Trauma

The Mediastinal injuries page has been updated with additional information about traumatic aortic injury, in particular pointing out that it does not have many of the features of a spontaneous aortic dissection.

The Assessment of pelvic trauma page has had some minor updates.

The Management of pelvic trauma page has had some minor updates.

The Pelvic trauma page has had some minor updates.

The Splenic trauma page has had some minor updates.

A short segment on the indications for CTA in cervical spine trauma has been added to the Cervical spine injuries page.

A short segment on the complications of cervical spine trauma has been added to the Cervical spine injuries page.

The Thoracolumbar injuries page has had a few minor updates.

The Management of pelvic trauma page has been updated with a revised segment on stabilisation of pelvic fractures.

The Assessment of pelvic trauma page has had a number of minor updates.

The Management of the trauma patient has been updated with a revised section on damage control surgery.

The Trauma systems page has had a few minor modifications and wording improvements.

The Trauma teams page has had a few minor modifications and wording improvements.