title: Thoracic damage control surgery.
abstract: The damage control surgery came up with the philosophy of applying essential maneuvers to control bleeding and abdominal contamination in trauma patients who are within the limits of their physiological reserves. This concept was extended to thoracic injuries, where relatively simple maneuvers can shorten operative time of in extremis patients. This article aims to revise the various damage control techniques in thoracic organs that must be known to the surgeon engaged in emergency care. RESUMO A cirurgia de controle de danos surgiu com a filosofia de se aplicar manobras essenciais para controle de sangramento e contaminação abdominal, em doentes traumatizados, nos limites de suas reservas fisiológicas. Este conceito se estendeu para as lesões torácicas, onde manobras relativamente simples, podem abreviar o tempo operatório de doentes in extremis. Este artigo tem como objetivo, revisar as diversas técnicas de controle de dano em órgãos torácicos, que devem ser de conhecimento do cirurgião que atua na emergência.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Medical Sciences of the São Paulo Holy Home, Department of Surgery - São Paulo - SP - Brazil.
authors.forename: Roberto
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gonçalves
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Medical Sciences of the São Paulo Holy Home, Department of Surgery - São Paulo - SP - Brazil.
authors.forename: Roberto
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Saad
mesh_terms: D004638:Emergency Treatment; D006801:Humans; D009104:Multiple Trauma / Q000601:surgery; D013898:Thoracic Injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D019616:Thoracic Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods