Becoming old is considered a privilege and results from the socioeconomic progress and
improvements in health care systems worldwide. However, morbidity and mortality increases …

BACKGROUND America's aging population has led to an increase in the number of elderly
patients necessitating emergency general surgery. Previous studies have demonstrated that …

Purpose Emergency abdominal surgery results in a high rate of post-operative
complications and death. There are limited data describing the emergency surgical …

Objective This study aimed to investigate clinical features of abdominal emergency surgery
in elderly patients, and to determine factors predicting mortality in these patients. Methods …

Developed for the International Association for Trauma Surgery and Intensive Care (IATSIC),
the Manual of Definitive Surgical Trauma Care 5e is ideal for training all surgeons who …

Background: During the initial development of an Emergency General Surgery (EGS)
service, severity of illness (SOI) can be expected to be high and should decrease as the …

BACKGROUND To date, no studies have reported nationwide adoption of acute care
surgery (ACS) or identified structural and/or process variations for the care of emergency …

Background Since acute care surgery (ACS) was conceptualized a decade ago, the
specialty has been adopted widely; however, little is known about the structure and function …

Background This study aimed to compare clinical outcome between laparoscopic and open
right hemicolectomy. Methods The data were sourced from Taiwan's National Health …

Background Aging of the population necessitates consideration of the increasing number of
older adults requiring emergency care. The objective of this study was to compare outcomes …