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Surgical Volumes in a Regional Trauma Center: Is It Enough?Surgical Volumes in a Regional Trauma Center: Is It Enough?
- Other Titles
- Surgical Volumes in a Regional Trauma Center: Is It Enough?
- Authors
- Min A Lee; Gil Jae Lee; Jungnam Lee; Byung Chul Yu
- Issue Date
- Mar-2020
- Publisher
- 대한외상중환자외과학회
- Keywords
- general surgery; trauma centers; wounds and injuries
- Citation
- Journal of Acute Care Surgery, v.10, no.1, pp.10 - 12
- Journal Title
- Journal of Acute Care Surgery
- Volume
- 10
- Number
- 1
- Start Page
- 10
- End Page
- 12
- ISSN
- 2288-5862
- Abstract
- Purpose: This study evaluated the surgical volumes and types of specific surgical procedures in asingle trauma center for 3 consecutive years. Methods: From January 2014 to December 2016 there were 9,530 injury cases in the trauma registrythat were reviewed. Results: There were 1,502 patients (15.8%) with an injury severity score over 15, of which 426 (28.4%)underwent an emergency operation or had an interventional radiology procedure. There were 186craniotomies, 87 laparotomies, and 74 interventional radiology procedures performed. Conclusion: The number of emergency operations by each dedicated trauma surgeon was very lowtherefore implementation of an acute-care surgery model is appropriate to consider together withchanges to the training program for trauma surgeons.
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- Lee, Min A
- College of Medicine (Department of Medicine)