• Between 1939 and 1974, more than 1,500 patients have been treated for penetrating or
blunt liver trauma at our institution. Gunshot wounds and major blunt trauma have increased …

• We reviewed 233 traumatic injuries to the liver. The mortality was 11%. Deaths were due to
either uncontrolled intraoperative hemorrhage or the postoperative complications of multiple …

Two hundred eighty-five cases of liver trauma have been treated in the last five years at the
San Francisco General Hospital. One hundred three resulted from blunt trauma and 182 …

The records of 443 cases of liver trauma operated on at San Francisco General Hospital
from 1976 to 1981 were reviewed. Forty-two percent of the injuries were due to blunt trauma …

CURRENTLY accepted management of liver trauma outlined by Madding et al 1 has
reduced overall mortality from 60% prior to World War II 2, 3 to between 9% and 27%. 4-6 To …

Hepatic injuries are found in 30 per cent of patients undergoing operation after penetrating
abdominal wounds and in 15 to 20 per cent of patients undergoing operation after blunt …

DURING the nineteenth century, nonoperative treatment was the accepted method of caring
for hepatic injuries. The mortality rate was 66.8 per cent. 14 In 1870 Bruns5 first successfully …

Because of its large size and particular location, the liver is probably the most commonly
injured of all the intra-abdominal organs. This appears to be true for both penetrating and …

This study represents a 6 year 4 month experience with blunt trauma to the liver of patients
from the Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems, a major regional …

The causes of liver trauma in 604 cases treated at Detroit General Hospital in the past 8½
years were 290 knifings, 249 gunshot wounds, and 65 blunt injuries. Most stab wounds and …