I have big shoes to fill. I knew succeeding Timothy Fabian as editor-in-chief of Trauma
Surgery & Acute Care Open (TSACO) would be a daunting task. Two months into the job, it …

Simple Summary Surgery plays a key role in the treatment of metastatic bowel cancer. Over
the last years, more patients with metastatic bowel cancer are surgically treated, leading to …

BACKGROUND The “Surgery for Abdomino-thoracic ViolencE (SAVE)” animate lab
engages surgical residents in the management of penetrating injuries in a team setting …

Our use of the term case-matched control study was in a generic sense. We agree that a
regression model could have been used in this study; however, 2: 1 matching based on …

What Is the Innovation? The Wellness and Quality Improvement (WQI) curriculum is a
longitudinal, 2-year program designed to introduce first-year and second-year general …

4 Ramirez A, Graham J, Richards M, et al. Mental health of hospital consultants: the effects
of stress and satisfaction at work. Lancet 1996; 347: 724–728. 5 Roberts BW, Walton KE …

As an acute care surgeon, I frequently operate on patients with acute bowel perforations,
including patients with cancer. In the not so distant past, I had just finished 1 such case on a …

Liver resections have increased in number over the past decade given the vast improvement
in perioperative care and surgical technique. Clinical indications for liver resections have …

Hepato-pancreato-biliary (HPB) as the name suggests encompasses three broad fields,
liver, pancreas, and the biliary tree. The field requires not only surgical dexterity but also a …

Objectives To describe the current state of the science for operating room (OR) briefings and
debriefings, including an overview of key definitions, a review of the evidence of …