BACKGROUND: In an era of increasing demands to provide high-quality health care,
surgeons need an accurate preoperative risk assessment tool to facilitate informed decision-…

Background Surgical repair of perforated gastroduodenal ulcers remains a common
indication for emergent surgery. The aim of this study was to test the hypothesis that the …

BACKGROUND Pancreatic or peripancreatic tissue necrosis confers substantial morbidity
and mortality. New modalities have created a wide variation in approaches and timing of …

BACKGROUND The frailty index is a known predictor of adverse outcomes in geriatric
patients. Trauma-Specific Frailty Index (TSFI) was created and validated at a single center to …

BACKGROUND Pulmonary contusion (PC) is a common injury associated with blunt chest
trauma. Complications such as pneumonia and adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) …

Background Percutaneous Cholecystostomy Tubes (PCT) have become an accepted and
common modality of treating acute cholecystitis in patients that are not appropriate surgical …

BACKGROUND The American Association for the Surgery of Trauma (AAST) patient
assessment committee has created grading systems for emergency general surgery diseases to …

Background Awareness of the magnitude of contact sports-related concussions has risen
exponentially in recent years. Our objective is to conduct a prospectively registered systematic …

BACKGROUND Tourniquet use for extremity hemorrhage control has seen a recent increase
in civilian usage. Previous retrospective studies demonstrated that tourniquets improve …

BACKGROUND Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are commonly used analgesic
and anti-inflammatory adjuncts. Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug administration may …