A Case Report on a Personal Watercraft Induced Large Traumatic Rectal Injury

Author Information

Sujay Deshpande, Drexel University College of MedicineFollow
Jakob Nypaver, Drexel University College of MedicineFollow
Bernice Yu, Department of Surgery, Reading Hospital-Tower Health, West Reading, PA
Abigail Coots, Division of Trauma, Acute Care Surgery, and Surgical Critical Care, Reading Hospital-Tower Health, West Reading, PA, USA
Adrian W. Ong, Reading Hospital
Christopher A Butts, Department of Surgery, Division of Trauma Acute Care Surgery, and Surgical Critical Care, Reading Hospital-Tower Health, West Reading, PA

Keywords:

Personal Watercrafts, Rectal Trauma, jet skis

Recommended Citation

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