Damage control surgery is a surgical approach intended to keep a critically injured patient alive rather than to correct the anatomy immediately. It addresses the lethal triad faced by patients with severe hemorrhage, in which disrupted homeostasis leads to metabolic acidosis, hypothermia, and worsening coagulopathy.
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Damage control surgery is surgical intervention to keep the patient alive rather than correct the anatomy.
It addresses the "lethal triad" for critically ill patients with severe hemorrhage affecting homeostasis leading to metabolic acidosis, hypothermia, and increased coagulopat
2. 'DAMAGE CONTROL': AN APPROACH FOR IMPROVED SURVIVAL IN... : Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery
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