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Damage Control Management in the Polytrauma Patient

Damage control surgery was developed as a management technique for severely injured patients whose immune systems are too weak to mount an adequate response to multiple extended procedures. The common goal of treating life-threatening conditions first, then treating major pelvic and extremity fractu...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Pape, Hans-Christoph. (Editor), Peitzman, Andrew. (Editor), Schwab, C. William. (Editor), Giannoudis, Peter V. (Editor)
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2010.
Subjects:
Medicine.
Emergency medicine.
Orthopedics.
Surgery.
Trauma.
Medicine & Public Health.
Traumatic Surgery.
Emergency Medicine.
General Surgery.
Online Access:https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-89508-6
Table of Contents:
  • The damage control approach
  • Epidemiology of polytrauma
  • Pathogenetic chanes: Isolated extremity trauma and polytrauma
  • Pathogenetic changes: Secondary abdominal compartment syndrome
  • Impact of head and chest trauma on general condition
  • Patient selection: Orthopedic approach in isolated injuries
  • Patient selection: Orthopedic approach in polytrauma
  • Phase 0: Damage control resuscitation in the pre-hospital and emergency deparatment settings
  • Phase I: Abbreviated surgery (General)
  • Phase 1: Abbreviated surgery (Orthopedics)
  • Phase II: The ICU phase of damage cotnrol: Managing the patient from door to door
  • Phase III: Second operation, repair of all injuries (General)
  • Phase III: Second operation, repair of all injuries (Orthopedic)
  • Phase IV: Late reconstruction, abdominal wall closure: Staged management technique
  • Phase IV: Late reconstruction, reconstruction of post-traumatic soft tissue defects
  • The role of interventional radiology
  • Head injuries in polytrauma patients
  • Spinal injuries in polytrauma patients
  • Pelvic fractures in polytrauma patients
  • Vascular injuries in polytrauma patients
  • Pediatric trauma and polytrauma pediatric patients
  • Damage control in elderly polytrauma patients
  • Mass casualties: A military perspective
  • Mass casualties: Civilian
  • Abdominal, general, and extremity complications
  • Critical decision points in managing the open abdomen
  • Functional long-term outcomes in polytrauma patients with orthopedic injuries.

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