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Bach A, Bendix J, Hougaard K, et al. Retroperitoneal packing as part of damage control surgery in a Danish trauma centre--fast, effective, and cost-effective. Scand J Trauma Resusc Emerg Med. 2008;16:4doi: 10.1186/1757-7241-16-4.
Bach, A., Bendix, J., Hougaard, K., & Christensen, E. F. (2008). Retroperitoneal packing as part of damage control surgery in a Danish trauma centre--fast, effective, and cost-effective. Scandinavian journal of trauma, resuscitation and emergency medicine, 164. https://doi.org/10.1186/1757-7241-16-4
Bach, Allan, et al. "Retroperitoneal packing as part of damage control surgery in a Danish trauma centre--fast, effective, and cost-effective." Scandinavian journal of trauma, resuscitation and emergency medicine vol. 16 (2008): 4. doi: https://doi.org/10.1186/1757-7241-16-4
Bach A, Bendix J, Hougaard K, Christensen EF. Retroperitoneal packing as part of damage control surgery in a Danish trauma centre--fast, effective, and cost-effective. Scand J Trauma Resusc Emerg Med. 2008 Jul 21;16:4. doi: 10.1186/1757-7241-16-4. PMID: 18957066; PMCID: PMC2556636.
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Scand J Trauma Resusc Emerg Med. 2008 Jul 21;16:4. doi: 10.1186/1757-7241-16-4.

Retroperitoneal packing as part of damage control surgery in a Danish trauma centre--fast, effective, and cost-effective.

Scandinavian journal of trauma, resuscitation and emergency medicine

Allan Bach, Jørgen Bendix, Keld Hougaard, Erika Frischknecht Christensen

Affiliations

  1. Surgical Gastroenterological Department L, Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark. [email protected]

PMID: 18957066 PMCID: PMC2556636 DOI: 10.1186/1757-7241-16-4

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Retroperitoneal packing in patients with severe haemorrhage is a cornerstone of modern pelvic fracture management. However, few Danish trauma surgeons have experience with this procedure, and trauma audits show that many hesitate to perform the procedure, indicating a need for hands-on training for this simple and potentially lifesaving procedure.

MATERIALS AND METHODS: During a six-month period, trauma surgeons were taught the retroperitoneal packing procedure using human corpses at the Department of Pathology at Aarhus University Hospital.

RESULTS: The course consisted of a 30 minute long single training session in retroperitoneal packing. Twenty-three sessions were held. Forty-two trauma surgeons (the entire staff at Aarhus Trauma Centre) and ten observers completed the course. Afterwards, all participants felt competent to perform the procedure.

CONCLUSION: All 42 surgeons at our local trauma organisation learned a simple lifesaving operation within a short time period. In the 12 months following the completion of the course, 11 patients were treated with packing without any hesitation and with success. Damage control surgery with packing was cost-effectively implemented at our centre with great ease and rapidity.

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