San Antonio—Using neuromuscular blocking agents (NMBAs) does not allow surgeons to close the abdomen of trauma patients after damage control laparotomy (DCL) any faster than for those who are not given NMBAs, a study has concluded.
Abdominal closure was achieved in a median of two days for both the 125 patients who received continuous NMBAs in the first 24 hours after DCL and for the 97 patients who did not receive the agents, according to a retrospective cohort study at an adult trauma