Damage Control Surgery Strategy Versus Diverting Intestinal Stoma In Critically Ill Patients With Acute Mesenteric Ischemia. Retrospective Analysis

Abstract

Background: the septic presentation of the patients with acute mesenteric ischemia makes the possibility of doing bowel anastomosis very risky. So damage control surgery protocol was adopted by many surgeons because its great role in managing critical trauma patients. Other surgeons prefer to make a diverting stoma to avoid reopening of the abdomen again and hence reducing complications.