Improving Patient Information Prior to Urgent Trauma Surgery

Urgent Surgery

and clearly described; the section on rupture of the urethra being particularly good. Various ingenious methods for the removal of foreign bodies from the urethra are also included. Section VIII deals with the rectum and anus; ano-rectal imperforations comprise a larcre'portion of it ; the author emphasizes the view that an artificial anus in the iliac region should be nothing but a last resort...

Urgent Surgery

not in close touch with surgical practice. The standard of excellence is so high that it is difficult to select any section for special mention ; perhaps that on the abdomen is the best; the author is a strong advocate of the rule "when in doubt operate;" with this we think the vast majority of surgeons ngree. As regards appendicitis, the practice is "every case of acute appendicitis, ought to ...

Urgent Surgery

By Felix Lejars. Translated from the Sixth French Edition by W. S. Dickie, F.R.C.S. Vol. I. Pp. xiv, 617. Bristol: John Wright & Sons Ltd. 1909. The translator and publishers of this work are to be congratulated on its material and artistic excellence, and its production is an honour to its author and an ornament to European surgery. There are few authors who can say of a book, " I have lived i...

Preoperative Optimization of the Elderly Patient Prior to Vascular Surgery

Regional anesthesia for the trauma patient: improving patient outcomes

Trauma is a significant health problem and a leading cause of death in all age groups. Pain related to trauma is frequently severe, but is often undertreated in the trauma population. Opioids are widely used to treat pain in injured patients but have a broad range of undesirable effects in a multitrauma patient such as neurologic and respiratory impairment and delirium. In contrast, regional an...