Combat surgery: Status of tactical abbreviated surgical control
Journal Title: Medical Journal Armed Forces - Year 2017, Vol 73, Issue 4
Abstract
Traditionally injury care meant definitive repair following surgical exploration. However the outcome is poor because of deranged physiology in severely injured. Damage control surgery (DCS) is abbreviated initial procedure with subsequent correction of physiological imbalance, followed by definite repair. Tactical abbreviated surgical control (TASC) is application of principles of DCS techniques in the tactical environment. TASC is applied because of patient related factors (classic damage control) and limitations due to tactical reasons. Non-patient related factors only seen in tactical setting are, large numbers of patients arriving in short span, mobility of forward medical units, limitation of resources, and hostile environment. TASC involves only phase one of classical DCS. Complete correction of physiological imbalances and definitive surgery is carried out at a better equipped static hospital. TASC has shown to improve survival, extends benefit to greater number and helps to conserve precious resources. However TASC has its own limitations.
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Pankaj P Rao
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- DOI 10.1016/j.mjafi.2017.05.003
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