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New ACS Statement Addresses Need for Surgeons to Sustain Lifelong Competency
ACS Brief

New ACS Statement Addresses Need for Surgeons to Sustain Lifelong Competency

Updating a statement released in 2015, the ACS recommends implementation of a “comprehensive, whole-of-career testing strategy for all surgeons and surgical trainees regardless of age and experience.”
Trauma Community Begins to Define Ideal Future of Clinical Guidance
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Trauma Community Begins to Define Ideal Future of Clinical Guidance

Read about the three-year series aimed at redesigning how trauma clinical guidance is developed to ensure a more effective and equitable system.
Combined Chapter Meeting in Utah Mixes Science, Conversations with Olympic Athletes
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Combined Chapter Meeting in Utah Mixes Science, Conversations with Olympic Athletes

Dr. Nancy Gantt reports on the recent combined annual meetings for three ACS chapters.
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Impact of Prehospital Exsanguinating Airway-Breathing-Circulation Resuscitation Sequence on Patients with Severe Hemorrhage
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Impact of Prehospital Exsanguinating Airway-Breathing-Circulation Resuscitation Sequence on Patients with Severe Hemorrhage

Early prioritization of hemorrhage control and resuscitation with blood products after penetrating injury improves patient physiology and may prevent the need for immediate advance airway management.
Critical Care of Surgical Patients Part II
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Critical Care of Surgical Patients Part II

The current issue explores topics in critical care, including transfusion in surgical patients, shock due to hemorrhage, sepsis, and cardiogenic shock.
Transplantation of a Pelvic Kidney from a Living Donor Using a Recipient Internal Iliac Artery to Reconstruct Multiple Renal Arteries
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Transplantation of a Pelvic Kidney from a Living Donor Using a Recipient Internal Iliac Artery to Reconstruct Multiple Renal Arteries

This case report describes the successful transplantation of a pelvic ectopic kidney with multiple vessels from a living donor, using the recipient's internal iliac artery for the ex vivo reconstruction of four renal arteries before implantation into the recipient using single arterial and venous anastomosis.
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The House of Surgery
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The House of Surgery

Hear about the recent successful ACS Cancer Conference in Austin, Texas and what to expect this year and beyond from ACS Cancer Programs.
The Operative Word
Surgical Research

The Operative Word

Dr. Erdahl is joined by Amy Hernandez, MD, FACS. They discuss Dr. Hernandez’s recent study on the evolution of women providing surgical care at sea.
Surgical Readings from SRGS
General Surgery

Surgical Readings from SRGS

Dr. Greene talks with Lillian Kao, MD, FACS, about prevention and treatment of surgical site infections.

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