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Episode 7 - "Hepatic Hell: When Knife Wounds Meet the Lethal Triad"

Episode 7 - "Hepatic Hell: When Knife Wounds Meet the Lethal Triad"

Update: 2025-03-24
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🎙️ Podcast: Master General Surgery – Trauma Series (Trauma PIPS)

Episode: "Hepatic Hell: When Knife Wounds Meet the Lethal Triad"

In this episode, we explore the management of a challenging case of penetrating abdominal trauma with liver injury and evisceration, including the surgical decision-making, complications, and postoperative course. Through real clinical discussions, case presentations, and international guidelines, we review:

✅ Initial assessment and priorities (ATLS principles)
✅ Damage control surgery and resuscitation techniques
✅ The Pringle maneuver, perihepatic packing, and temporary abdominal closure
✅ Hepatic ischemia, bile leaks, and reoperations
✅ Final closure and use of mesh
✅ Importance of a multidisciplinary approach

This episode features real quotes from clinical rounds, insights from surgical teams, and references to updated trauma literature. A must-listen for surgeons, residents, intensivists, and medical students interested in advanced abdominal trauma care.

📝 Take-Home Messages:
  • Early recognition of the lethal triad is critical.
  • Decision-making straight from heli to OR.
  • Damage control saves lives in complex hepatic trauma.
  • Definitive closure should be guided by clinical evolution.
📢 This podcast is available on major platforms and the Google Classroom of the General Surgery and Trauma Division at the Hospital das Clínicas, University of São Paulo.
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Episode 7 - "Hepatic Hell: When Knife Wounds Meet the Lethal Triad"

Episode 7 - "Hepatic Hell: When Knife Wounds Meet the Lethal Triad"

Dr. Jocielle Miranda, MD