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Letter to the Editor| Volume 41, ISSUE 12, P1328-1329, December 2010

Response to: Huber-Wagner S, et al. Response to: Stengel D, Frank M, Matthes G, et al. Primary pan-computed tomography for blunt multiple trauma: can the whole be better than its parts? [Injury 2009; 40(Suppl. 4):S36–46. Injury 2010 Mar 11 [Epub ahead of print]]

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.injury.2010.05.030
Response to: Huber-Wagner S, et al. Response to: Stengel D, Frank M, Matthes G, et al. Primary pan-computed tomography for blunt multiple trauma: can the whole be better than its parts? [Injury 2009; 40(Suppl. 4):S36–46. Injury 2010 Mar 11 [Epub ahead of print]]
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      We thank Stefan Huber-Wagner and coworkers for sharing additional ideas on their data published in the Lancet in 2009 with the scientific community.

      Huber-Wagner S, Kanz KG, Mutschler W, Lefering R. Response to: Stengel D, Frank M, Matthes G, et al. Primary pan-computed tomography for blunt multiple trauma: can the whole be better than its parts? [Injury 2009; 40(Suppl. 4):S36–46. Injury 2010 Mar 11 [Epub ahead of print]].

      , 
      • Huber-Wagner S.
      • Lefering R.
      • Qvick L.M.
      • et al.
      Effect of whole-body CT during trauma resuscitation on survival: a retrospective, multicentre study.
      Lancet. 2009; 373: 1455-1461
      We are more than happy that our comprehensive review published in Injury induced this dispute, highlighting the unchallenged therapeutic uncertainty and unsolved issues with pan-CT for trauma.
      • Stengel D.
      • Frank M.
      • Matthes G.
      • et al.
      Primary pan-computed tomography for blunt multiple trauma: can the whole be better than its parts?.
      Injury. 2009; 40: S36-S46
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