{"title":"Early identification of respiratory decompensation among older adults with rib fractures: a sound solution for fragile ribs.","authors":"W Preston Hewgley, Adam Lucy, Rondi Gelbard","doi":"10.1136/tsaco-2024-001632","DOIUrl":"10.1136/tsaco-2024-001632","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":23307,"journal":{"name":"Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-10-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11529760/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142569384","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Damage control surgery in a patient with cardiac arrest from necrotizing soft tissue infection.","authors":"Jianshe Shi, Jialong Zheng, Yong Zhang, Yijie Chen, Chenghua Zhang","doi":"10.1136/tsaco-2024-001428","DOIUrl":"10.1136/tsaco-2024-001428","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":23307,"journal":{"name":"Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-10-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11529746/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142569364","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Do not fear the open abdomen.","authors":"Hector Mejia Morales, David A Hampton","doi":"10.1136/tsaco-2024-001647","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1136/tsaco-2024-001647","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":23307,"journal":{"name":"Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-10-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11499748/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142508762","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Caitlin Anne Fitzgerald, Sejul Chaudhary, Mary Noory
{"title":"Bridging the gap: a robotic approach to the repair of a traumatic diaphragmatic intercostal hernia.","authors":"Caitlin Anne Fitzgerald, Sejul Chaudhary, Mary Noory","doi":"10.1136/tsaco-2024-001604","DOIUrl":"10.1136/tsaco-2024-001604","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":23307,"journal":{"name":"Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-10-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11487836/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142475732","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jordan Michael Kirsch, Samir M Fakhry, Andrew Bernard, Gail T Tominaga
{"title":"Documentation and coding for trauma and surgical critical care: updates and tips.","authors":"Jordan Michael Kirsch, Samir M Fakhry, Andrew Bernard, Gail T Tominaga","doi":"10.1136/tsaco-2024-001532","DOIUrl":"10.1136/tsaco-2024-001532","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Clinical documentation is an essential part of medical practice. Medical records serve as a durable testament of care provided and are fundamental to communication among providers. Medical records provide justification and support for healthcare coding and billing for providers and hospitals and also provide evidence in regulatory and legal proceedings. Here, the authors emphasize the importance of clinical documentation in support of both professional and hospital billing and address two areas of recent regulatory changes: Operative coding for hernia operation and professional coding for critical care. The important role of provider documentation in supporting organizational revenue and quality is also discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":23307,"journal":{"name":"Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-10-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11487825/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142475733","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Marta L McCrum, Tanya L Zakrison, Lisa Marie Knowlton, Brandon Bruns, Lillian S Kao, Kathie-Ann Joseph, Cherisse Berry
{"title":"Taking action to achieve health equity and eliminate healthcare disparities within acute care surgery.","authors":"Marta L McCrum, Tanya L Zakrison, Lisa Marie Knowlton, Brandon Bruns, Lillian S Kao, Kathie-Ann Joseph, Cherisse Berry","doi":"10.1136/tsaco-2024-001494","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1136/tsaco-2024-001494","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Addressing disparities is crucial for enhancing population health, ensuring health security, and fostering resilient health systems. Disparities in acute care surgery (trauma, emergency general surgery, and surgical critical care) have been well documented and the magnitude of inequities demand an intentional, organized, and effective response. As part of its commitment to achieve high-quality, equitable care in all aspects of acute care surgery, the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma convened an expert panel at its eigty-second annual meeting in September 2023 to discuss how to take action to work towards health equity in acute care surgery practice. The panel discussion framed contemporary disparities in the context of historic and political injustices, then identified targets for interventions and potential action items in health system structure, health policy, the surgical workforce, institutional operations and quality efforts. We offer a four-pronged approach to address health inequities: identify, reduce, eliminate, and heal disparities, with the goal of building a healthcare system that achieves equity and justice for all.</p>","PeriodicalId":23307,"journal":{"name":"Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-10-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11481130/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142475739","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Reassessing the economic burden of geriatric falls: a call for preventive action.","authors":"Abdul Tawab Saljuqi, Tanya Anand, Bellal Joseph","doi":"10.1136/tsaco-2024-001591","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1136/tsaco-2024-001591","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":23307,"journal":{"name":"Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-10-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11474904/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142475737","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Christopher B Horn, James E Wiseman, Valerie G Sams, Andrew C Kung, Jason C McCartt, Scott B Armen, Christina M Riojas
{"title":"Supporting early-career military general surgeons: an Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma Military Committee position paper.","authors":"Christopher B Horn, James E Wiseman, Valerie G Sams, Andrew C Kung, Jason C McCartt, Scott B Armen, Christina M Riojas","doi":"10.1136/tsaco-2024-001555","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1136/tsaco-2024-001555","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Early-career surgeons must be exposed to a sufficient number of surgical cases of varying complexity in a mentored environment to allow them to solidify, sustain and build on the skills gained in training. Decreased operative volumes at military treatment facilities and assignments that do not include strong mentoring environments can place military surgeons at a disadvantage relative to their civilian counterparts during this critical time following training. The challenge of lower operative volumes in the current interwar lull has been exacerbated by the decline in beneficiary care conducted within the Military Healthcare System. These challenges must be addressed by ensuring early-career surgeons maintain exposure to a large volume of complex surgical procedures and deliberate mentoring from senior surgeons. The purpose of this position statement is to provide actionable methods to support early-career military surgeons to effectively transition from training to independent practice.</p>","PeriodicalId":23307,"journal":{"name":"Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-10-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11474777/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142475738","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Asad Naveed, Niels D Martin, Mohammed Bawazeer, Atif Jastaniah, Joao B Rezende-Neto
{"title":"Early placement of a non-invasive, pressure-regulated, fascial reapproximation device improves reduction of the fascial gap in open abdomens: a retrospective cohort study.","authors":"Asad Naveed, Niels D Martin, Mohammed Bawazeer, Atif Jastaniah, Joao B Rezende-Neto","doi":"10.1136/tsaco-2024-001529","DOIUrl":"10.1136/tsaco-2024-001529","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Since current fascial traction methods involve invasive procedures, they are generally employed late in the management of the open abdomen (OA). This study aimed to evaluate early versus late placement of a non-invasive, pressure-regulated device for fascial reapproximation and gap reduction in OA patients.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The study included all patients who had the abdominal fascia intentionally left open after damage control operation for trauma and emergency general surgery and were managed with the device in an academic hospital between January 1, 2020, and December 31, 2023. Time of device placement in relation to the end of index laparotomy was defined as early (≤24 hours) versus late (>24 hours). Time-related mid-incisional width reduction of the fascial gap and fascial closure were assessed using descriptive and linear regression analysis.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>There was a significantly higher percent reduction in the fascial gap at the midpoint of the laparotomies in the early (≤24 hours) AbClo placement group compared with the late (>24 hours) AbClo placement group, respectively, median 76% versus 43%, p<0.001. Linear regression adjusting for body mass index and the number of takebacks indicated that fascial approximation was 22% higher for early placement (β=0.22; CI 0.12, 0.33, p<0.001). Primary myofascial closure rate with early (≤24 hours) application of the device was 98% versus 85% with late application.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Early non-invasive application of the device (≤24 hours) after the initial laparotomy resulted in greater reduction of the fascial gap and higher primary fascial closure rate compared with late placement (>24 hours). Early non-invasive intervention could prevent abdominal wall myofascial retraction in OA patients.</p><p><strong>Level of evidence: </strong>IV.</p>","PeriodicalId":23307,"journal":{"name":"Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-10-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11474681/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142475734","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Finding and keeping a mentor: a year of reflection.","authors":"Sarah Cottrell-Cumber","doi":"10.1136/tsaco-2024-001642","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1136/tsaco-2024-001642","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>I had the privilege to learn from Dr Sharon Henry, the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma (AAST) vice president, over the past year as the AAST Associate Membership Mentoring Scholarship recipient. This essay serves as a reflection on my year and was presented at the 2024 AAST Annual Meeting. Mentorship breaks down into two stages: finding a mentor and keeping a mentor. Finding a mentor can occur through a formal mentorship process or relationships formed organically. It takes a connection between two people and time for a relationship to form. Keeping a mentor takes effort and intentionality. Mentorship doesn't end when the scholarship does. It is fluid, without direction, without a timeline, and it will evolve. It will take effort and intention to keep a mentor, but the reward is so great for all that effort put in. Often, what we receive out of mentorship cannot be quantified but the impact is profound.</p>","PeriodicalId":23307,"journal":{"name":"Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-10-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11474749/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142475735","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}