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Paucity Of Trauma Literature From A Highly Burdened Developing Country, Rizwan Sultan, Hasnain Zafar

Department of Surgery

Abstract Introduction: Trauma is the leading cause of death among a younger population not only in USA but in Pakistan as well. The high prevalence of disease should result in a larger amount of data and a larger number of publications resulting in the ability to explore improvements in the field. This study aimed to review the trauma literature generated from Pakistan. Methods: Journals indexed with PubMed from January 2010 to December 2014 were searched using the search term ‘‘Trauma AND Pakistan’’ filtering for relevant dates and human reports only. The abstracts and articles were reviewed by the authors to …