Year: 2024
Type: article
Study design: Case Report
Abstract: Liver injury is the most vulnerable to blunt abdominal trauma. The liver is one of the most affected organs in abdominal trauma mostly because of its considerable dimensions, the fragility of the liver parenchyma. In liver trauma, hemodynamic instability guarantees an emergency Laparotomy. our case was a 29 years old man with car accident, blunt abdominal trauma and blunt liver trauma that primary repair did for him. In liver trauma, hemodynamic instability requests an emergency Laparotomy. Most cases of blunt hepatic trauma are treated nowadays non-operatively. This type of conservative treatment has resulted in increased complication rate. In liver trauma, hemodynamic instability requests an emergency laparotomy. Emergency physicians must be aware that radiological intervention is an important adjunct to management of liver injury. Most cases of blunt hepatic trauma are treated nowadays non-operatively. This type of conservative treatment has resulted in increased complication rate Massive life threatening intraperitoneal bleeding may occur weeks after liver trauma. Although non operative management is opted nowadays over operative treatment, in high grades liver trauma, the patients should be closely monitored by US examinations to allow early detection of changes indicating the development of possible late complications.
Author: Ahmad Reza Shahraki
Institution: Zahedan University of Medical Sciences
Language: English
Subfield: Surgery
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W4406904825