title: Liver trauma--operative management.
abstract: Civilian liver trauma is generally sustained by blunt injury, with management strategies increasingly focusing on selective non-operative strategies and endovascular intervention. Military liver trauma is more often ballistic in nature and almost always requiring operative intervention. This article reviews established and evolving surgical techniques in the operative management of liver trauma.
authors.affiliation: Specialty Registrar in General Surgery (West of Scotland) and Academic Department of Military Surgery and Trauma, Royal Centre for Defence Medicine, Birmingham. jonny_morrison@doctors.org.uk
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Morrison
authors.forename: K E
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Bramley
authors.forename: A G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Rizzo
mesh_terms: D001652:Bile Ducts / Q000293:injuries / Q000601:surgery; D016063:Blood Loss, Surgical / Q000517:prevention & control; D003646:Debridement; D013505:Digestive System Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods; D004322:Drainage; D006488:Hemostasis, Surgical / Q000379:methods; D006499:Hepatic Artery / Q000293:injuries / Q000601:surgery; D006503:Hepatic Veins / Q000293:injuries / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D015601:Injury Severity Score; D010535:Laparoscopy; D008099:Liver / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery*; D016031:Liver Transplantation; D008887:Military Medicine; D018579:Patient Selection; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D011859:Radiography; D013526:Surgical Mesh; D013630:Tampons, Surgical; D014857:Warfare