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- 2019
Damage control or definitive repair? A retrospective review of abdominal trauma at a major trauma center in South AfricaDOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2018-000235 Keywords: trauma, critical care, laparotomy, damage control Abstract: This study set out to review a large series of trauma laparotomies from a single center and to compare those requiring damage control surgery (DCS) with those who did not, and then to interrogate a number of anatomic and physiologic scoring systems to see which best predicted the need for DCS
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