Advantages of damage control surgery over conventional surgery inmultiple trauma: a meta-analysis

Abstract

Review question / Objective: This meta-analysis aims to explore whether damage control surgery has advantages over traditional surgery in the treatment of multiple trauma. Information sources: The Chinese Biomedical literature (CBM), Chinese National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI), Weipu (VIP), Duxiu, WanFang, Web of sciense, PubMed, Scopus, Ovid, EMbase, ProQuest, Cochrane, Chinese clinical trial Registry and Clinical Trials.gov databases. Main outcome(s): mortality rate, the success rate of rescue, In-hospital length of stay, ICU length of stay, the overall incidence rate of complications, incidence of disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC), incidence of multiple organ dysfunction syndrome (MODS) , incidence of shock.