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Six-year national study of damage control laparotomy and the effect of repeat re-exploration on rate of infectious complications

BACKGROUND: Damage control laparotomy (DCL) is a life-saving procedure in patients with abdominal hemorrhage. After DCL, patients are sometimes left with an open abdomen (OA) so they may undergo multiple exploratory laparotomies (EXLAP), or re-explorations. Patients with OA are at increased risk of...

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Autores principales: Foster, Krislyn, Yon, James, Pelzl, Casey E, Salottolo, Kristin, Mentzer, Caleb, Quan, Glenda, McGuire, Emmett E, Katubig, Burt, Bar-Or, David
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8208017/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34212115
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/tsaco-2021-000706