RT Book, Section
A1 Fiedler, Amy
A1 Yeh, Dante
A2 Mazer, Laura M.
A2 Lagisetty, Kiran
A2 Butler, Kathryn L.
SR Print(0)
ID 1191193396
T1 Trauma Surgery
T2 Pocket Journal Club: Essential Articles in General Surgery
YR 2017
FD 2017
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781259587580
LK accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1191193396
RD 2024/04/24
AB Trauma  is  the  oldest  surgical  subspecialty.  Prehistoric  evidence  demonstrates  early  techniques  for  suturing  lacerations,  performing  amputations,  and  setting  fractures.  Trephined  skulls  hint  at  early  surgical  attempts  to  relieve  intracranial  pressure  after  traumatic  brain  injury.  The  oldest  known  treatise  on  trauma  care,  the  Edwin  Smith  Papyrus,  dates  back  to  1600  BC  and  consists  of  48  case  descriptions  of  injuries.  Such  archaeological  evidence  reveals  that  ancient  civilizations,  from  the  Egyptians,  to  the  Babylonyians,  to  the  Mayans,  treated  wounds  sustained  from  hand-to-hand  and  projectile-based  combat.