Emergency general surgeons: the special forces of general surgery (the “navy seals paradigm”)

Abstract Emergency surgeons have a crucial role in bridging the gap of skills resulting from the well-known general surgery fragmentation. The multi-specialist general surgery approach is still necessary to define proper diagnosis and therapy priorities in an emergency. Governments have to find effe...

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Main Authors: Fausto Catena, Walter Biffl, Belinda De Simone, Massimo Sartelli, Salomone Di Saverio, Yoram Kluger, Ernest E. Moore, Luca Ansaloni, Federico Coccolini
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-02-01
Series:World Journal of Emergency Surgery
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13017-020-0293-7
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Summary:Abstract Emergency surgeons have a crucial role in bridging the gap of skills resulting from the well-known general surgery fragmentation. The multi-specialist general surgery approach is still necessary to define proper diagnosis and therapy priorities in an emergency. Governments have to find effective organizational solutions to maintain emergency general surgery standards of care and to improve them further.
ISSN:1749-7922