Expect the unexpected: bezoar-caused gastric perforation in the 19-year-old patient, after traffic accident - Mi łow JJ, Joźwiak J.
A 19-year-old female involved in a traffic accident presented to the Emergency Room (ER) with no trauma-related symptoms but a palpable mass in the epigastrium. Imaging revealed a massive trichobezoar causing gastric perforation. Urgent laparotomy was perf... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 25, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Early ID of Postpartum Hemorrhage Helpful in Vaginal Delivery
FRIDAY, May 12, 2023 -- For patients having a vaginal delivery, early detection of postpartum hemorrhage and use of bundled treatment leads to a reduction in a composite of severe postpartum hemorrhage, laparotomy for bleeding, or death from... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - May 12, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Analysis of trauma scoring system for patients with abdominal trauma - Jang Y, Jun H.
This study investigated the correlations between several trauma scoring systems, including the injury severity score (ISS), clinical abdominal scoring system (CASS), new injury severity score (NISS), and clinical outcomes, including laparotomy,... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - January 4, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Outcomes of abdominal firearm injury and damage control laparotomy in the pediatric population - Gilna GP, Saberi RA, Ramsey W, Huerta CT, O'Neil CF, Perez EA, Sola JE, Thorson CM.
This study aims to evaluate outcomes from abdominal GSWs in the pedia... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - August 10, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Radiofrequency-Tagging Helps Prevent Retained Surgical Items Radiofrequency-Tagging Helps Prevent Retained Surgical Items
The incidence of retained surgical items at five New York City hospitals was significantly lower with use of technology to detect surgical sponges and laparotomy pads that were embedded with radiofrequency identification chips and following team-strategies training, researchers have found.Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape General Surgery Headlines)
Source: Medscape General Surgery Headlines - May 31, 2022 Category: Surgery Tags: General Surgery News Source Type: news
Access to care following injury in northern Malawi, a comparison of travel time estimates between geographic information system and community household reports - Whitaker J, Brunelli G, Van Boeckel TP, Dube A, Amoah AS, Rickard RF, Leather AJM, Davies J.
INTRODUCTION: Injuries disproportionately impact low- and middle-income countries like Malawi. The Lancet Commission on Global Surgery's indicators include the population proportion accessing laparotomy and open fracture care, key trauma interventions, wit... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 16, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Obesity and anterior abdominal gunshot wounds: a cushion effect - Patel BM, Samsonov AP, Patel JR, Onursal E, Jung MK, Talty N, Baltazar GA.
Background Although the standard of care for anterior abdominal gunshot wounds (AAGSWs) is immediate laparotomy, these operations are associated with a high rate of negativity and potentially serious complications. Recent data suggest the possibility of se... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - December 31, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Damage control surgery for grade IV blunt hepatic injury with multiple organ damage in a child: a case report - Soma J, Ishii D, Miyagi H, Ishii S, Motoki K, Kawabata H, Ishitoya S, Hagiwara M, Kokita N, Hirasawa M.
BACKGROUND: Intra-abdominal hemorrhage caused by blunt hepatic injury is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in patients with abdominal trauma. Some of these patients require laparotomy, and rapid decision-making and life-saving surgery are essential.... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - December 22, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Infants and Children Source Type: news
Be careful of splenic rupture caused by hit by a pitch during a baseball game: a case report - Kobayashi N, Kano H, Kuwana T, Nakagawa K, Matsuoka M, Ihara S, Sawada N, Yamaguchi J, Kinoshita K.
We present a patient who underwent emergency laparotomy for splenic rupture after being HBP during a baseball game.
CASE PRESENTA... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - November 1, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
COVID-19 patients 26% more likely to die after emergency bowel surgery, but mortality rates improved for COVID negative patients, RCoA
Research led by the Royal College of Anaesthetists (RCoA) focusing on the care of over 10,500 NHS patients before, during and after emergency bowel surgery has been released today. Results have shown that patients with COVID-19 were 26% more likely to die within 30 days of their surgery than would have been expected if they did not have COVID-19. The Interim Report of the National Emergency Laparotomy Audit covers patients undergoing surgery between 23 March and 30 September 2020, with data being compared with the same time period in 2019. It captured the impact of the first wave of the pandemic on emergency bowel surgery....
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - March 18, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
NPWT May Not Improve Complication Rate After Gynecologic Surgery NPWT May Not Improve Complication Rate After Gynecologic Surgery
Use of prophylactic negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) may not be appropriate in surgical cases where women undergo a laparotomy for presumed gynecologic malignancy, according to recent research.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - February 25, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Ob/Gyn & Women ' s Health News Source Type: news
Role of conservative management in low energy transfer penetrating shotgun abdominal injuries - Yehia Elbarmelgi M, AbdAllah Salman M.
Background and aimsPenetrating abdominal trauma can be caused by a variety of weapons which require different management protocols. After a long era of mandatory laparotomy for abdominal gunshot wounds, the concept of selective laparotomy and conservative ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - December 5, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Case report: evisceration of abdomen after blunt trauma - Ibrahim AH, Osman AJ, Alarfaj MA, Alzamil AM, Abahussain MA, Alghamdi H.
We report a young adult male who sustained multiple injuries due to a high impact mechanism resulting in blunt abdominal injury and und... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - June 19, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Laparotomy due to war-related penetrating abdominal trauma in civilians: experience from Syria 2011-2017 - Alsaid B, Alhimyar M, Alnweilaty A, Alhasan E, Shalhoum ZAA, Bathich M, Ahmad AM, Ahmad T, Turkmani K, Sara S.
OBJECTIVES: Penetrating abdominal trauma is one of the injuries that could affect civilians in wartime. This retrospective study investigates the commonly injured abdominal organs, and the impact of multiple injured organs on mortality.
METHODS: We rev... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - June 11, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Disaster Preparedness Source Type: news
Why Is an Exploratory Laparotomy Done?
Title: Why Is an Exploratory Laparotomy Done?Category: Procedures and TestsCreated: 4/3/2020 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 4/3/2020 12:00:00 AM (Source: MedicineNet Digestion General)
Source: MedicineNet Digestion General - April 3, 2020 Category: Nutrition Source Type: news
