A case of successful treatment of a closed abdominal injury in a pregnant woman
A. Yu. Korolkov,
B. V. Arakelyan,
T. O. Nikitina,
D. N. Popov,
D. D. Paskosheva,
V. F. Bezhenar,
A. V. Trofimov Abstract
We present an observation from practice – a clinical case of successful treatment of a pregnant woman with a closed abdominal trauma. This article demonstrates the difficulties of diagnostics and treatment of pregnant women with a closed abdominal trauma that has a complicated course and requires emergency surgical intervention.
About the Authors
A. Yu. KorolkovRussian Federation
Korolkov Andre Yu., Dr. of Sci. (Med.), Professor, Head of the Department of Hospital Surgery № 2 with the Clinic named after Academician F. G. Uglov, Head of the Department of General and Emergency Surgery, Research Institute of Surgery and Emergency Medicine
6-8, L’va Tolstogo str., Saint Petersburg, 197022
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Authors declare no conflict of interest.
B. V. Arakelyan
Russian Federation
Arakelyan Buzand V., Dr. of Sci. (Med.), Associate Professor, Deputy Head of the Clinic, Obstetrician-Gynecologist, Clinic of Obstetrics and Gynecology
6-8, L’va Tolstogo str., Saint Petersburg, 197022
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Authors declare no conflict of interest.
T. O. Nikitina
Russian Federation
Nikitina Tatyana O., Cand. of Sci. (Med.), Surgeon of the Surgical Department № 4 (Emergency Surgery), Research Institute of Surgery and Emergency Medicine
6-8, L’va Tolstogo str., Saint Petersburg, 197022
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D. N. Popov
Russian Federation
Popov Dmitrij N., Cand. of Sci. (Med.), Assistant of the Department of Hospital Surgery № 2 with the Clinic named after Academician F. G. Uglov, Surgeon, Head of the Surgical Department № 4 (Emergency Surgery), Research Institute of Surgery and Emergency Medicine
6-8, L’va Tolstogo str., Saint Petersburg, 197022
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Authors declare no conflict of interest.
D. D. Paskosheva
Russian Federation
Paskosheva Dana D., Surgeon of the Surgical Department № 4 (Emergency Surgery), Research Institute of Surgery and Emergency Medicine
6-8, L’va Tolstogo str., Saint Petersburg, 197022
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Authors declare no conflict of interest.
V. F. Bezhenar
Russian Federation
Bezhenar Vitalij F., Dr. of Sci. (Med.), Professor, Head of the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Neonatology/Reproductology
6-8, L’va Tolstogo str., Saint Petersburg, 197022
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Authors declare no conflict of interest.
A. V. Trofimov
Russian Federation
Trofimov Aleksandr V. , Anesthesiologist and Intensivist
6-8, L’va Tolstogo str., Saint Petersburg, 197022
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Korolkov A.Yu., Arakelyan B.V., Nikitina T.O., Popov D.N., Paskosheva D.D., Bezhenar V.F., Trofimov A.V. A case of successful treatment of a closed abdominal injury in a pregnant woman. The Scientific Notes of the Pavlov University. 2025;32(3):116-121.
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