Frank B. Miller

TL;DR: The treatment and outcome of liver injuries have changed dramatically in 25 years and the death rates from both blunt and penetrating trauma have improved significantly through each successive decade of the study.

TL;DR: In hemodynamically stable patients with blunt liver trauma, nonoperative management is the current treatment of choice, and most untoward outcomes can be successfully managed nonoperatively using alternative therapeutic options.

TL;DR: Tube thoracostomy is associated with significant morbidity and the striking difference in the complication rate between surgeons and other physicians who perform this procedure suggests that additional training may be indicated.

TL;DR: It is concluded that this pelvic fracture classification based on the initial emergency-room AP X-ray can predict a patient population at high risk for massive hemorrhage for which an aggressive treatment protocol is justified.

TL;DR: Packing is more effective if instituted early (when less than 15 units of blood have been transfused) and is not contraindicated before either repair of retrohepatic vena cava injury, hepatic vein injury, or both; selective hepatic artery ligation should be avoided if packing alone stops bleeding; abdominal closure with a synthetic mesh decreases the incidence of wound infection.