Damage Control Surgery and Transfer in Emergency General Surgery.
Surg Clin North Am
; 103(6): 1269-1281, 2023 Dec.
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| ID: mdl-37838467
ABSTRACT
Selective non traumatic emergency surgery patients are targets for damage control surgery (DCS) to prevent or treat abdominal compartment syndrome and the lethal triad. However, DCS is still a subject of controversy. As a concept, DCS describes a series of abbreviated surgical procedures to allow rapid source control of hemorrhage and contamination in patients with circulatory shock to allow resuscitation and stabilization in the intensive care unit followed by delayed return to the operating room for definitive surgical management once the patient becomes physiologic stable. If appropriately applied, the DCS morbidity and mortality can be significantly reduced.
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Collection:
01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Hemorrhage
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Abdominal Injuries
Limits:
Humans
Language:
En
Journal:
Surg Clin North Am
Year:
2023
Document type:
Article