Author Archives 
Dr. Fantus is chairman, department of surgery; medical director, surgical services, Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, Chicago, and clinical professor of surgery, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago. He is Past-Chair, ad hoc Trauma Registry Advisory Committee, ACS Committee on Trauma.
Posts by Richard J. Fantus, MD, FACS:
- Trauma at Thanksgiving
- Bloodshot: Ocular lacerations from gunshot wounds
- Tawny trauma: Cirrhosis affects patient response to trauma
- Under the influence: Alcohol-related trauma
- Fall from grace: Balcony-related trauma
- Bullet to the bean: Renal gunshot wounds
- Back stabbers and the renal wounds they inflict
- Old, irregular, thin, and falling
- NTDB data points: Traumatic injuries below the belt
- Penile injuries: Rare but potentially hazardous
- Fixing the cage: Rib fixation of flail chest
- Medicating the cage: Pain management of rib fractures
- Up in arms: Upper extremity compartment syndrome
- Psyched out: Trauma patients with major psychiatric comorbidities
- Through the barricade: Blunt diaphragm injuries
- A slice in time: Lower extremity compartment syndrome
- The big bad wolf: COPD and trauma
- Baby on board: Trauma in pregnancy
- 2017 Pediatric Annual Report: ICD-10
- Annual Report 2017: ICD-10
