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: Received: 26 April 2023 / Approved: 27 April 2023 / Online: 27 April 2023 (05:50:23 CEST)
How to cite:
Shangase, T.N.; Hardcastle, T.C. The Role of CT Scan in the Work-Up and Management of Blunt and Penetrating Trauma and Acute Surgical Emergencies - A Focused Literature Review. Preprints2023, 2023041050. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202304.1050.v1
Shangase, T.N.; Hardcastle, T.C. The Role of CT Scan in the Work-Up and Management of Blunt and Penetrating Trauma and Acute Surgical Emergencies - A Focused Literature Review. Preprints 2023, 2023041050. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202304.1050.v1
Shangase, T.N.; Hardcastle, T.C. The Role of CT Scan in the Work-Up and Management of Blunt and Penetrating Trauma and Acute Surgical Emergencies - A Focused Literature Review. Preprints2023, 2023041050. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202304.1050.v1
APA Style
Shangase, T.N., & Hardcastle, T.C. (2023). The Role of CT Scan in the Work-Up and Management of Blunt and Penetrating Trauma and Acute Surgical Emergencies - A Focused Literature Review. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202304.1050.v1
Chicago/Turabian Style
Shangase, T.N. and Timothy Craig Hardcastle. 2023 "The Role of CT Scan in the Work-Up and Management of Blunt and Penetrating Trauma and Acute Surgical Emergencies - A Focused Literature Review" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202304.1050.v1
Abstract
Abstract: Background: Trauma is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in young patients, acute surgical conditions cause morbidity and mortality in patients of all ages. Computed tomography scan (CT) assist greatly in the investigation and management of these patients with blunt and penetrating trauma, facilitating early diagnosis and expedites early appropriate treatment of these patients. Acute non-traumatic surgical conditions also mimic non-surgical pathologies and differentiating the two is important because management is different and any delay in surgical intervention results in high morbidity and some may even result in mortality. Method: Literature review of the role of multidetector CT scan (MDCT) in managing acute surgical emergencies and trauma-diagnosis in the trauma patient and patients presenting with acute surgical emergencies. The focus is on the role of the MDCT in the management of these patients. Results highlight that the use of MDCT expedites management of these patients, allowing early surgical intervention and preventing unnecessary surgical interventions where the intervention is not indicated, based on the MDCT results. Conclusion: This paper emphasizes the important role that is played by the MDCT in the management of the above patients.
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