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ArticleDer Chirurg; Zeitschrift fur alle Gebiete der operativen Medizen2020

[Penetrating abdominal trauma].

Svenja Sliwinski, Wolf O Bechstein, Andreas A Schnitzbauer, Pa Tri Zia Malkomes

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Article in Der Chirurg; Zeitschrift fur alle Gebiete der operativen Medizen, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Emergency laparotomies in trauma management: a six-year case series.European journal of trauma and emergency surgery : official publication of the European Trauma Society · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Svenja SliwinskiUniversitätsklinikum Frankfurt, Klinik für Allgemein‑, Viszeral- und Transplantationschirurgie, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Theodor-Stern-Kai 7, 60590, Frankfurt am Main, Deutschland. svenja.sliwinski@kgu.de.
Wolf O BechsteinUniversitätsklinikum Frankfurt, Klinik für Allgemein‑, Viszeral- und Transplantationschirurgie, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Theodor-Stern-Kai 7, 60590, Frankfurt am Main, Deutschland.
Andreas A SchnitzbauerUniversitätsklinikum Frankfurt, Klinik für Allgemein‑, Viszeral- und Transplantationschirurgie, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Theodor-Stern-Kai 7, 60590, Frankfurt am Main, Deutschland.
Pa Tri Zia MalkomesUniversitätsklinikum Frankfurt, Klinik für Allgemein‑, Viszeral- und Transplantationschirurgie, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Theodor-Stern-Kai 7, 60590, Frankfurt am Main, Deutschland.
Goethe University Frankfurt · DEUniversity Hospital Frankfurt · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The management of patients with penetrating abdominal trauma has significantly changed in recent years. While exploratory laparotomy was the gold standard in Germany in all patients up to the 1970s, selective nonoperative management (SNOM) is increasingly being discussed in hemodynamically stable patients without pathological findings in computed tomography (CT) scan or extended focussed assessment with sonography for trauma (eFAST). A standard algorithm taking a balance between invasiveness, patient safety and the use of resources into account has still to be implemented in Germany. The presented algorithm includes an immediate laparotomy in hemodynamically unstable patients as damage control surgery followed by a second look procedure after 48 h. Hemodynamically stable patients should primarily undergo diagnostic laparoscopy and be treated by early total care surgery, depending on the clinical and diagnostic imaging findings. Patients without clinical symptoms or pathological findings in imaging studies should be treated according to SNOM with close clinical controls.

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Abdominal InjuriesWounds, NonpenetratingGermanyHumansLaparotomyRetrospective StudiesTomography, X-Ray ComputedUltrasonographyDamage control surgeryDiagnostic laparoscopyInjury patternSelective nonoperative managementTreatment algorithm

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PMID32945917
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