Damage control surgery/Definition

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A definition or brief description of Damage control surgery.

Minimal surgery, before transfer to the intensive care unit, that achieves control of hemorrhage and contamination without exposing the multiply injured patient to the lethal triad caused by excessively long initial operations

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