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The American Surgeon
Broad general-surgery and trauma readership with MEDLINE indexing.
MEDLINE + PubMedHybridGeneral SurgeryTrauma
Journal impact factor1 (2025)
Reported first decisionNot reported
Last verifiedSeptember 11, 2026
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