Impact of genitourinary injuries on patients requiring an emergency laparotomy for trauma - Zimmerman WB, Baylor AE, Hall Zimmerman L, Dolman H, Ciullo JR, Dornbush J, Isaacson AR, Mansour R, Wilson RF, Tyburski JG.
Introduction In patients having emergency abdominal surgery for trauma, the presence of urologic injury tends to increase mortality and morbidity. METHODS This retrospective study evaluated patients requiring emergency surgery for abdominal trauma ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 19, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Cochrane January-March 2019: highlights from Q1
' Cochrane exists so that healthcare decisions get better. ’ That is the first sentence of our Strategy to 2020 that aims to put Cochrane evidence at the heart of health decision-making all over the world. Here ’s a look back at some key highlights of our work in the first quarter of 2019, from January to March.Cochrane began preparations for its annual flagship event,Cochrane ’s Colloquium in Santiago, Chile 22-25 October, 2019. During this time, many Cochrane contributors submitted abstracts as part of the scientific programme, this year ‘embracing diversity’. We also opened the call for hosts for the second ...
Source: Cochrane News and Events - May 7, 2019 Category: Information Technology Authors: Lydia Parsonson Source Type: news
Nurses developing new roles to improve laparotomy care
Trusts are being encouraged to develop new roles for nurses to help improve care for patients who undergo emergency laparotomies – among the most critically ill patients treated in hospital. (Source: Nursing Times)
Source: Nursing Times - April 12, 2019 Category: Nursing Source Type: news
Seat-belt syndrome as managed in Babcock University Teaching Hospital. A case report and literature review - Onuoha CE, Onuoha KM, Odufola O.
BACKGROUND: This paper is a case report of a 54 year old woman that presented in our casualty with just "seat belt sign" following a road traffic injury. At laparotomy, she was found to have sustained disastrous internal/visceral injuries with torrential i... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 3, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Podcast: Laparoscopy versus laparotomy for the management of presumed early stage endometrial cancer
Recent decades have seen greater and greater use of laparoscopy, or keyhole surgery, when people need an operation on their abdomen. There are now dozens of Cochrane Reviews of this, for a wide variety of conditions and, in October 2018, the one forlaparoscopy versus laparotomy, or open surgery, for women with early stage endometrial cancer was updated. The review is led by Khadra Galaal from the Royal Cornwall Hospital in Truro in the UK and she tells us the latest findings in this podcast." Worldwide, cancer of the womb or ' endometrial cancer ' is the fifth most common cancer among women under 65 years of age, with a hi...
Source: Cochrane News and Events - February 26, 2019 Category: Information Technology Authors: Lydia Parsonson Source Type: news
High Mortality After Damage-control Laparotomy in Elderly High Mortality After Damage-control Laparotomy in Elderly
More than three out of four older adults who undergo damage-control laparotomy for abdominal trauma do not survive to hospital discharge, according to a retrospective study.Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - December 26, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Medscape Today News Source Type: news
NPWT of Open Abdomen and Closure Techniques After Laparotomy NPWT of Open Abdomen and Closure Techniques After Laparotomy
Learn more about abdominal closure using NPWT after decompressive laparotomy for abdominal compartment syndrome.Wounds (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - November 27, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: General Surgery Journal Article Source Type: news
Negative-pressure Wound Therapy May Curb Laparotomy Infections Negative-pressure Wound Therapy May Curb Laparotomy Infections
Pooled data suggest that prophylactic wound dressings under negative pressure can reduce surgical site infections (SSI) in closed laparotomy incisions, according to researchers in Ireland.Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape General Surgery Headlines)
Source: Medscape General Surgery Headlines - October 5, 2018 Category: Surgery Tags: General Surgery News Source Type: news
Frequency of intra-abdominal organ injury is higher in patients with concomitant stab wounds to other anatomical areas - Jeroukhimov I, Wiser I, Hershkovitz Y, Shapira Z, Peleg K, Alfici R, Givon A, Kessel B.
BACKGROUND: Management of stable patients with abdominal stab wound remains controversial, particularly for those with no clear indications for explorative laparotomy. We evaluated the risk of intra-abdominal injury in stab wound victims concomitantly stab... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - July 5, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Appeals court slashes $50m from J & J stapler suit damages
Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) subsidiary Ethicon had approximately $50 million slashed from punitive damages it owes in a product liability suit over its PPH 03 hemorrhoid stapler, according to recently released court documents.
In December 2015, a California state jury awarded the plaintiff in the case, Florence Kuhlmann, $70 million in punitive damages on top of an initial $9.8 million in compensatory damages.
This week, the Court of Appeals for the State of California’s First Appellate District, Division Five, cut the punitive damages down to $19.6 million, or two times the compensatory damages it owes.
The court...
Source: Mass Device - June 15, 2018 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Fink Densford Tags: Product Liability Surgical Ethicon johnsonandjohnson Source Type: news
Impact of self-inflicted injury on nontherapeutic laparotomy in patients with abdominal stab wounds - Matsumoto S, Hayashida K, Furugori S, Shimizu M, Sekine K, Kitano M.
INTRODUCTION: Because Japan has high suicide rates and low violent crime rates, it is likely that most abdominal stab wounds (ASWs) in Japan are self-inflicted. Although physical examination is one of the most important factors in surgical decision making,... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - June 13, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Laparoscopy OK for Penetrating Injuries
(MedPage Today) -- Fewer than 20% needed laparotomy for abdominal wound repair (Source: MedPage Today Surgery)
Source: MedPage Today Surgery - April 15, 2018 Category: Surgery Source Type: news
Need for Abdominal Surgery in Children After Car Accident Need for Abdominal Surgery in Children After Car Accident
Physical examination findings may help predict which children require exploratory laparotomy after a motor vehicle collision.The Journal of Emergency Medicine (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - March 14, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Emergency Medicine Journal Article Source Type: news
Physical examination is the best predictor of the need for abdominal surgery in children following motor vehicle collision - Drucker NA, McDuffie L, Groh E, Hackworth J, Bell TM, Markel TA.
BACKGROUND: Exploratory laparotomy in children after motor vehicle collision (MVC) is rare. In the absence of definitive hemorrhage or free abdominal air on radiographic imaging, predictors for operative exploration are conflicting. OBJECTIVE: The ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - November 13, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Infants and Children Source Type: news
New Study Shows Improved Peritoneal Mesothelioma Survival
Patients with malignant peritoneal mesothelioma who completed a novel, two-stage cytoreduction and intraperitoneal chemotherapy regimen had a median overall survival of 6.65 years.
Almost 30 percent of those patients had a survival estimate of more than 10 years after the second stage of treatment, according to a study published recently in the Annals of Surgical Oncology.
The study involved 113 patients from New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center. Researchers demonstrated the therapeutic advances concerning this once unbeatable cancer.
While progress has been slow in improving current pleural me...
Source: Asbestos and Mesothelioma News - October 31, 2017 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Walter Pacheco Tags: Columbia University Medical Center Dr. Michael Kluger Dr. Paul Sugarbaker HIPEC for peritoneal mesothelioma New York-Presbyterian Hospital peritoneal mesothelioma treatment Source Type: news
