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Review
. 2009 Apr;7(2):110-3.
doi: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2009.01.008. Epub 2009 Feb 5.

Damage control surgery

S S Jaunoo  1 , D P Harji
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Review

Damage control surgery

S S Jaunoo et al. Int J Surg. 2009 Apr.
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Abstract

The principles of trauma surgery have evolved during the past 20 years; from initial aggressive, definitive management of all surgical injuries in the traumatised patient to an abbreviated laparotomy, secondary correction of abnormal physiological parameters and then planned definitive re-exploration; the damage control sequence.

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