%0 Journal Article
%T Emergency trauma laparotomy and/or thoracotomy in the emergency department: risks and benefits
%A Hiroto Chiba
%A Kahoko Nakazawa
%A Kaori Ito
%A Takashi Fujita
%A Tetsuya Sakamoto
%A Tsuyoshi Nagao
%A Yasufumi Miyake
%J Archive of "Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open".
%D 2019
%R 10.1136/tsaco-2018-000269
%X It is not mandatory for Japanese trauma centers to have an operating room (OR) and OR team available 24£¿hours a day/7£¿days a week. Therefore, emergency laparotomy/thoracotomy is performed in the emergency department (ED). The present study was conducted to assess the safety of this practice
%K trauma/critical care
%K acute care surgery
%K laparotomy
%K thoracotomy
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6407529/