Emergency Surgery: Specific Trauma | High Medical Specialty Library

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Comprehensive surgical treatment of the patient with severe polytrauma. Pathophysiological analysis, critical decision making under extreme conditions, damage control operative techniques and specific anatomical approaches for trauma surgeons.

What it covers

1. Emergency Surgery: Specific Trauma
2. Fundamentals of Resuscitation and Damage Control
3. · 1.1 · Pathophysiology of Trauma-Induced Coagulopathy (TIC)
4. · 1.2 · Pillars of Damage Control Resuscitation (DCR)
5. · 1.3 · Phases of Damage Control Surgery (DCS)
6. Traumatic Brain Trauma (TBI) and ICP Monitoring
7. · 2.1 · Monitoring and Surgical Criteria in Severe TBI
8. · 2.2 · Surgical Technique: Decompressive Craniectomy
9. Complex Maxillofacial Trauma and Emergency Airway
10. · 3.1 · Surgical Technique of Emergency Cricothyroidotomy
11. · 3.2 · Classification of Middle Third Facial Fractures (Le Fort)
12. Cervical Trauma (Anatomical Zones I-III)
13. · 4.1 · Evaluation and Decision Algorithm
14. · 4.2 · Surgical Technique: Lateral Exploration Cervicotomy
15. Thoracic Trauma and Great Vessels
16. · 5.1 · Emergency Left Anterolateral Thoracotomy Technique
17. · 5.2 · Surgical Criteria in Massive Hemothorax
18. · 5.3 · Large Thoracic Vessel Injuries and AAST Classification
19. Damage Control Laparotomy (Abdominal DCS)
20. · 6.1 · Technical Phases of Abbreviated Laparotomy
21. · 6.2 · AAST Classification of Abdominal Injuries
22. · 6.3 · Temporary Closure of the Abdomen using a Negative Pressure System
23. Duodenopancreatic Trauma and Retroperitoneum
24. · 7.1 · Diagnosis and Approach to Retroperitoneum: Kocher Maneuver
25. · 7.2 · Classification and Surgical Strategy (AAST)
26. Hepatic and Splenic Trauma: Advanced Management
27. · 8.1 · Pillars of Successful Nonoperative Management
28. · 8.2 · Emergency Surgical Techniques in Liver Trauma
29. · 8.3 · Post-Splenectomy Immunoprophylaxis
30. Pelvis Fractures and Retroperitoneal Hematoma
31. · 9.1 · Young-Burgess Classification and Correlation with Bleeding
32. · 9.2 · Emergency Pelvic Preperitoneal Packing (PPP)
33. Peripheral Vascular Trauma and Temporal Shunts
34. · 10.1 · Clinical Evaluation and Signs of Vascular Injury
35. · 10.2 · Temporary Vascular Shunts (TVS)
36. Compartment Syndrome and Damage Control Orthopedics
37. · 11.1 · Measurement of Intracompartmental Pressure
38. · 11.2 · Leg Fasciotomy Surgical Technique (Double Incision, Four Compartments)
39. Complex Genitourinary Trauma
40. · 12.1 · Renal Trauma: AAST Classification and Examination Criteria
41. · 12.2 · Ureteral Trauma and Spatulated Anastomosis
42. · 12.3 · Bladder Trauma: Intraperitoneal vs Extraperitoneal
43. Trauma in Special Populations
44. · 13.1 · Geriatric Trauma and Masked Shock
45. · 13.2 · Pediatric Trauma: Biological Conservation
46. · 13.3 · Trauma in Pregnant Women and Uterine Displacement
47. Serious Burns and Inhalation Trauma
48. · 14.1 · Modified Parkland Guided Volumetric Resuscitation
49. · 14.2 · Emergency Thoracic and Extremity Escharotomy
50. Triad of Death and Acute Coagulopathy
51. · 15.1 · The Vicious Circle of the Lethal Triad
52. · 15.2 · Evolution to the Death Diamond in Trauma
53. · 15.3 · Management Guided by Viscoelasticity (TEG and ROTEM)
54. Decision Algorithms and Postoperative Complications
55. · 16.1 · Hierarchical Primary Evaluation Algorithm (ABCDE)
56. · 16.2 · Postoperative Abdominal Compartment Syndrome (ACS)
57. · 16.3 · Principles and Conclusions of the Surgical Management of Trauma