Emergency surgery: atavistic refuge of the general surgeon?

Authors
Lankester, BJA Britton, DC Holbrook, AG Umpleby, HC Tate, JJT Budd, J Maddox, PR Horrocks, M
Citation
Bja. Lankester et al., Emergency surgery: atavistic refuge of the general surgeon?, J ROY S MED, 94(4), 2001, pp. 180-182
Citations number
4
Categorie Soggetti
General & Internal Medicine","Medical Research General Topics
Journal title
JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF MEDICINE
ISSN journal
01410768 → ACNP
Volume
94
Issue
4
Year of publication
2001
Pages
180 - 182
Database
ISI
SICI code
0141-0768(200104)94:4<180:ESAROT>2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
A prospective audit of emergency soft-tissue surgery for an eight-week peri od revealed that general surgical emergency operations were more than twice as common as those undertaken in other soft-tissue specialties. The audit reveals that emergency general surgery needs an increase in resources, an i ncrease in available staff and an increase in the role of the consultant ge neral surgeon on call. An alternative solution would be to admit soft-tissu e emergencies by specialty and develop specialist emergency services.