The morbidity, mortality, and economic costs resulting from trauma in general, and blunt
abdominal trauma in particular, are substantial. The “panscan”(computed tomographic [CT] …

Liver ischemia‐reperfusion (I‐R) injury occurs during liver resection, liver transplantation,
and hemorrhagic shock. The main mode of liver cell death after warm and/or cold liver I‐R is …

Background During the last century, the management of blunt force trauma to the liver has
changed from observation and expectant management in the early part of the 1900s to …

Metabolic processes utilize a variety of differing and contrasting biochemical routes to
enable synthesis of degradation and activation or deactivation of substances; in addition …

Objective: To assess the feasibility and safety of selective nonoperative management in
penetrating abdominal solid organ injuries. Background: Nonoperative management of blunt …

Nonsurgical treatment has become the standard of care in hemodynamically stable patients
with blunt liver trauma. The use of helical computed tomography (CT) in the diagnosis and …

Background: The last decade has seen many changes in the way we investigate and
manage abdominal injuries. This study assessed the pattern of abdominal injury and its …

Background Blunt and penetrating liver trauma is common and often presents major
diagnostic and management problems. Methods A literature review was undertaken to …

Introduction Due to high rate of operative mortality and morbidity non-operative
management of blunt liver and spleen trauma was widely accepted in stable pediatric …

Hypothesis Early risk factors for hepatic-related morbidity in patients undergoing initial
nonoperative management of complex blunt hepatic injuries can be accurately identified …