Role of the general surgeon in the traumatized cranioencephalic
Rol del cirujano general en el traumatizado craneoencefálico
Resumen:
The cases of three patients with extradural hematomas who died because of delay in surgery, are presented. In two cases this was due to the passive attitudeof the general surgeon on duty, whose only gesture was to order the transfer of the. patient to a Neurosurgical Center. In the third case, the concern,,;:,o,n1 in wanting to localize with exactitude the heatoma by means of an angiographical study caused g:-ea· delay, in the presence of clear clinical evidence,-nich demanded urgent decompression. The author mentions the increasing frequency of :hese cases since the specialized Neurosurgical Centers were created.He argue for a more :¡ctive róle for the general surgeon in the management of this injuries and describes the basical technical principies that must be followed.
Se presentan 3 casos de hematomas extradurales, que fallecieron por la tardanza en ser intervenidos. Ello se debió en 2 casos a la actitud pasiva del cirujano general actuante, cuyo único gesto fue ordenar el traslado de los enfermos a un Centro Neuroquirúrgico. En el. tercer caso, el afán de localizar con precisión el hematoma,medi.ante estudio angiográfico. Todo ello motivó importantes dem,oras,. frente a cuadros clínicos claros, que imponian por sí solos, 1a decompresiónde urgencia. El autor insiste en !a frecuencia creciente de estas situaciones desde la creación de Centros Neuroquirúrgicos especi,alizados. Reivindica el rolactivo que le debe caber al cirujano general de urgencia, en el manejo de estos enfermos y describe los principios generales de técnica a seguir•
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lesiones del cerebro hematoma cirugía epidural traumatismos brain injuries hematoma epidural surgery traumatisms |
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Sociedad de Cirugía del Uruguay | |
Revista Cirugía del Uruguay | |
https://revista.scu.org.uy/index.php/cir_urug/article/view/2517 | |
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Sumario: | The cases of three patients with extradural hematomas who died because of delay in surgery, are presented. In two cases this was due to the passive attitudeof the general surgeon on duty, whose only gesture was to order the transfer of the. patient to a Neurosurgical Center. In the third case, the concern,,;:,o,n1 in wanting to localize with exactitude the heatoma by means of an angiographical study caused g:-ea· delay, in the presence of clear clinical evidence,-nich demanded urgent decompression. The author mentions the increasing frequency of :hese cases since the specialized Neurosurgical Centers were created.He argue for a more :¡ctive róle for the general surgeon in the management of this injuries and describes the basical technical principies that must be followed. |
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