Damage control laparotomy was first described by Dr. Harlan Stone in 1983 when he
suggested that patients with severe trauma should have their primary procedures …

BACKGROUND We conducted a prospective observational multi-institutional study to
examine the natural history of the open abdomen (OA) after trauma and identify risk factors …

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to evaluate the related change in outcomes
(mortality, complications) in patients undergoing trauma laparotomy (TL) with the …

1 Clinique chirurgicale de chirurgie digestive et de l'urgence, Trauma centre, université
Joseph-Fourier-Grenoble-I, CHU de Grenoble, BP 217, 38043 Grenoble cedex, France …

Background Although damage control (DC) surgery is widely assumed to reduce mortality in
critically injured patients, survivors often suffer substantial morbidity, suggesting that it …

Objectives: To characterize and evaluate indications for use of damage control (DC) surgery
in civilian trauma patients. Background: Although DC surgery may improve survival in select …

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 Damage control surgery is a management sequence initiated to reduce the risk
of death in severely injured patients presenting with physiological derangement. Damage …

Background The staged laparotomy in the operative management of emergency general
surgery (EGS) patients is an extension of trauma surgeons operating on this population …

The philosophy of damage control surgery has developed tremendously over the past 10
years. It has expanded outside the original boundaries of the abdomen and has been …