Title |
WSES position paper on vascular emergency surgery
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Published in |
World Journal of Emergency Surgery, October 2015
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DOI | 10.1186/s13017-015-0037-2 |
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Authors |
Bruno Monteiro T. Pereira, Osvaldo Chiara, Fabio Ramponi, Dieter G. Weber, Stefania Cimbanassi, Belinda De Simone, Korana Musicki, Guilherme Vieira Meirelles, Fausto Catena, Luca Ansaloni, Federico Coccolini, Massimo Sartelli, Salomone Di Saverio, Cino Bendinelli, Gustavo Pereira Fraga |
Abstract |
Trauma, both blunt and penetrating, is extremely common worldwide, as trauma to major vessels. The management of these patients requires specialized surgical skills and techniques of the trauma surgeon. Furthermore few other surgical emergencies require immediate diagnosis and treatment like a ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm (rAAA). Mortality of patients with a rAAA reaches 85 %, with more than half dying before reaching the hospital. These are acute events demanding immediate intervention to save life and limb and precluding any attempt at transfer or referral. It is the purpose of this position paper to discuss neck, chest, extremities and abdominal trauma, bringing to light recent evidence based data as well as expert opinions; besides, in this paper we present a review of the recent literature on rAAA and we discuss the rationale for transfer to referral center, the role of preoperative imaging and the pros and cons of Endoluminal repair of rAAA (REVAR) versus Open Repair (OR). |
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