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A questionnaire was sent to the following 6 trauma centers: University Hospital for Accident Surgery, Hannover, Federal Republic of Germany (Prof. H. Tscherne); University of Munich, Department of Surgery, Klinikum Grosshadern, Munich, Federal Republic of Germany (Prof. G. Heberer); Akademiska Sjukhuset Uppsala, Sweden (Prof. S. Olerud); University Hospital, Department of Surgery, Basel, Switzerland (Prof. M. Allgöwer); Hôpital de la Pitié, Paris, France (Prof. R. Roy-Camille); and University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, Dallas, Texas, U.S.A. (Prof. B. Claudi). Their answers have been summarized in a few short paragraphs where tabulation was not possible, and then mainly in tabular form for convenient comparison among the various centers. There seems to be considerable international agreement on the main points of early aggressive cardiopulmonary management to prevent multiple organ failure and also, surprisingly, on the advantages of early internal fixation of major fractures.
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Un questionnaire a été envoyé à six centres traumatologiques. Leurs réponses ont été résumées en brefs paragraphes ou disposées en tableaux pour permettre une comparaison entre les différents centres.
Il apparaît de cette étude du'un accord général s'est fait sur la nécessité d'adapter un traitement actif en regard du système cardiopulmonaire pour prévenir la défaillance des différents systèmes organiques et—à notre surprise—sur les avantages que présentent la fixation intérieure des fractures importantes.
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Olerud, S., Allgöwer, M. Evaluation and management of the polytraumatized patient in various centers. World J. Surg. 7, 143–148 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01655922
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