Clinical Practice

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Clinical Practice

The ACSoffers a number of resources on clinical topics that surgeons and surgical teams can immediately put into practice.

Clinical Practice Resources

Trauma Programs

ACSTQP Best Practices Guidelines

Download the latest Best Practice Guidelines, the Management of Traumatic Brain Injury, for new evidence and novel insights on managing TBI.

Courses

Military Clinical Readiness Curriculum

The Military Clinical Readiness Curriculum is designed for a general surgeon deployed to a relatively far-forward battlefield base.

Publications

A Practical Guide to Managing Breast Cancer for Low- and Middle-Income Countries

A Practical Guide to Managing Breast Cancer for Low- and Middle-Income Countries distills the essence of managing breast cancer into a pragmatic form.

Publications

Gastrointestinal Surgical Emergencies

Gastrointestinal Surgical Emergencies textbook about the signs and symptoms of surgical diseases commonly encountered in emergency gastrointestinal surgery.

The Latest from the 潘金莲传媒映画

Read recent ACSBrief and Bulletin articles focused on specialty topics.听

Study Explores Unplanned Readmission Rate before Interval Appendectomy

January 14, 2025

A recent study sought to determine the relationship of readmission with early appendectomy to the time interval from initial treatment.

Addition of Anterior Gastropexy Reduces Recurrence of Paraoesophageal Hernia

January 14, 2025

Authors hypothesized that anterior gastropexy added to paraesophageal hernia repair would reduce recurrence rates.

Omission of Axillary Surgery May Lower Risks of Patient Morbidity

January 14, 2025

A study compared survival outcomes in patients with low-risk breast cancers who underwent sentinel lymph node biopsy or had axillary surgery omitted.

PODCAST: Jonasson Lecturer Discusses Need for Surgeons to Be Ever Vigilant

January 7, 2025

Listen to Dr. Jo Buyske describe traits shared by surgeon leaders鈥攊ncluding taking responsibility for the whole patient.

January 28 Webinar Expands Bariatric Surgery Video Sessions from Clinical Congress

This session of the Video-based Education Webinar Series includes select video presentations from Bariatric Surgery I and Bariatric Surgery II.

See List of Most Popular ACSBrief Stories from 2024

January 14, 2025

The results are in鈥攖ake a look at which articles got the most buzz last year and browse through other stories covering a wide array of topics.

Optimal Resources and Standards

ACSACSdemonstrate a hospital's dedication to providing surgical teams with the tools and resources they need to put quality at the forefront and to provide the highest-quality care for patients. Each of our program's standards manuals detail the principles and requirements for accreditation/verification.

Quality Verification Program Standards

The ACSQVP standards span all surgical specialties to provide a blueprint for hospitals and systems to build a successful surgical quality program.

Childrens Surgery Verification Standards

Optimal Resources for Children's Surgical Care details the principles regarding resource standards, QI, safety processes, and data collection.

Commission on Cancer Standards

Commission on Cancer accreditation is granted to facilities that demonstrate compliance with the Optimal Resources for Cancer Care.

Emergency General Surgery Program Standards

The Optimal Resources for Emergency General Surgery manual details elements of emergency general surgical care and quality across nine domains.

Geriatric Surgery Verification Program Standards

This document details the resource standards, quality improvement and safety processes, data collection, and verification process.

Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Program Standards

The MBSAQIP verifies compliance with the revised Optimal Resources for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery that went into effect in October 2022.

National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers Standards

National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers grants accreditation to facilities that show compliance with the Optimal Resources for Breast Care.

Rectal Cancer Program Standards

The standards are used to evaluate program management, clinical services, patient care, and quality improvement of rectal cancer programs.

Resources for Optimal Care of the Injured Patient

The VRC program evaluates the care, aligned to the standards and expected scope of practice at each institution.

Vascular Surgery Program Standards

The Optimal Resources for Vascular Surgery and Interventional Care offers structure and guidance for hospitals providing inpatient vascular care.

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