Abbreviated laparotomy or damage control laparotomy: Why, when and how to do it?
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Intra-abdominal packing with laparotomy pads and QuikClot™ during damage control laparotomy: A safety analysis.
BACKGROUND Intra-abdominal packing with laparotomy pads (LP) is a common and rapid method for hemorrhage control in critically injured patients. Combat Gauze™ and Trauma Pads™ ([QC] Z-Medica QuikClot®) are kaolin impregnated hemostatic agents, that in addition to LP, may improve hemorrhage control. While QC packing has been effective in a swine liver injury model, QC remains unstudied for human...
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HYPOTHESIS Damage control laparotomy (DCL) has beneficial effects on the long-term morbidity and survival of trauma patients. DESIGN Prospective study. SETTING Level I trauma center. PATIENTS Eighty-eight trauma patients who were admitted during a 3-year period (January 1, 2000, through December 31, 2003) underwent damage control laparotomy and were subsequently followed up (January 1, 20...
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BACKGROUND Obesity is an independent predictor of increased morbidity and mortality in critically injured trauma patients. We hypothesized that obese patients in need of damage control laparotomy (DCL) will encounter an increase incidence of postsurgical complications with a concomitant increase mortality when compared with a cohort of nonobese patients. METHODS All adult trauma patients who ...
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BACKGROUND Although the application of damage control surgery for trauma has been widely reported and defined, similar approach in non-trauma patients has not been well detailed. METHODS A retrospective analysis of data from non-trauma patients who underwent emergency laparotomy between May 2006 and December 2008. Demographics, indications for surgery and outcome of patients who had definitiv...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Visceral Surgery
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1878-7886
DOI: 10.1016/j.jviscsurg.2016.07.002