RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Current management of penetrating torso trauma: nontherapeutic is not good enough anymore
JF Canadian Journal of Surgery
JO CAN J SURG
FD Canadian Medical Association
SP E36
OP E43
DO 10.1503/cjs.026012
VO 57
IS 2
A1 Ball, Chad G.
YR 2014
UL http://canjsurg.ca/content/57/2/E36.abstract
AB A highly organized approach to the evaluation and treatment of penetrating torso injuries based on regional anatomy provides rapid diagnostic and therapeutic consistency. It also minimizes delays in diagnosis, missed injuries and nontherapeutic laparotomies. This review discusses an optimal sequence of structured rapid assessments that allow the clinician to rapidly proceed to gold standard therapies with a minimal risk of associated morbidity.