CHICAGO – Patients who undergo surgery for abdominal trauma caused by firearm wounds or by blunt trauma are at risk for developing intra-abdominal infections, and several factors increase that risk, ...

A new international study published in eClinicalMedicine has mapped global blood transfusion practices for life-threatening abdominal injuries, highlighting significant variation in care worldwide and ...

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 ...

Mortality after emergency abdominal surgery is more than three times higher in the least developed countries compared to the most developed. Yet among those who undergo surgery, injuries tend to be ...

FDA Breakthrough-designated device under evaluation for treatment of life-threatening abdominal bleeding at leading U.S.

Blunt abdominal trauma, often resulting from road traffic accidents, falls or sporting incidents, can lead to complex injury patterns including mesenteric disruptions. The mesentery, a double-layered ...

Nearly 40% of children undergoing CT scans for blunt abdominal trauma have incidental findings, with 3.5% requiring immediate evaluation and 5.4% needing follow-up within 4 weeks. This secondary ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - Researchers at the University of Cincinnati are among the first in the country to test to a new product to stop internal bleeding after trauma. The study is looking at a foam that ...

Two-year-old Laila Daniel died from multiple blunt-force injuries to her abdomen that caused extensive internal bleeding, a GBI medical examiner testified Monday. And the child’s autopsy revealed no ...

An Italian motorcyclist was left in excruciating pain after a motorcycle crash dislodged his testicle and sent it up into his body, as detailed in a balls-deep study in "BMJ Case Reports." BMJ ...

IBS abdominal pain during adulthood may be explained by somatization following childhood trauma. Somatization plays a partial role in mediating the relationship between childhood trauma and irritable ...