[Early diagnostic laparotomy in patients with multiple injuries (apropos of 125 cases)]. / La laparotomia diagnostica precoce nei politraumatizzati (a proposito di 125 casi).
Chir Ital
; 29(5): 488-97, 1977 Oct.
Article
in It
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-610944
ABSTRACT
Hundred twenty five patients with multiple areas of injury requiring surgical repair outside of the abdomen too were subjected to laparotomy. In patients with multiple areas of trauma the abdomen is almost always suspect. The proliferation of diagnostic tools to detect intraperitoneal damage have, in some ways, helped phisicians decide as to laparotomy. However, when multiple injuries are present, particularly of the central nervous system, classical findings of peritoneal damage are difficult to elicit. A diagnostic laparotomy does not add significantly to the overall morbidity or mortality, for that we think is still a place for diagnostic laparotomy in patients with multiple trauma.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Rib Fractures
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Wounds and Injuries
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Blood Vessels
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Abdominal Injuries
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Kidney
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Laparotomy
Type of study:
Diagnostic_studies
Limits:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Aged
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Child
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Child, preschool
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Language:
It
Journal:
Chir Ital
Year:
1977
Type:
Article