Management of intra-abdominal vascular injury in trauma laparotomy: a South African experience | Zendy

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Management of intra-abdominal vascular injury in trauma laparotomy: a South African experience

Author(s) -

Ross Weale,

Victor Kong,

Vassil Manchev,

W Bekker,

George Oosthuizen,

Petra Brysiewicz,

Grant Laing,

John Bruce,

Damian Clarke

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

canadian journal of surgery

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.609

H-Index - 64

eISSN - 1488-2310

pISSN - 0008-428X

DOI - 10.1503/cjs.009717

Subject(s) - medicine , laparotomy , mortality rate , inferior vena cava , surgery , injury severity score , penetrating trauma , injury prevention , poison control , emergency medicine , blunt

The mortality rate for IAVI remains high despite decades of operative experience in high-volume centres. Open operative techniques alone are unlikely to achieve further reduction in mortality rates. Integration of endovascular techniques may provide an alternative strategy to improve outcomes.

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