ABSTRACT
H istory • H . H arlan Stone reported in the early 1980s the first dam age control operation
to m an a g e p a tie n ts w h o d e v e lo p ed c o a g u lo p a th y d u r in g a la p a ro to m y p e r fo rm e d for traum a. Dr. S tone concluded th a t w ith th is approach th e risk o f d eath by exsanguination in th is h igh risk g roup o f pa tien ts was reduced from 93 to 35% .
