Trauma and General Surgeon

Trauma calls: role of the general surgeon and CT scanning.

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE General surgeons are required in only a minority of trauma call cases to assess for abdominal injuries. Computed tomography (CT) accurately detects blunt abdominal injuries and may have replaced the need for general surgeons at trauma calls. This study evaluated the role of general surgeons at trauma calls and assessed use of CT in cases of suspected abdominal trauma. ...

Surgeon-General John Murray

formation and solution of urinary calculi. Thus early he took up the study of a special subject, which was of great use to him in his subsequent career, and he attained considerable celebrity, when Civil Surgeon of Agra, as a lithotomist. But this was not the only branch in which he excelled ; for, in general surgery, he was well known to be a bold and skilful operator. When a young man, he pro...

From the Surgeon General.

Vivek Murthy for Surgeon General.

Surgeons general of the United States have often championed important causes that improve the nation’s health. Leroy Burney and Luther Terry took on the issue of smoking and health. C. Everett Koop championed the treatment of HIV-AIDS as a medical condition. With the nomination of Dr. Vivek Murthy, who aims to take on the epidemic of obesity, President Barack Obama is striving to continue this ...

Who should lead a trauma team: Surgeon or non-surgeon? A systematic review and meta-analysis

BACKGROUND Presence of a trauma team leader (TTL) in the trauma team is associated with positive patient outcomes in major trauma. The TTL is traditionally a surgeon who coordinates the resuscitation and ensures adherence to Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) guidelines. The necessity of routine surgical leadership in the resuscitative component of trauma care has been questioned by some autho...