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Title: [The problems of blunt abdominal trauma accompanied by cranio-cerebral trauma (author's transl)]. Author: Mayer HR, Neugebauer W, Kieninger G. Journal: Aktuelle Traumatol; 1981 Dec; 11(6):225-7. PubMed ID: 6119883. Abstract: From 1967-80, 276 blunt abdominal traumas were surgically treated at the Chirurgische Universitätsklinik Tübingen. In the course of these, cranio-cerebral trauma was the most apparent accompanying injury. Diagnostic difficulties were considered one major cause among others for the high mortality rate of 40%. The diagnostic procedure is described and the special significance of peritoneal lavage for the diagnostic procedure and the importance of intraoperative autotransfusion for the therapy is emphasized.[Abstract] [Full Text] [Related] [New Search]