Surgical intervention is at times required most often for the patient who presents with hemodynamic instability
2014
Scholarcy highlights
- The liver is one of the most commonly injured organs following abdominal trauma
- Surgical intervention is at times required most often for the patient who presents with hemodynamic instability
- Once a decision has been made to perform a laparotomy for hepatic trauma, the surgeon must have an extensive armamentarium, in effect, a “toolbox” full of operative techniques at his or her disposal
- The most widely utilized of these techniques is hepatic repair and resectional debridement
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