Abstract & commentaryLiverNonoperative Management of Liver Gunshot Injuries
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Selective non-operative management of liver gunshot injuries
Omoshoro-Jones JAO, Nicol AJ, Navasaria R, et al. Br J Surg. 2005;92:890-895.
Objective: To determine the safety and efficacy of nonoperative management of gunshot injuries to the liver.
Design: Prospective, observational study of patients with documented gunshot injuries to the liver at an urban level 1 trauma center.
Setting: Groote Schuur Hospital Trauma Unit, University of Cape Town, South Africa.
Participants: Thirty-three out of 124 patients with documented hepatic gunshot injuries met
Gunshot injuries to the liver: The role of selective nonoperative management
Demetriades D, Gomez H, Chahwan S, et al. J Am Coll Surg. 1999;188:343-348.
Objective: To evaluate the safety and effectiveness of nonoperative management in selected patients with gunshot injuries to the liver.
Design: Retrospective case series of hepatic gunshot injuries.
Setting: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California.
Participants: Sixteen of 52 (31%) patients were selected for nonoperative management of hepatic gunshot injuries.
Methods: Selective nonoperative management of
Reviewer summary
Nonoperative management of gunshot injuries of the liver prompts consideration of a much broader and perhaps more important issue: nonoperative management of penetrating abdominal trauma. In general terms, nonoperative management of blunt abdominal trauma has become the standard of care. Considerable evidence supporting this practice paradigm for victims of blunt abdominal trauma exists, which includes practice management guidelines for the nonoperative management of blunt injury to the liver
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