JAMES D. PERKINS, MD LEON L. DENT, MD Dr. Perkins is clinical instructor in obstetrics and gynecology, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Miss, and Meharry Medical College School of Medicine, Nashville, Tenn. He practices at the Women’s Clinic, King’s Daughters Hospital, Greenville, Miss. Dr. Dent is assistant professor of surgery, Morehouse School of Medicine, and is a trauma surgeon at Grady Memorial Hospital, both in Atlanta, Ga. Dr. Perkins and Dr. Dent are members of the Society of Black Academic Surgeons. Both completed their training at Harlem Hospital Center in New York City.
The techniques necessary to manage simple bowel injury are not difficult to master. However, Ob/Gyn residency programs need to extend training in this area. Additional rotations on the general surgery or trauma services as second- or third-year residents would be ideal, but the use of animal laboratories is a good alternative.
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