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## Meet the editors

Dr. Selim Sözen is an expert in general surgery who received his medical degree from Ondokuz Mayıs University, Turkey, in 1998. From 1999 to 2004, he was an assistant doctor at Ankara Atatürk Education and Research Hospital, Turkey. From 2004 to 2013, he worked as a specialist at different government hospitals in Turkey. He joined the Department of General Surgery, Medicine Faculty, Namık Kemal University, Turkey, as an associate

professor in 2013. He completed liver transplantation surgery at İnönü University, Turkey, in 2014–2015. Since 2016, Dr. Sözen has run his own surgery clinic in İstanbul, Turkey. He is a member of the Turkish Surgical Association and a review board member for several journals. He has published 105 articles in scientific journals and presented 64 poster papers at scientific congresses. His research interests include general, gastrointestinal, emergency, and trauma surgery, bacterial translocation, liver disease, and hernia surgery.

Dr. Burhan Hakan Kanat graduated from the Faculty of Medicine, İnönü University, Turkey, in 2005. He trained in general surgery at the Faculty of Medicine, Fırat University, Turkey, in 2011. He also worked as a specialist at the Elazığ Training and Research Hospital, Turkey. In 2013, he received a Certificate of Surgical Competence from the Turkish Surgery Society. He completed liver transplantation surgery at İnönü University in 2014–

2015. He received training in breast-endocrine surgery in 2016. Dr. Kanat joined the Department of General Surgery, Medicine Faculty, Health Sciences University, Turkey, as an associate professor in 2017–2020. Since October 2020, he has been an associate professor at the Department of General Surgery, Medicine Faculty, Malatya Turgut Özal University, Turkey. He is a member of the Turkish Surgical Society, International Pilonidal Society, and Turkish Society of Colon and Rectal Surgery. Since October 2020, he has been an associate professor at the Department of General Surgery, Medicine Faculty, Malatya Turgut Özal University, Turkey. Dr. Kanat is an author of more than 100 publications including five book chapters. He is also a review board member for several journals.

Contents

**Section 1**

*and Reesha Pa*

**Section 2**

**Section 3**

of Chest Trauma *by Tuba Apaydin*

*by Turkan Dubus*

*by Soe Wunna Htay*

**Section 4**

Blunt Abdominal Injury

Rectus Sheath Hematoma

Blunt Traumatic Aortic Injury *by Domenico Calcaterra*

Surgical Approach to Rib Fractures

Management of Traumatic Brain Injury

**Preface XI**

Abdominal Surgery and Trauma **1**

**Chapter 1 3**

**Chapter 2 17**

Vascular Surgery and Trauma **27**

**Chapter 3 29**

Chest Trauma **41**

**Chapter 4 43**

**Chapter 5 49**

Head Trauma or Traumatic Brain Injury **57**

**Chapter 6 59**

*by Pabithadevi B. Mehanathan, Subash Metha, Athisayamani Jeyapaul* 

*by Serhat Doğan, Selim Sözen, Burhan Hakan Kanat, Gökhan Söğütlü, Mehmet Gençtürk and Hasan Erdem*

The Role of Minimally Invasive Surgery in Management

## Contents



Preface

This book is a collection of review papers on trauma and emergency surgery. In addition to sharing their knowledge, the authors provide their personal clinical experience, making this book a useful resource for scientists and physicians practicing in the field of trauma and emergency surgery. The book is divided into six sections with chapters showing the application of different surgical

In Section 1, Chapter 1, "Blunt Abdominal Injury", Dr. B. Mehanathan Pabithandevi et al. discusses blunt abdominal injuries. In Chapter 2, "Rectus Sheath Hematoma", Dr. Selim Sözen et al. discuss the types and treatment of rectus sheath hematoma, an uncommon and often clinically misdiagnosed cause of abdominal pain. In the second section, Chapter 3, "Blunt Traumatic Aortic Injury" Domenico Calcaterra examines thoracic endovascular aortic replacement (TEVAR) as the new standard for treating TAIs. TEVAR is associated with a lower risk of operative mortality; however, the optimal timing for delivering this therapy remains unclear with respect to identifying patients who require immediate intervention versus those for

In Section 3, Chapter 4, "The Role of Minimally Invasive Surgery in Management of Chest Trauma," Dr. Apaydın Tuba focuses on chest trauma and the use of video thoracoscopy as a safe and beneficial diagnostic and therapeutic device in select patients with chest trauma with no indication for emergent thoracotomy or sternotomy. Video thoracoscopy is also beneficial in the acute or retarded approach for patients with blunt chest trauma for treatment of clotted hemothorax, persistent pneumothorax, thoracic empyema, and chylothorax, as well as for diagnosis of diaphragmatic injuries. Chapter 5, "Surgical Approach to Rib Fractures" by Dr. Dubus Turkan, examines rib fractures and their surgical stabilization, which reduces possible pulmonary complications in patients. Surgery shortens the duration of hospital stay and the time to return to work as well as improves patient

In Section 4, Chapter 6, "Management of Traumatic Brain Injury," Soe Wunna Htay provides information about the approach to traumatic brain injuries. Section 5, includes Chapter 7, "Acute Compartment Syndrome of the Extremities and Paraspinal Muscles" by Dr. Zacharia Balaji and Raj Vignesh Selvaraj which discusses the etiologies, clinical features, investigations, and management of acute

In Section 6, Chapter 8, "Management and Clinical Aspects of Burned Patients Affected by SARS-COV2," Dr. Alex Pontini et al., discusses COVID-19 infection in

compartment syndrome of the extremities and the paraspinal region.

whom postponing treatment of the aortic injury would be preferable.

quality of life by physiologically improving breathing.

specialties.

burn patients.
