{"title":"[High grade liver rupture--is nonsurgical therapy feasible?].","authors":"G A Melcher, C Ryf, A Leutenegger, T Rüedi","doi":"","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Although well accepted in pediatric patients, the nonoperative management of severe blunt hepatic trauma in adults remains controversial. On the basis of 3 cases with major liver injury, the rationale and prerequisites for a successful nonoperative treatment are discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":77470,"journal":{"name":"Zeitschrift fur Unfallchirurgie und Versicherungsmedizin : offizielles Organ der Schweizerischen Gesellschaft fur Unfallmedizin und Berufskrankheiten = Revue de traumatologie et d'assicurologie : organe officiel de la Societe suisse de ...","volume":"87 3","pages":"186-91"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1994-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Zeitschrift fur Unfallchirurgie und Versicherungsmedizin : offizielles Organ der Schweizerischen Gesellschaft fur Unfallmedizin und Berufskrankheiten = Revue de traumatologie et d'assicurologie : organe officiel de la Societe suisse de ...","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Although well accepted in pediatric patients, the nonoperative management of severe blunt hepatic trauma in adults remains controversial. On the basis of 3 cases with major liver injury, the rationale and prerequisites for a successful nonoperative treatment are discussed.