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Damage control in abdominal vascular trauma.
Colomb Med (Cali)
January 2022
University of Pittsburgh. Critical Care Medicine. Pittsburgh, PA, USA. University of Pittsburgh University of Pittsburgh Critical Care Medicine PittsburghPA USA.
In patients with abdominal trauma who require laparotomy, up to a quarter or a third will have a vascular injury. The venous structures mainly injured are the vena cava (29%) and the iliac veins (20%), and arterial vessels are the iliac arteries (16%) and the aorta (14%). The initial approach is performed following the ATLS principles.
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