Should trauma surgeons do general surgery?
Maintenance of emergency and general surgical care by the trauma service has allowed us to buffer impact of variations in trauma volume and to maintain operative skills in an era of increased nonoperative management of many injuries.
Our data demonstrate that MMP-9 activation is likely to occur in human malignant fibrous histiocytomas. It is also noteworthy that the expression of MMP-9 may aid in predicting patients' poor prognosis.