DAMAGE CONTROL FOR ABDOMINAL-TRAUMA

Authors
HIRSHBERG A WALDEN R
Citation
A. Hirshberg et R. Walden, DAMAGE CONTROL FOR ABDOMINAL-TRAUMA, The Surgical clinics of North America, 77(4), 1997, pp. 813
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery
Journal title
The Surgical clinics of North America → ACNP
ISSN journal
00396109
Volume
77
Issue
4
Year of publication
1997
Database
ISI
SICI code
0039-6109(1997)77:4<813:DCFA>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
The widest application of ''damage control'' surgery has been in abdom inal trauma. The decision to use ''bail out'' tactics should be made e arly based on the injury pattern. The major hemostatic techniques are packing, balloon tamponade, and postoperative angiographic embolizatio n. Spillage is controlled by bowel interruption or drainage. Temporary abdominal closure techniques are described.