Liver trauma--operative management

J R Army Med Corps. 2011 Jun;157(2):136-44. doi: 10.1136/jramc-157-02-03.

Abstract

Civilian liver trauma is generally sustained by blunt injury, with management strategies increasingly focusing on selective non-operative strategies and endovascular intervention. Military liver trauma is more often ballistic in nature and almost always requiring operative intervention. This article reviews established and evolving surgical techniques in the operative management of liver trauma.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Bile Ducts / injuries
  • Bile Ducts / surgery
  • Blood Loss, Surgical / prevention & control
  • Debridement
  • Digestive System Surgical Procedures / methods
  • Drainage
  • Hemostasis, Surgical / methods
  • Hepatic Artery / injuries
  • Hepatic Artery / surgery
  • Hepatic Veins / injuries
  • Hepatic Veins / surgery
  • Humans
  • Injury Severity Score
  • Laparoscopy
  • Liver / diagnostic imaging
  • Liver / injuries*
  • Liver / surgery*
  • Liver Transplantation
  • Military Medicine
  • Patient Selection
  • Postoperative Complications
  • Radiography
  • Surgical Mesh
  • Tampons, Surgical
  • Warfare