Annals of surgery
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Comparative Study
Comparative effectiveness of inhospital trauma resuscitation at a French trauma center and matched patients treated in the United States.
The objective of this paper is to compare mortality outcomes between patients treated at a trauma center in France and matched patients in the United States. ⋯ Trauma patients admitted to a single French trauma center had an equal chance of survival compared with similarly injured patients treated at US trauma centers.
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To determine the incidence of bowel injury in operations requiring adhesiolysis and to assess the impact of adhesiolysis on the incidence of surgical complications, postoperative morbidity, and costs. ⋯ Adhesiolysis and inadvertent bowel injury have a large negative effect on the convalescence after abdominal surgery. The awareness of adhesion-related morbidity during reoperation and the prevention of postsurgical adhesion deserve priority in research and clinical practice.
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This study aimed to assess kidney dysfunction in general surgical patients and examine the effect on postoperative mortality and morbidity. ⋯ Renal insufficiency may be underrecognized in the general and vascular (noncardiac) surgery population, is a leading independent predictor of poor early postoperative outcomes, and should be routinely assessed in the preoperative setting.