Surgeon choice in management of pediatric abdominal trauma.

ABSTRACT:

Background

No guidelines exist for management of hemodynamically stable children with suspected hollow viscus injury. We sought to determine factors contributing to surgeon management of these patients.

Methods

Surgeon members of the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma and American Pediatric Surgical Association completed a survey on 3 blunt abdominal injury scenarios: (1) isolated, (2) with multisystem injury, and (3) with traumatic brain injury (TBI), and a penetrating injury scenario. Multivariable logistic regression was used to determine factors associated with initial management of observation vs. operation for blunt injury and observation vs. local wound exploration versus laparoscopy for penetrating injury.

Results

Of 394 surgeons (response rate 22.3

SUBMITTER: Butler EK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7855195 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature