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Old 02-02-2009, 14:48   #7
Doc Dutch
Trauma Surgeon
 
Join Date: Sep 2007
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Continuing on . . . Evisceration is a surgical emergency. The only place to be is in the OR. So, we went to the Trauma OR.

First, under anesthesia, I placed a chest tube for fear of pneumothorax. I opened up his abdomen. Here is a picture of the clamp holding up the omentumn with the chest tube in place in the left chest. Please notice the blue sterile drapes.

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