Read before the Surgical Section of the Suffolk District Medical Society, May 1, 1895.

" Nobody should be able to examine an abdomen better than a general surgeon," remarked a program director to his residents. In spite of tremendous advances in diagnostic technologies, physical ...

Based on: The Closure of Laparotomy Wounds as Practised in Germany and Austria. Including Detailed Methods and Views communicated by over Fifty Leading Surgeons. Edited and Translated by Walter H.

At one time, trauma surgeons considered an operation mandatory to treat gunshot wounds to the abdomen, but a study published online as an "article in press" on the Journal of the American College of ...