Beyond the Trauma Triad of Death-New Advances in Our Knowledge of Pathophysiology as a Basis for New Perspectives in Support Therapy

Giuseppe Ietto; Caterina Franchi; Gabriele Soldini; Francesco Amico

doi:10.3390/life12030428

Beyond the Trauma Triad of Death-New Advances in Our Knowledge of Pathophysiology as a Basis for New Perspectives in Support Therapy

Life (Basel). 2022 Mar 16;12(3):428. doi: 10.3390/life12030428.

Authors

Giuseppe Ietto¹, Caterina Franchi¹, Gabriele Soldini², Francesco Amico³

Affiliations

¹ General, Emergency and Transplant Surgery Department, ASST-Settelaghi, University of Insubria, 21100 Varese, Italy.
² General and Emergency Surgery Unit, Holy Family Hospital Fatebenefratelli, 22036 Erba, Italy.
³ Trauma Service, Department of Surgery, University of Newcastle, Newcastle 2308, Australia.

Abstract

The history of staged laparotomy, the basic idea behind the so called "Damage Control Surgery (DCS)" attitude, leans on the experience developed during the treatment of major hepatic trauma that was sustained by Pringle's pioneering attempts to achieve hemostasis on liver wounds via packing in 1908 [...].

Publication types

Editorial