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  • Trauma Surgery
  • Surgical Techniques
  • Hemorrhage Control

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  • Abdominal packing and planned reoperation is a critical intervention for managing severe hemorrhage in trauma patients.
  • Despite its life-saving potential, significant morbidity and mortality are associated with this approach.
  • A 31-year retrospective analysis of trauma surgery outcomes was conducted.

Purpose:

  • To evaluate the evolution of surgical techniques for abdominal packing and planned reoperation.
  • To assess the authors' results over three decades of trauma surgery practice.
  • To analyze the impact of emphasizing damage control techniques in recent years.

Summary:

  • The study reviewed 31 years of trauma surgery, including 11 instances of abdominal packing in the last 12 years.
  • A shift towards fully implementing damage control techniques was noted in the final four years of the study period.
  • The overall mortality rate across the 31 years was 45.5%.

Impact:

  • Highlights the persistent challenges and high mortality associated with abdominal packing for hemorrhage control.
  • Suggests a need for continued refinement of damage control strategies in severe trauma.
  • Provides long-term data on surgical interventions for life-threatening abdominal bleeding.