Liver injuries may be due to either blunt or penetrating trauma to the thorax or abdomen.
Specific treatment depends on the site and extent of hepatic injury. Following resuscitation …

• The records of 56 consecutively treated patients with hepatic trauma were reviewed for
clinical features, treatment, and results. Nonpenetrating trauma was the cause of 60% of the …

Many wounds of the liver are minor and require no corrective operations. If these patients
are not killed by associated injuries, they usually survive. Hemorrhage from hepatic wounds …

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 …

• Two hundred thirty-three patients were operated on for hepatic trauma during a two-year
period. There were 101 patients with stab wounds, 90 with gunshot wounds, and 42 with …

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 …

In the past, and in particular prior to World War II, major hepatic injuries were usually treated
by insertion of a gauze pack and by drainage. Sepsis, secondary hemorrhage, and biliary …

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 …

• 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 …

Trauma surgeons must be familiar with the different alternatives that are available in
managing hepatic injuries. Although most injuries of the liver can be managed by …