Division of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery John Holcomb, M.D., FACS, published “Damage control laparotomy in trauma: a pilot randomized controlled trial,” in the Trauma and Acute Care Surgery Open ...

UAB Department of Surgery faculty are leading the way in education for trauma surgeons by creating guides for a new series published in the Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery. Both pieces are ...

Getting older can make surgery more hazardous. bluedog studio/ Shutterstock Getting older makes surgery more hazardous. This is largely because as we get older, frailty increases – meaning our body’s ...

Most surgical candidates, including many with prior thoracic or abdominal operations, can undergo minimally invasive ...