Background: To evaluate the impact of damage control laparotomy on long term morbidity
and survival. Methods: Prospective data were collected on 56 consecutive trauma patients …

Main Outcome Measures: Major and long-term complications, lengths of stay, mortality,
readmissions, subsequent surgical procedures, activities of daily living, and return to work …

Background. Damage control surgery (DCS) has become well established in the past
decade as the surgical strategy to be employed in the unstable trauma patient. The aim of …

Interventions A MEDLINE search on damage control surgery for the years 1981-2001.
Further articles were retrieved from the references of the original articles. Results The …

BACKGROUND The principle of damage-control laparotomy (DCL) in trauma is well
established. The DCL concept can be applied in emergency general surgery when an …

Background Damage control laparotomy (DCL) is a well-established surgical strategy in the
management of the severely injured abdominal trauma patients. The selection of patients by …

Objective Damage control (DC) has proven valuable in exsanguinated patients. The
purpose of this study was to quantify and qualify the impact of current damage control …

Background: Controversy surrounds the role of abbreviated laparotomy and open abdomen
(OA) in the octogenarian population in the acute care surgery model based on concern that …

Advances in prehospital care and trauma resuscitation have enabled the early survival of
many injured patients who previously had a high chance of dying at the accident scene or …

BACKGROUND Two decades ago, hypotensive trauma patients requiring emergent
laparotomy had a 40% mortality. In the interim, multiple interventions to decrease …