Evidence map›Paper›PMID 38646025›Full record

ReviewTrauma surgery & acute care open2024

Backed into a corner: damage control surgery in the rural or austere setting.

Jason Turner, Alison Wilson

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Review in Trauma surgery & acute care open, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Better & systematic trauma care (BEST) in Norway: from a local quality improvement project to a national collaborative.European journal of trauma and emergency surgery : official publication of the European Trauma Society · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Jason TurnerBerkeley Medical Center, Martinsburg, West Virginia, USA.ORCID 0009-0008-0064-3133
Alison WilsonTrauma, Acute Care Surgery and Critical Care, West Virginia University Health Sciences Center, Morgantown, West Virginia, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Damage control surgery has evolved during the past 40 years. The initial cases and studies were performed at level 1 trauma centers but has now shifted to damage control at smaller hospitals. This buys time for definitive care at higher-level centers. There is a role for damage control surgery in both general surgery and trauma patients at community trauma centers. The successful implementation and completion of damage control surgery require thorough planning and a full understanding of resource limitation. Additional training or practice for infrequently performed procedures may be necessary. A systems-based approach with postoperative transfer to a higher level of care is acceptable and expected.

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controldamagerural

Identifiers

PMID38646025
PMCPMC11029234

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