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Blunt liver trauma: non-operative or operative management. A retrospective study

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Last updated: 01 Jan 2025

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General Surgery

Abstract

Background: The liver is one of the most damaged organs and a common cause of death after blunt abdominal trauma. Conservative treatment becomes now the treatment of choice in hemodynamic stable patients. Aim of work: To assess the safety and efficacy of Non-Operative versus Operative Strategy in management of patients with liver blunt trauma. Subjects and methods: This study was a prospective study that included 61 patients with blunt liver trauma admitted to the Emergency Department in Zagazig University Hospitals during the period from February 2017 to February 2019. Management options divided into two groups, group I (non-operative management" NOM") and group II (Operative management "OM"). All data were collected including age, sex, mechanism of injury, grades of hepatic trauma, treatment options, complications, and length of hospital stay. Results: 60% of the operative group vs 9.7% only in the conservative group had a high-grade injury. Conservative treatment was succeeded in all patients. The operative management group showed more post-operative complications comprised [bile leak 13.3%, pneumonia 20%, wound infection 13.3%, localized collection, and ascites in 6.7%] and mortality was 13.3% due to pulmonary embolism or shock. Conclusion: Conservative management is efficient in the management of patients with hemodynamic stability and high-grade liver injury with accepted morbidity. Operative management should be restricted in unstable patients with blunt liver trauma.

DOI

10.21608/zumj.2021.79790.2259

Keywords

Liver, blunt, Trauma, Conservative, Surgery

Authors

First Name

Ahmed

Last Name

Saada

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Affiliation

Assistant lecturer of general surgery, Qena Faculty of Medicine, South Valley University, Qena, Egypt.

Email

drahmed.saada.surg@gmail.com

City

Zagazig

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First Name

Emad El Deen

Last Name

Gamal

MiddleName

Mohamed

Affiliation

Professor of General surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt.

Email

dremad.gamal@hotmail.com

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-

Orcid

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First Name

Hazem

Last Name

Nour

MiddleName

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Affiliation

Assistant Professor of General surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt.

Email

hzm_nr@yahoo.com

City

zagazig

Orcid

0000-0002-5095-1563

First Name

Morsi

Last Name

Morsi

MiddleName

Mohamed

Affiliation

Assistant Professor of Hepatobiliary surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt.

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drmorsi@yahoo.com

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-

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Volume

30

Article Issue

1.4

Related Issue

48036

Issue Date

2024-06-01

Receive Date

2021-06-09

Publish Date

2024-06-01

Page Start

410

Page End

417

Print ISSN

1110-1431

Online ISSN

2357-0717

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Original Article

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273

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Journal

Publication Title

Zagazig University Medical Journal

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https://zumj.journals.ekb.eg/

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Blunt liver trauma: non-operative or operative management. A retrospective study

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Created At

30 Dec 2024