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KMID : 1033220200100010010
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Journal of Acute Care Surgery
2020 Volume.10 No. 1 p.10 ~ p.12
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Surgical Volumes in a Regional Trauma Center: Is It Enough?
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Lee Min-A
Lee Gil-Jae
Lee Jung-Nam
Yu Byung-Chul
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Abstract
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Purpose: This study evaluated the surgical volumes and types of specific surgical procedures in a single trauma center for 3 consecutive years.
Methods: From January 2014 to December 2016 there were 9,530 injury cases in the trauma registry that were reviewed.
Results: There were 1,502 patients (15.8%) with an injury severity score over 15, of which 426 (28.4%) underwent an emergency operation or had an interventional radiology procedure. There were 186 craniotomies, 87 laparotomies, and 74 interventional radiology procedures performed.
Conclusion: The number of emergency operations by each dedicated trauma surgeon was very low therefore implementation of an acute-care surgery model is appropriate to consider together with changes to the training program for trauma surgeons.
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KEYWORD
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general surgery, trauma centers, wounds and injuries
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