INTRODUCTION: Short bowel disruption following blunt @entity1661 is rare and hard to diagnose and to treat. @entity204 rate depends both on timing of surgical procedure and on associated lesions. MATERIAL AND METHODS: We show a case of short bowel @entity75 following fall from mountain bike, III degree in O.I.S. Classification. Abdominopelvic US and helicoidal CT scan were performed, reveling pneumoperitonaeum due to hollow viscus disruption. Surgical procedure was performed within five hours from @entity130 . RESULTS: No complications occurred in postoperative period. Upper alimentary tract X-ray proved a regular transit, without any @entity292 . @entity1 was discharged on 13th day. CONCLUSION: Laparotomy must not be delayed if there is any doubt about bowel conditions: it's demonstrated that timing of surgical procedure is related to prognosis. If haemodynamic status of the @entity1 allows, careful abdomen CT evaluation is mandatory; adequate nutritional support in postoperative period is also very important.

[Isolated jejunal rupture after closed thoraco- XXXX ].

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patient', 'Patient'] @entity75 :: ('MESH:D001927', 'Disease') :: ['isolated lesion'] @entity1661 :: ('MESH:D000008', 'Disease') :: ['abdominal trauma'] @entity292 :: ('MESH:D005402', 'Disease') :: ['fistula'] @entity204 :: ('MESH:D003643', 'Disease') :: ['Death'] @entity130 :: ('MESH:D014947', 'Disease') :: ['trauma']
@entity1661 :: (MESH:D000008,Disease) :: ['abdominal trauma']
