General Surgery

Study Results from University of Bern in the Area of General Surgery Published

Published in Blood Weekly, February 2nd, 2012

2012 FEB 2 -- According to the authors of recent research published in the World Journal of Surgery, "Damage control (DC) strategy has significantly contributed to mortality reduction in massively bleeding and critically injured trauma victims. However, there is a lack of literature validating the effectiveness of this approach in the elderly population."

"The trauma registry of a Level I trauma center was utilized to identify all severely injured patients [Injury Severity Score (ISS) a parts per thousand yen16] from January 1996 to December 2007 who underwent initial DC procedures. Patients with a head Abbreviated Injury Scale (AIS) a parts per...

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Source: Blood Weekly (2012-02-02)

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