Open AccessEffect of damage control laparotomy on major abdominal complications and lengths of stay: A propensity score matching and Bayesian analysis
Author(s) -
John A. Harvin,
John P. Sharpe,
Martin A. Croce,
Michael D. Goodman,
Timothy A. Pritts,
Elizabeth Dauer,
Benjamin Moran,
Rachel D. Rodriguez,
Ben L. Zarzaur,
Laura A. Kreiner,
Jeffrey A. Claridge,
John B. Holcomb
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
the journal of trauma and acute care surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.25
H-Index - 187
eISSN - 2163-0763
pISSN - 2163-0755
DOI - 10.1097/ta.0000000000002285
Subject(s) - laparotomy , propensity score matching , medicine , emergency department , surgery , emergency medicine , psychiatry
In patients for whom surgical equipoise exists for damage control laparotomy (DCL) and definitive laparotomy (DEF), the effect of DCL and its associated resource utilization are unknown. We hypothesized that DEF would be associated with fewer abdominal complications and less resource utilization.