Accidents are the primary cause of death in patients aged 45 years or younger. In many
countries, Advanced Trauma Life Support®(ATLS®) is the foundation on which trauma care …

Traumatic injury is the leading cause of potentially preventable lost years of life in the
Western world and exsanguination is the most potentially preventable cause of post …

The last decade has seen a sea change in the management of major haemorrhage
following traumatic injury. Damage control resuscitation (DCR), a strategy combining the …

Traumatic injury strikes unexpectedly among the healthiest members of the human
population, and has been an inevitable companion of exploration throughout history. In …

The risk of overwhelming postsplenectomy infection (OPSI) prompted the evolution toward
preservation of the injured spleen. Nonoperative management (NOM) of blunt injury to the …

Objective: Hemorrhage remains a leading cause of early death in injured patients, and
definitive control of bleeding remains a fundamental principle of trauma management …

Exsanguination and death are rapid consequences of untreated hemorrhage. At its simplest,
successful treatment requires expedient localization and arrest of bleeding concurrent to …

El bazo es uno de los órganos más frecuentemente dañado en el traumatismo abdominal
cerrado. El manejo de la lesión esplénica ha evolucionado en los últimos años, con cada …

Purpose Hybrid operating rooms benefit patients with severe trauma but have a prerequisite
of significant resources. This paper proposes a practical triage method to determine patients …

Introduction Interventional angiography is increasingly utilized in trauma management for
various injuries. Despite published guidelines by the Eastern Association for the Surgery of …