Initial Care of the Severely Injured Patient Trauma care has improved owing to interventions
first used on the battlefield. Recent advances include the use of tourniquets, permissive …

Purpose Damage control laparotomy (DCL) is used for both traumatic and non-traumatic
indications. Failure to achieve primary fascial closure (PFC) in a timely fashion has been …

Introduction Damage control laparotomy (DCL) for trauma is thought to be associated with
increased abdominal complications. The purpose of this study is to determine the effect of …

BACKGROUND To standardize care and promote early fascial closure among patients
undergoing emergent laparotomy and temporary abdominal closure (TAC), we developed a …

Methods The Methods section describes the intervention and how it was evaluated. The
context is particularly important to systemic improvement studies as it allows readers to …

Purpose Damage control orthopaedics (DCO) und early total care (ETC) are well-
established strategies for managing severely injured patients. There is no definitive …

Introduction Treating severely injured patients requires numerous critical decisions within
short intervals in a highly complex situation. The coordination of a trauma team in this setting …

Objective: To present and review the advantages and disadvantages of laparoscopic
approach for spleen trauma and to identify patient whose can benefit from a minimally …

BACKGROUND Rates of damage control laparotomy (DCL) vary widely and consensus on
appropriate indications does not exist. The purposes of this multicenter quality improvement …

BACKGROUND In patients for whom surgical equipoise exists for damage control
laparotomy (DCL) and definitive laparotomy (DEF), the effect of DCL and its associated …