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The Pregnant Patient

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Penetrating trauma during pregnancy is mainly the result of gunshot and stab wounds. When you have to deal with an injured pregnant patient, you have to be aware of the changes in its physiology and anatomy, because subsequent management adaptations are required. Also, the patterns of injury in pregnancy give you much valuable information. Remember there are two patients to treat. When you must proceed with an emergency cesarean delivery? What you have to do on the surgical table? And finally, is there any space for non-operative management?

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  1. Unit of Foregut Surgery, Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Athens, 24 Myron Str, Athens, 10434, Greece

    Dimitrios Theodorou

  2. Department of General Surgery, School of Medicine, 1st Propaedeutic Surgical Clinic, University of Athens, 3rd September 1843 Street No 11, Egaleo, Attiki, 12242, Greece

    Andreas Larentzakis

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  1. Dept. Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Fruit Street 55, Boston, 02114, Massachusetts, USA

    George C. Velmahos

  2. Medical School, Dept. Surgery, University of Witwatersrand, York Road 7, Johannesburg, 2193, South Africa

    Elias Degiannis

  3. Klinik für Viszeral-, Thorax- und, Gefäßchirurgie, Univ.Klinikum Marburg, Baldingerstraße, Marburg, 35043, Germany

    Dietrich Doll

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Theodorou, D., Larentzakis, A. (2012). The Pregnant Patient. In: Velmahos, G., Degiannis, E., Doll, D. (eds) Penetrating Trauma. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-20453-1_69

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