Principles of major trauma and damage control orthopedics

Damage control orthopedics: a response

Damage Control Orthopedics – When And Why

Care of a trauma patient with multiple injuries can pose complex problems of prioritization. For orthopedic injuries, we prefer to perform defi nitive fi xation of all fractures in one trip to the operating room. This approach not only makes the most effi cient use of the operating room and the orthopedic surgeon, but it permits the other injuries to be treated promptly, and allows the patient ...

Opportunities of Telemedicine for Orthopedics and Trauma Surgery

Today telemedicine, or eHealth, is an important tool in everyday medical life. In all areas, from the preclinical to aftercare, significant improvements in communication structures have been seen in various eHealth options, which have had significant, positive effects on the quality of patient care in orthopedics and trauma surgery. Initially, there were several isolated solutions and many smal...

Predicting mortality in damage control surgery for major abdominal trauma.

BACKGROUND Damage control surgery (DCS) has become well established in the past decade as the surgical strategy to be employed in the unstable trauma patient. The aim of this study was to determine which factors played a predictive role in determining mortality in patients undergoing a damage control laparotomy. MATERIALS AND METHODS A retrospective review of all patients undergoing a laparot...

Damage control resuscitation for patients with major trauma.

Military conflict has always driven innovation and technical advances in medicine and surgery. Accepted concepts of trauma resuscitation and surgery have been challenged in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and novel approaches have been developed to address the current complexity and severity of military trauma. A number of these new strategies have evolved into a single seamless approach that...