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Operative and Nonoperative Management of Blunt Liver Injuries [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Purpose of Review The purpose of this review is to discuss the indications for operative and nonoperative management in patients with blunt liver injuries.
Ferrada, Paula, Peysha, Jill
core   +2 more sources

Nonoperative management of solid abdominal organ injuries: From past to present

open access: yesScandinavian Journal of Surgery, 2019
Background and aims: Today, a significant proportion of solid abdominal organ injuries, whether caused by penetrating or blunt trauma, are managed nonoperatively.
Ari Leppäniemi
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Outcomes of truncal vascular injuries in children. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
BACKGROUND: Pediatric truncal vascular injuries occur infrequently and have a reported mortality rate of 30% to 50%. This report examines the demographics, mechanisms of injury, associated trauma, and outcome of patients presenting for the past 10 years ...
Abujamra   +61 more
core   +1 more source

Contemporary Strategies in the Management of Civilian Abdominal Vascular Trauma

open access: yesFrontiers in Surgery, 2018
The evaluation and management of patients with abdominal vascular trauma or injury requires immediate and effective decision-making in these unfavorable circumstances.
Georgios Karaolanis   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Association between the seat belt sign and intra-abdominal injuries in children with blunt torso trauma in motor vehicle collisions.

open access: yesAcademic Emergency Medicine, 2014
OBJECTIVES The objective was to determine the association between the abdominal seat belt sign and intra-abdominal injuries (IAIs) in children presenting to emergency departments with blunt torso trauma after motor vehicle collisions (MVCs).
D. Borgialli   +11 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

WSES classification and guidelines for liver trauma [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
The severity of liver injuries has been universally classified according to the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma (AAST) grading scale. In determining the optimal treatment strategy, however, the haemodynamic status and associated injuries ...
Abu-Zidan, Fikri M.   +18 more
core   +2 more sources

Outcome of Gunshot Abdominal Injuries

open access: yesThe Annals of African Surgery, 2020
Aim: To describe prevalence, management and factors determining outcomes in patients presenting with gunshot abdominal injuries. Method: We retrospectively analysed all cases of gunshot to the abdomen received at Kenyatta National Hospital from October ...
Neville M. Bonko   +7 more
doaj  

Blunt abdominal aortic injury [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Vascular Surgery, 2012
Blunt abdominal aortic injury (BAAI) is a rare injury with less than 200 cases in the current reported world literature, mostly in case report format. We sought to describe the experience of a high-volume trauma center and to provide a contemporary review of the literature to better understand the natural history and management of this injury.This was ...
Thomas S. Hatsukami   +7 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Establishing a Hybrid Wound and Ostomy Continuing Education Program [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Wound and ostomy nurses receive specialty training and certification to provide care in abdominal stomas, ostomies, wounds, fistulas, and pressure injuries.
Wong, Vivian K.
core   +2 more sources

Abdominal injuries in a low trauma volume hospital - a descriptive study from northern Sweden

open access: yesScandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine, 2014
BackgroundAbdominal injuries occur relatively infrequently during trauma, and they rarely require surgical intervention. In this era of non-operative management of abdominal injuries, surgeons are seldom exposed to these patients.
Patrik Pekkari   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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