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Damage control laparotomy trial: design, rationale and implementation of a randomized controlled trial

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  • John A Harvin Department of Surgery, McGovern Medical School, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas, USA The Center for Translational Injury Research, McGovern Medical School, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas, USA PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Jeanette Podbielski The Center for Translational Injury Research, McGovern Medical School, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas, USA PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Laura E Vincent The Center for Translational Injury Research, McGovern Medical School, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas, USA PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Erin E Fox Department of Surgery, McGovern Medical School, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas, USA The Center for Translational Injury Research, McGovern Medical School, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas, USA PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Laura J Moore Department of Surgery, McGovern Medical School, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas, USA The Center for Translational Injury Research, McGovern Medical School, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas, USA PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Bryan A Cotton Department of Surgery, McGovern Medical School, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas, USA The Center for Translational Injury Research, McGovern Medical School, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas, USA PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Charles E Wade The Center for Translational Injury Research, McGovern Medical School, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas, USA PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • John B Holcomb Department of Surgery, McGovern Medical School, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas, USA The Center for Translational Injury Research, McGovern Medical School, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas, USA PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  1. Correspondence to Dr John A Harvin, Department of Surgery, McGovern Medical School, the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, 6431 Fannin Street MSB 4.294 Houston, Texas 77030, USA; John.Harvin{at}uth.tmc.edu
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Harvin JA, Podbielski J, Vincent LE, et al
Damage control laparotomy trial: design, rationale and implementation of a randomized controlled trial
Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open 2017;2:e000083. doi: 10.1136/tsaco-2017-000083

Publication history

  • Received January 30, 2017
  • Revised March 19, 2017
  • Accepted March 21, 2017
  • First published April 13, 2017.
Online issue publication 
January 03, 2018

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