BACKGROUND: Injuries of inferior vena cava (IVC) require immediate and definitive action. Our objective is to evaluate the incidence, the clinical findings and the operative approach to IVC injuries. METHODS: We retrospectively studied 76 patients with IVC injuries treated in two Emergency Hospitals of Manaus, AM, Brazil, from January 1997 to July 2002. Mechanisms of injuries, mortality, hemodynamic status, penetrating abdominal trauma index (PATI), intraoperative findings and surgical approach were among assessed data. RESULTS: Fourty-nine patients (65%) had stab wounds, 26 (34%) gunshot wounds, and one had blunt abdominal trauma. Fourty-one (54%) patients survived. Almost all patients entered the emergency room awake, although 40% were hy...
In the scenario of abdominal trauma surgery, therapeutic approach plays a crucial role in the effect...
Purpose: To describe the epidemiologic aspects of closed-globe injury with contusion and its alterat...
Pelvic ring ruptures are a cause of great mortality and morbidity in trauma patients. The fatalities...
BACKGROUND: Penetrating Thoracoabdominal trauma, besides the diagnosis difficulty, deserve special a...
Abdominal trauma is regularly encountered in the emergency department. The lack of historical data a...
Introduction: Different factors may be associated with the genesis and maintenance of pain symptoms ...
Tracheobronchial injuries are rare but potentially life threatening. Their manifestations are variab...
OBJETIVO: Avaliar os dados relativos à utilização de filtro de veia cava na Divisão de Trauma do Cen...
BACKGROUND: Evaluate the procedures and results in the treatment of the traumatic lesions of larynx....
PURPOSE: To study the pediatric cataract after trauma, it's relation to the kind of the trauma, the ...
OBJECTIVE: Trauma is the third most important cause of death in Brazil. However, its impact on survi...
Traumatic brain injured (TBI) patients with different trauma severity were analyzed about their reco...
Trauma is one of the most important causes of deaths worldwide. Massive bleeding is the leading caus...
The genitourinary trauma represents 10% of all traumas in our Emergency Service (HC-FMUSP). The kidn...
OBJETIVO: Apresentação e avaliação de protocolo para atendimento de pacientes com ferimentos descola...
In the scenario of abdominal trauma surgery, therapeutic approach plays a crucial role in the effect...
Purpose: To describe the epidemiologic aspects of closed-globe injury with contusion and its alterat...
Pelvic ring ruptures are a cause of great mortality and morbidity in trauma patients. The fatalities...
BACKGROUND: Penetrating Thoracoabdominal trauma, besides the diagnosis difficulty, deserve special a...
Abdominal trauma is regularly encountered in the emergency department. The lack of historical data a...
Introduction: Different factors may be associated with the genesis and maintenance of pain symptoms ...
Tracheobronchial injuries are rare but potentially life threatening. Their manifestations are variab...
OBJETIVO: Avaliar os dados relativos à utilização de filtro de veia cava na Divisão de Trauma do Cen...
BACKGROUND: Evaluate the procedures and results in the treatment of the traumatic lesions of larynx....
PURPOSE: To study the pediatric cataract after trauma, it's relation to the kind of the trauma, the ...
OBJECTIVE: Trauma is the third most important cause of death in Brazil. However, its impact on survi...
Traumatic brain injured (TBI) patients with different trauma severity were analyzed about their reco...
Trauma is one of the most important causes of deaths worldwide. Massive bleeding is the leading caus...
The genitourinary trauma represents 10% of all traumas in our Emergency Service (HC-FMUSP). The kidn...
OBJETIVO: Apresentação e avaliação de protocolo para atendimento de pacientes com ferimentos descola...
In the scenario of abdominal trauma surgery, therapeutic approach plays a crucial role in the effect...
Purpose: To describe the epidemiologic aspects of closed-globe injury with contusion and its alterat...
Pelvic ring ruptures are a cause of great mortality and morbidity in trauma patients. The fatalities...