trauma surgery

Autotransfusion Called Practical in Trauma Surgery (CME/CE)

MedPage Today Emergency Medicine  Mon, 07/19/2010 - 14:00

Collecting, cleaning, and reinfusing patients' lost blood during trauma surgery is a safe, effective, and cost-saving alternative to donated blood transfusions, researchers said.


 

Trauma Survival Depends More on Program than Surgeon Experience ...

MedPage Today Surgery  Mon, 08/17/2009 - 14:00

Patients undergoing trauma surgery were equally likely to survive whether they were cared for by novice surgeons or a more experienced one, a retrospective cohort study showed.