Initial surgical management of injuries to the lower extremities in patients with multiple and/or severe injuries - A systematic review and clinical practice guideline update.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Our aim was to develop new evidence-based and consensus-based recommendations for the initial inhospital management of lower-extremity injuries in patients with multiple and/or severe trauma. This guideline topic is part of the 2022 update of the German Guideline on the Treatment of Patients with multiple and/or severe Injuries.

Methods

MEDLINE and Embase were systematically searched to May 2021. Randomised controlled trials, prospective cohort studies, and comparative registry studies were included if they compared interventions for the initial surgical and non-surgical management of fractures, dislocations or vascular injuries of the lower extremities in patients with multiple and/or severe trauma. We considered patient-relevant clinical outcomes such as mortality,

SUBMITTER: Jensen KO 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11666759 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature