STAGED ABDOMINAL RE-OPERATION FOR ABDOMINAL TRAUMA

Background: To review the current developments in staged abdominal re-operation for abdominal trauma.
Methods: To overview the steps of damage control laparotomy.
Results: The ever increasing importance of the resuscitation phase with current intensive care unit (ICU) support techniques should be emphasized.
Conclusions: General surgeons should be familiar to staged abdominal re-operation for abdominal trauma and collaborate with ICU teams, interventional radiologists and several other specialties to overcome this entity.