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Patients in least developed countries three times more likely to die after abdominal trauma surgery, study reveals

Mortality after emergency abdominal surgery is more than three times higher in the least developed countries compared to the most developed. Yet among those who undergo surgery, injuries tend to be ...
Kaleido Scope

Holcomb researches severe abdominal trauma treatment

Division of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery John Holcomb, M.D., FACS, published “Damage control laparotomy in trauma: a pilot randomized controlled trial,” in the Trauma and Acute Care Surgery Open ...

International trauma analysis finds big transfusion differences, with whole blood common in low-resource hospitals

A new international study published in eClinicalMedicine has mapped global blood transfusion practices for life-threatening abdominal injuries, highlighting significant variation in care worldwide and ...
Baylor College of Medicine

Trauma, Bariatric and Acute Care Surgery Chief's Message

Baylor College of Medicine has a profound history in the care of trauma and acute care surgery patients. Dr. Kenneth Mattox, a true pioneer who, by helping define what trauma surgery was, had an ...
Baylor College of Medicine

Trauma, Bariatric and Acute Care Surgery Research

Baylor College of Medicine surgeons provide important evidence-based care for some of Houston’s most acutely injured patients. Research in the division is lead by Dr. Jennifer Leonard, an NIH-funded ...

9 days after chainsaw ripped stomach open, man back on feet after surgery

Noida: A 27-year-old man who had suffered a grievous abdominal injury in a chainsaw accident was saved after emergency surgery at a private hospital i.
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Patients in the world’s least developed countries three times more likely to die after abdominal trauma surgery

Mortality after emergency abdominal surgery is more than three times higher in the least developed countries compared to the most developed. Yet among those who undergo surgery, injuries tend to be ...