Critique of Sew it Up! A Western Trauma Association Multi-Institutional Study of Enteric Injury Management in the Postinjury Open Abdomen
Background: Use of damage control surgery techniques has reduced mortality in critically injured patients but at the cost of the open abdomen. With the option of delayed definitive management of enteric injuries, the question of intestinal repair/anastomosis or definitive stoma creation has been pos...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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HBKU Press
2013-03-01
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| Series: | Journal of Emergency Medicine, Trauma and Acute Care |
| Online Access: | http://jemtac.2013.1.pdf |