poison control
Vaginal trauma
Occupational safety and health
Vulva
Paediatrics and Reproductive Medicine
03 medical and health sciences
Young Adult
0302 clinical medicine
Risk Factors
030225 pediatrics
Injury prevention
Pediatric surgery
medicine
Humans
Vulva trauma
Child
Retrospective Studies
Genitalia injury
business.industry
Pediatric trauma
Sexual abuse
Accidents, Traffic
General Medicine
Genitalia, Female
medicine.disease
medicine.anatomical_structure
Rape
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Vagina
030211 gastroenterology & hepatology
Surgery
Original Article
Female
business
Subjects
Details
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Pediatric surgery international, vol 36, iss 10, Pediatric Surgery International
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....3ae23e71b4be1f10ad871620702249b7