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- 2019
Emergency trauma laparotomy and/or thoracotomy in the emergency department: risks and benefitsDOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2018-000269 Keywords: trauma/critical care, acute care surgery, laparotomy, thoracotomy Abstract: 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
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