[Trauma and emergency surgery. Organization and surgeons experience].
BACKGROUND
To evaluate if combining operative treatment of patients with trauma and general surgery emergencies offers a good operative experience and can be a model for a Trauma Center organization, we compare our surgical experience with that of our general surgeons.


METHODS
We reviewed records to determine number of operation, need of intensive care unit care for patients treated, the after hours practice by the trauma and emergency surgeons and general surgeons over a 1-year period at Ospedale Maggiore of Bologna.


RESULTS
Emergency and trauma surgeons performed more operations per surgeons (133.7 vs 102.6) and managed more patients in intensive care unit than general surgeons. 51.8% of emergency and trauma operations were after hours.


CONCLUSIONS
The care of trauma and emergency patients resulted in a breadth and scope of practice for trauma and emergency surgeons compared well with that of general surgeons but in a worse lifestyle.
Tugnoli
G
G
Casali
M
M
Villani
S
S
Biscardi
A
A
Baldoni
F
F
D004630:Emergencies; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D007558:Italy; D013503:Surgery Department, Hospital; D014193:Trauma Centers; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000601:surgery*