Erschienen in:
01.10.2018 | Evidence-Based Current Surgical Practice
Lessons from Trauma Care: Abdominal Compartment Syndrome and Damage Control Laparotomy in the Patient with Gastrointestinal Disease
verfasst von:
Aaron Richman, Clay Cothren Burlew
Erschienen in:
Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery
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Ausgabe 2/2019
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Excerpt
Abdominal compartment syndrome (ACS) and damage control surgery (DCS) have long been thought of as features of the trauma patient.
1‐3 In the last two decades, however, the pathology of ACS and the utility of damage control techniques have been increasingly recognized in general surgery.
4‐7 Indeed the physiology of the ill emergency general surgery patient often mimics that of the hemorrhaging trauma victim.
5,8 Utilizing the lessons learned from the decades of trauma research and mapping them appropriately to general surgery should help improve outcomes and standardize care. This review will examine the diagnosis and management of ACS, the indications for DCS, and management of the open abdomen. …