RT Book, Section
A1 Ambur, Sum
A2 Cydulka, Rita K.
A2 Fitch, Michael T.
A2 Joing, Scott A.
A2 Wang, Vincent J.
A2 Cline, David M.
A2 Ma, O. John
SR Print(0)
ID 1143144624
T1 Penetrating Trauma to The Flank and Buttocks
T2 Tintinalli's Emergency Medicine Manual, 8e
YR 2017
FD 2017
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071837026
LK accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1143144624
RD 2024/09/13
AB Challenges  in  evaluating  penetrating  trauma  to  the  flank  and  buttocks  include  recognizing  peritoneal  and  retroperitoneal  injuries  and  determining  which  patients  need  immediate  surgery  and  which  can  be  managed  more  conservatively.  Trajectories  and  resultant  severity  and  pattern  of  injury  can  vary  widely  with  both  stab  and  gunshot  wounds.  Hemodynamically  unstable  patients  need  immediate  operative  intervention.  Mechanism  and  time  of  injury,  weapon  characteristics,  and  determining  the  bullet  path  or  stab  wound  depth  may  also  assist  in  determining  the  initial  diagnostic  approach  if  the  patient  is  otherwise  stable.