Diagnosis and treatment of blunt liver injury ( a report of 135 cases) / 国际外科学杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To study the effective method of improving the diagnosis and treatment of blunt liver injury.Methods The clinical data of 135 cases with blunt liver injury hospitalized in Daxing District People' s Hospital from January 2000 to October 2010 were reviewed retrospectively.Results By standard grading of American Society of Trauma Surgery (AAST) in 1994,36 cases were grade Ⅰ,42 cases gradeⅡ,33 cases gradeⅢ,14 cases grade Ⅳ,10 cases gradeⅤ.Fifty-one cases were treated by non-operative therapy,among which 42 cases were crued,9 cases underwent operative surgery.Ninety-three cases were treated by operative therapy,seven cases died.The morbidity related to blunt liver injury was 5.19％.Conclusions Non-operative therapy may be used firstly in patients with stable hemodynamics,but close monitoring should be done for changes of the life signs.Timely and reasonable choice of time and the way of surgery is important to avoid complications and reduce the mortality rate.