Outcomes of damage control laparotomy after trauma in low andmiddle-income countries: A systematic review and meta-analysis

• Shumani Makhadi ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: shumani.makhadi@wits.ac.za

  Affiliations Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, Department of Surgery, Trauma unit, Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital, Johannesburg, South Africa

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3381-5866

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• Vukosi Baloyi,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

  https://orcid.org/0009-0004-6483-1070

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• Emmanuel Ekene Nweke,

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

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• Maeyane Stephens Moeng

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, Department of Surgery, Trauma unit, Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital, Johannesburg, South Africa

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