In April, Penn Trauma researchers compared Zone 1 resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta (REBOA) to resuscitative thoracotomy for life-threatening trauma, parsed research priorities in academic emergency surgery, and considered the origins of the expeditionary surgeon.
Balloon Rises Above: REBOA at Zone 1 May Be Superior to Resuscitative Thoracotomy
Megan Brenner, Bishoy Zakhary, Raul Coimbra, Thomas Scalea, Laura Moore, Ernest Moore, Jeremy Cannon, Chance Spalding, Joseph Ibrahim, Bradley Dennis.
From Jeremy Cannon, MD, of Penn Trauma and a national team of surgical colleagues, a comparison of resuscitative thoracotomy (RT) to Zone 1 resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta (REBOA) for life-threatening trauma. Results: In-hospital survival was higher for patients undergoing REBOA than RT for all injury patterns (blunt and penetrating injury); complete aortic occlusion by REBOA or RT should be limited to <30 minutes.
European society for trauma and emergency surgery member-identified research priorities in emergency surgery: a roadmap for future clinical research opportunities
Gary Alan Bass, Lewis Jay Kaplan, Christine Gaarde, Raul Coimbra, Nathan John Klingensmith, et al. Eur J Trauma Emerg Surg. 2024; 50(2): 367–382.
A European Society for Trauma and Emergency Surgery (ESTES) survey of member surgeons engaged in emergency surgical research to determine priorities for ongoing research in academic emergency surgery. Drs. Gary Alan Bass, Lewis Jay Kaplan, and Nathan John Klingensmith of the Penn Division of Traumatology, Emergency Surgery and Surgical Critical Care, were co-authors.
Expeditionary Surgeons: Essential to Surgical Leadership in World War II and Today
Jeremy W Cannon. J Am Coll Surg 2024 May 1;238(5):785-793. Epub 2024 Apr 17.
The origins of the expeditionary surgeon, as related in the presidential address from Dr. Jeremy W. Cannon, of Penn Trauma, at the Annual Symposium of the Excelsior Surgical Society of the American College of Surgeons. Defining the essential traits of the expeditionary surgeon from examples from history, Dr. Cannon offers a reflection on formal training and designation of key surgical leaders for the military and other settings.
New Research from Penn Trauma
The open abdomen in mesenteric ischemia: A tool for patients undergoing revascularization. February 2024. World Journal of Surgery.
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