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European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery

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Open Access 01-06-2020 | Editorial

Focus on “The German TraumaRegister DGU^® (TR-DGU)”

Authors: Thomas Lustenberger, Rolf Lefering

Published in: European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery | Issue 3/2020

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This focus issue of the European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery compiles a collection of outstanding clinical research using the immense dataset of the German TraumaRegister DGU^® (TR-DGU). The TR-DGU of the German Trauma Society (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Unfallchirurgie, DGU) was founded in 1993. Currently, approximately 40,000 cases from more than 600 hospitals are entered into the database every year. The selected articles of this focus on issue highlight the immense value the TR-DGU constitutes for the current, but also for the future trauma research. …

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Title: Focus on “The German TraumaRegister DGU® (TR-DGU)”
Authors: Thomas Lustenberger
Rolf Lefering
Publication date: 01-06-2020
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery / Issue 3/2020
Print ISSN: 1863-9933
Electronic ISSN: 1863-9941
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00068-020-01394-1

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