Effect of Damage Control Laparotomy on Major Abdominal Complications and Lengths of Stay: a Propensity Score Matching and Bayesian Analysis.

AbstractBackgroundIn patients for whom surgical equipoise exists for damage control laparotomy (DCL) and definitive laparotomy (DEF), the effect of DCL and its associated resource utilization are unknown. We hypothesized that DEF would be associated with fewer abdominal complications and less resour