From 1969 to 1988, 64 children under 5 years of age with renal trauma were treated at our Urology service. Trauma was classified as grade I in 34, grade II in 23, grade III in 3, and 4 patients presented with trauma to pathologic kidney. Eight patients were submitted to immediate surgery (3 grade II, 3 grade III, and 2 with trauma to pathologic kidney). Twelve were initially treated conservativ...

Mesenchymal Stem Cells Johannes Schneppendahl, MD, Jan Grassmann, MD, Marcel Betsch, M.D., Michael Wild, MD, PhD, Mohssen Hakimi, MD, PhD, Joachim Windolf, MD, PhD, Pascal Jungbluth, MD, PhD. University of Duesseldorf, Dept. of Trauma and Hand Surgery, Duesseldorf, Germany, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, USA, Hospital Darmstadt, Dept. of Orhtopedics and Trauma Surgery, Darmst...

methods multidetector ct-scan and explorative laparotomy of the patients with blunt abdominal trauma were assessed retrospectively. characteristics of the injuries were categorized on the basis of the american association for the surgery of trauma (aast) grading system and the findings were analyzed using kappa test. results the findings of 35 patients were analyzed. according to the kappa test...

pseudoaneurysms (psa) of deep femoral artery (dfa) have been reported following penetrating and blunt trauma to the thigh and orthopedic procedures of the proximal femur. we describe a case of pseudoaneurysm of dfa as a late complication of limb trauma which was confirmed by exploration in an urgent surgery. after two operations successful surgical repair was performed.

conclusions vacuum-assisted abdominal closure is a good technique for temporary abdominal closure. in patients who are unable to achieve fascial closure, skin closure alone is safe. results after 157 trauma laparotomies, 35 (22%) were open abdomen cases with an average injury severity score was 35. ninety-four percent of open abdomens occurred after damage-control surgery. temporary vacuum-assi...

BACKGROUND There is a well known relationship between hypoperfusion and postoperative complications like anastomotic leak. No studies have been done addressing this relationship in the context of abdominal trauma surgery. Central venous oxygen saturation is an important hypoperfusion marker of potential use in abdominal trauma surgery for identifying the risk of anastomotic leak development. Th...

TBE-CiTE Journal Club: January 17, 2012, with the participation of the following institutions: Trauma Research Program of the Department of Surgery of the Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada; Division of Trauma Surgery, University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil. 1.Fellow, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada; 2. Professor...

Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO 80045, USA Division of Trauma Surgery, Department of Surgery, University Hospital Zurich, 8006 Zurich, Switzerland Department of Trauma-, Hand-, and Reconstructive Surgery, University Hospital Ulm, 89081 Ulm, Germany Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Denver Health Medical Center, School of Medicine, Unive...

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...