Damage control surgery in the abdomen: An approach for the management of severe injured patients

International Journal of Surgery

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 246-252

  Germanos, Stylianos ^a   Gourgiotis, Stavros ^b   Villias, Constantinos ^b   Bertucci, Marco ^c   Dimopoulos, Nikitas ^d   Salemis, Nikolaos ^b  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b 401 GENERAL MILITARY HOSPITAL OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d EVANGELISMOS HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Abdominal compartment syndrome; Abdominal trauma; Damage control surgery; Reoperation

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ACIDOSIS; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; INJURY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LAPAROTOMY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ACIDOSIS; BLOOD COAGULATION DISORDERS; COMPARTMENT SYNDROMES; DECISION MAKING; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION;

EID: 44849137159     PISSN: 17439191     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2007.05.003     Document Type: Review

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