Background: Access to the operating room (OR) is variable among emergency general
surgery (EGS) services, with some having dedicated EGS ORs, and others only a shared …

Background Scheduling emergency cases among elective surgeries often results in
prolonged waits for emergency surgery and delays or cancellation of elective cases. We …

Background Acute care surgical services provide comprehensive emergency general
surgical care while potentially using health care resources more efficiently. We assessed the …

Background Acute surgical units have gained favour in A ustralia and N ew Z ealand.
However, there is a lack of evidence regarding their effectiveness in regional centres. We …

Background A significant proportion of general surgery emergency procedures are
conducted after‐hours in regional centres. The acute surgical unit (ASU) model reduces the …

Background: The pressures on tertiary hospitals with increased volume and complexity
related to regionalization and specialization has impacted upon availability of operating …

Background Despite the widespread implementation of the acute care surgery (ACS) model,
limited access to operating room time represents a barrier to the optimal delivery of …

Background Few studies have assessed the relationship between different emergency
general surgery models and staff satisfaction, operative experience or working hours. The …

The provision of acute surgical care in the public sector is becoming increasingly difficult
because of limitation of resources and the unpredictability of access to theatres during the …

BACKGROUND Few diseases truly require emergency surgery today. We investigated the
relationship between access to operating room (OR) and outcomes for patients with life …