Lee Tung-Yen, Chen Yao-Li, Chang Hung-Chi, Yang Li-Heng, Chan Chien-Pin, Chen Shou-Tung, Kuo Shou-Jen
Division of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, Chang-Hua Christian Hospital, Chang-Hua, Taiwan.
Int Surg. 2005 Nov-Dec;90(5):266-9.
Despite recent advances in management of severe blunt liver trauma, the operative mortality rate in patients with complicated blunt liver trauma (grades IV and V) is still high. The purpose of this study was to assess the results of anatomic liver resection for severe liver trauma in the institution in which liver transplant surgeons are responsible for the management of liver injuries.