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. 2023 Dec;103(6):1269-1281.
doi: 10.1016/j.suc.2023.06.004. Epub 2023 Aug 17.

Damage Control Surgery and Transfer in Emergency General Surgery

Carlos A Fernandez  1
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Damage Control Surgery and Transfer in Emergency General Surgery

Carlos A Fernandez. Surg Clin North Am. 2023 Dec.

Abstract

Selective non traumatic emergency surgery patients are targets for damage control surgery (DCS) to prevent or treat abdominal compartment syndrome and the lethal triad. However, DCS is still a subject of controversy. As a concept, DCS describes a series of abbreviated surgical procedures to allow rapid source control of hemorrhage and contamination in patients with circulatory shock to allow resuscitation and stabilization in the intensive care unit followed by delayed return to the operating room for definitive surgical management once the patient becomes physiologic stable. If appropriately applied, the DCS morbidity and mortality can be significantly reduced.

Keywords: Damage control resuscitation; Damage control surgery; Nontraumatic emergency surgery; Primary fascial closure; Temporary abdominal closure.

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