Damage control surgery - experiences from a level I trauma center.

Bernhard GasserThomas Manfred TiefenböckSandra BoesmuellerDanijel KivaranovicAdam BukatyPatrick Platzer

Published in: BMC musculoskeletal disorders (2017)

Severely injured patients are treated significantly more often with DCO or EF. The presence of higher ISS (≥16) and of type III open fractures increased the use of DCO. However, ISS, fracture-site, patient's age, type III open fractures or sex (female) increased the use of EF compared to ETC.

Keyphrases

type iii
minimally invasive
end stage renal disease
newly diagnosed
ejection fraction
chronic kidney disease
oxidative stress
mental health
coronary artery bypass
percutaneous coronary intervention