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Filter by:This systematic review and meta-analysis aims to investigate the effect of damage-control surgery on mortality in patients with non-traumatic abdominal emergencies. Literature search will be conducted using PubMed. Two meta-analyses will be performed comparing (1) mortality in patients with non-trauma damage control surgery vs. non-trauma conventional surgery and (2) the observed vs. expected mortality rate in patients undergoing non-trauma damage-control surgery.