Perihepatic packing

Perihepatic packing is a surgical procedure used in connection with trauma surgery to the liver. In this procedure the liver is packed to stop non arterial bleeding, most often caused by liver injury.[1]

Perihepatic packing
SpecialtyTrauma Surgery

During this surgery laparotomy pads are placed around the bleeding liver.[2] The main purpose of hepatic packing is to prevent the bleeding so trauma triad of death can be avoided.[3] Under- or over-packing of the liver can cause adverse outcomes, and if the bleeding cannot be controlled through this surgical method, the Pringle manoeuvre is an alternate technique that can be utilized temporally.[4]

References
  1. "TRAUMA.ORG: Damage Control: Hepatic Trauma". Retrieved 2012-07-28.
  2. Parks RW, Chrysos E, Diamond T (September 1999). "Management of liver trauma". The British Journal of Surgery. 86 (9): 1121–35. doi:10.1046/j.1365-2168.1999.01210.x. PMID 10504364.
  3. Stracieri LD, Scarpelini S (2006). "Hepatic injury". Acta Cirurgica Brasileira. 21 Suppl 1: 85–8. doi:10.1590/s0102-86502006000700019. PMID 17013521.
  4. Piper GL, Peitzman AB (August 2010). "Current management of hepatic trauma". The Surgical Clinics of North America. 90 (4): 775–85. doi:10.1016/j.suc.2010.04.009. PMID 20637947.


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