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History of the Innovation of Damage Control for Management of Trauma Patients: 1902-2016 [PDF]

, 2017
Objective: To review the history of the innovation of damage control (DC) for management of trauma patients. Background: DC is an important development in trauma care that provides a valuable case study in surgical innovation.
Ball, Chad G., Fabian, Timothy C., Feliciano, David V., Ivatury, Rao R., Kirkpatrick, Andrew W., Lucas, Charles E., Moore, Ernest E., Roberts, Derek J., Stelfox, Henry T., Zygun, David A.   +9 more
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A Case of Hepatic Injury Following Shrapnel Injury to the Abdomen in a Paediatric Patient

Caribbean Medical Journal, 2021
In children, trauma is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Trauma can be a catalyst resulting in intra-abdominal solid organ injury in this population.
Sunita Sudama
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Seatbelt use and risk of major injuries sustained by vehicle occupants during motor-vehicle crashes: A systematic review and meta-analysis of cohort studies [PDF]

, 2018
BackgroundIn 2004, a World Health Report on road safety called for enforcement of measures such as seatbelt use, effective at minimizing morbidity and mortality caused by road traffic accidents.
A Akobeng, A Baker, A Renson, A Sen, Abdul-Razak Abubakari, AF Hefny, AK Abbas, Antony R. Morgan, B Fréchède, BT McMullin, C-Y Kuo, CS Crandall, DA Hyman, DC Viano, DF Stroup, DM Stein, F Hillary, F O’Kelly, FM Abu-Zidan, G-M Han, H Yasuoka, J Inamasu, J Inamasu, J IntHout, JK Kuan, JR Funk, JS Cummins, K Dalal, L Evans, Leopold Ndemnge Aminde, M Peden, M-S Lin, MA Bjurlin, MA Reed, N Kulvatunyou, N McGrath, Nicole Fouda Mbarga, O Achildi, OJ Ogundele, P Raychaudhuri, PA Anderson, PM Ho, RD Rao, RH Friis, S Biswas, S Blows, S Wotherspoon, Seat-belts and child restraints, SM Blake, T Sugimoto, TB Dinh-Zarr, V O’Dowd, VM Nantulya, Y Matsui   +53 more
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Men’s Suicide by Self-abdominal Cut and Disembowelment: A Literature Review and Analysis of Three Cases

Journal of Men's Health, 2022
Introduction: Suicide by abdominal cut wounds and consequent disembowelment is a modality rarely described in the literature, with rates between 1.6% and 3%. The incidence is higher in men.
Stefania De Simone, Simona Vittorio, Luigi Cipolloni, Roberta Bibbò, Giovanni Gurgoglione, Nicola Di Fazio, Maria Antonella Bosco   +6 more
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Laparoscopy Pneumoperitoneum Fuzzy Modeling [PDF]

, 2011
: Gas volume to intra-peritoneal pressure fuzzy modeling for evaluating pneumoperitoneum in videolaparoscopic surgery is proposed in this paper. The proposed approach innovates in using fuzzy logic and fuzzy set theory for evaluating the accuracy of the ...
Joao L. M. C. Azevedo, Jose E. Araujo Jr., Otavio M. Becker Jr.   +2 more
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Biloma Presentation after Six Months of Thoracoabdominal Trauma: A Case Report [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2018
Perforation of biliary tree will result in accumulation of bile as a collection called biloma. Post-traumatic biloma is diagnosed mostly soon after the trauma happened.
Mojtaba Ahmadinejad, Saman Afrasiabi, Izadmehr Ahmadinejad   +2 more
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Blunt traumatic celiac artery avulsion managed with celiac artery ligation and open aorto-celiac bypass. [PDF]

, 2017
Traumatic celiac artery injuries are rare and highly lethal with reported mortality rates of 38-62%. The vast majority are caused by penetrating trauma with only 11 reported cases due to blunt trauma (Graham et al., 1978; Asensio et al., 2000, 2002 ...
Doben, Andrew R, Gross, Ronald I, Kravetz, Amanda, Kronick, Matthew D, Morris, Marvin E, Nahmias, Jeffry T   +5 more
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Contemporary Strategies in the Management of Civilian Abdominal Vascular Trauma

Frontiers 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, Dimitrios Moris, C. Cameron McCoy, Diamantis I. Tsilimigras, Sotirios Georgopoulos, Chris Bakoyiannis   +5 more
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Outcome of Gunshot Abdominal Injuries

The 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, Maryam Badawy, Keafon Nchifor, Mina Mumba, Leon Omboga, Akem Dimala, Joseph Githaiga, Catherine Kwamboka   +7 more
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Selective Use of Pericardial Window and Drainage as Sole Treatment for Hemopericardium from Penetrating Chest Trauma [PDF]

, 2018
Background Penetrating cardiac injuries (PCIs) are highly lethal, and a sternotomy is considered mandatory for suspected PCI. Recent literature suggests pericardial window (PCW) may be sufficient for superficial cardiac injuries to drain hemopericardium
Chestovich, Paul J., MD, Clark, Esmeralda, Fildes, John J., Fraser, Douglas R., Kuhls, Deborah A., McNicoll, Christopher F., Patel, Purvi P.   +6 more
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