Abstract

  Multidisciplinary team approach to the multi-trauma patients in emergency departments can help minimize morbidity and mortality. The importantce of team work among the general surgeons, orthopedists, neuosurgeons, radiologists, emergency medicine doctors, nurses and technicians are discussed in this brief review.

Keywords: Multitrauma; Team Work; Multidisciplinary Approach

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Citation

Citation: Ethem Unal. "The Importance of Multidisciplinary Approach to Multi-Trauma Patients: A Compact Mini-Review".Acta Scientific Orthopaedics 3.4 (2020): 29-30.

Copyright

Copyright: © 2020 Luka Boban. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.