Erschienen in:
01.11.2011 | Invited Commentary
Liver Packing in Elective Surgery: “Calculated Retreat is not Defeat”
verfasst von:
Anil K. Agarwal
Erschienen in:
World Journal of Surgery
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Ausgabe 11/2011
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Excerpt
Packing in liver trauma is a standard, well-accepted, effective practice. Since its first description by Pringle in 1864, its use has been modified [
1]. Used primarily as an effective last resort to control bleeding after hepatic trauma, the technique has recently been applied during elective liver surgery including liver resection and transplantation [
2,
3]. In this article, the authors, from a high-volume hepatopancreaticobiliary (HPB) treatment center, report their experience of using liver packing to control bleeding during elective liver surgery. …