Invited Commentary

Care of the emergency general surgery (EGS) patient has been undergoing a slow but persistent change since early in the year 2000, as the concept of the model of acute care surgery (ACS) has become more popular. Slow and steady evaluation of the current processes involved in the management of acute nontraumatic surgical illness mirrors the response to trauma care that began in the 1980s. That research into trauma care has matured to the degree that we now enjoy. We are now consistently seeing the benefits derived from similar scrutiny and research applied to EGS patients.
Source: Journal of the American College of Surgeons - Category: Surgery Authors: Tags: New England surgical society article Source Type: research