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University of Ioannina

ΚΛΙΝΙΚΗ ΜΕΛΕΤΗ ΤΩΝ ΚΛΕΙΣΤΩΝ ΤΡΑΥΜΑΤΙΚΩΝ ΕΝΔΟΚΟΙΛΙΑΚΩΝ ΚΑΚΩΣΕΩΝ

Abstract

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THE PRESENT STUDY WAS BASED ON THE CLINICAL EXPERIENCE OF 431 BLUNT ABDOMINAL INJURIES BEING TREATED FOR 92 MONTHS IN THE SURGICAL DEPARTMENT OF IOANNINA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL (2,9% OF TOTAL ADMISSIONS). TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS ACCOUNTED FOR 71,6%. THE AVERAGE TIME OF TRANSPORTATION WAS 6 HOURS FOR VICTEMS WITH CONSERVATIVE MANAGEMENT (N 353) AND 4 HOURS AND 30 MIN FOR THE OPERATED PATIENTS (N 71). IN 61 CASES ABDOMINAL PARACENTESIS WAS ADEQUATE IN 50, WHILE IN 40 DIAGNOSTIC PERITONEAL LAVAGE WAS POSITIVE IN 24 AND CONTRIBUTED DECISIVELY IN THE DECREASE OF THE TIME: FIRST CLINICAL EXAMINATION-EXPLORATORY LAPAROTOMY 3 1/2 TIMES. EXPLORATORY LAPAROTOMY PERFORMED IN 71 CASES (16,5%), 55 CASES (77,5%) HAD MULTIPLE INJURIES AND 48 (67,6%) HAD ESTABLISHED SHOCK. THE INJURIES OF INTRAABDOMINAL ORGANS FOUND AT EXPLORATORY LAPAROTOMY WERE: RUPTURE OF DIAPHRAGM, SPLEEN, LIVER, EXTRAHEPATIC BILIARY DUCTS, PANCREAS, STOMACH, SMALL AND LARGE INTESTINE, MESENTERY, KIDNEY, BLADDER AND SO ON. HOSPITAL MORBIDITY WAS 55% (39 PATIENTS) WHILE LATE COMPLICATIONS WERE PRESENTED IN 4 (4,2%). HOSPITAL MORTALITY WAS19,7% 92,4 OPERATIVELY, 16,9% POSTOPERATIVELY).

Degree

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University of Ioannina
Year dc:date
1987

Author and committee

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Author dc:creator
  • Ξηροποτάμος, Νικόλαος

Subjects

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Rights

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gre

Identifiers

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Identifier
10.12681/eadd/0736
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oai:10442/0736

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2026-07-24
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citation

Ξηροποτάμος, Νικόλαος. ΚΛΙΝΙΚΗ ΜΕΛΕΤΗ ΤΩΝ ΚΛΕΙΣΤΩΝ ΤΡΑΥΜΑΤΙΚΩΝ ΕΝΔΟΚΟΙΛΙΑΚΩΝ ΚΑΚΩΣΕΩΝ. University of Ioannina, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/10442/hedi/0736