Issue 1/2022
Focus on Emergency General Surgery
Content (79 Articles)
The evolution of emergency general surgery: its time for a dedicated program manager
Barbara Eaton, Lindsay O’Meara, Carla Aresco, Thomas Scalea, Jose Diaz, Brandon Bruns
Diagnosis of single adhesive bands versus matted adhesions in small bowel obstructions: a radiological predictive score
Pierre Berge, Maxime Delestre, Anita Paisant, Antoine Hamy, Christophe Aubé, Jean-François Hamel, Aurélien Venara
Patterns of prevalence and contemporary clinical management strategies in complicated acute biliary calculous disease: an ESTES ‘snapshot audit’ of practice
Gary Alan Bass, Amy Gillis, Yang Cao, Shahin Mohseni, A. Shamiyeh, L. Rosetti, G. Klimbacher, B. Klugsberger, P. Healy, C. Moriarty, C. Power, N. Knightly, A. D. K. Hill, D. C. Winter, M. E. Kelly, B. E. Creavin, É. J. Ryan, C. C. Duffy, M. Sugrue, M. H. Moore, L. Flanagan, J. Ryan, C. Keady, B. Fahey, K. L. McKevitt, K. Barry, K. C. Conlon, K. Mentor, A. Kazemi-Nava, B. J., P. F. Ridgway, D. O. Kavanagh, M. Whelan, M. Donnelly, C. McCarrick, U. Muhammad, T. M. Connelly, P. C. Neary, S. Magalina, V. Cozza, A. LaGreca, D. Gui, A. Malagnino, M. Zago, M. Montuori, A. Biloslavo, N. Samardzic, S. Fracon, D. Cosola, N. de Manzini, U. Fernandes, P. Avelar, R. Marques, A. S. Esteves, A. Marçal, C. Gomes, D. Machado, T. Teles, S. Neves, M. Semiao, R. Cunha, J. Pereira, J. Constantino, M. Sá, C. Casimiro, L. Ionescu, R. Livadariu, L. Stirbu, R. Danila, D. Timofte, B. Astefaniei, A. Landaluce Olavarria, B. Estraviz Mateos, J. Gonzalez Taranco, D. Gomez, J. Barrutia, J. Zeballos, D. Morales Garcia, A. Lozano Najera, E. Gonzalez Tolaretxipi, L. Tallon-Aguilar, J. Pintor-Tortolero, A. Sanchez-Arteaga, V. Duran-Muñóz Cruzado, V. Camacho-Marente, J. Tinoco-Gonzalez, A. Älverdal, S. Redeen, S. Mohseni, A. Mohammad, R. Ahl, M. Wikström, S. Marinos, N. Warner, R. Patel, T. Magro, R. Sunthareswaran, A. Mihailescu, G. Pokusewski, A. L. Bubuianu, C. Dimitriu, M. Paraoan, A. Desai, K. Jones, M. Mlotshwa, K. Ross, S. Lambracos, Y. Tryliskyy, D. C. Cullinane
Correction to: Patterns of prevalence and contemporary clinical management strategies in complicated acute biliary calculous disease: an ESTES ‘snapshot audit’ of practice
Gary Alan Bass, Amy Gillis, Yang Cao, Shahin Mohseni, A. Shamiyeh, L. Rosetti, G. Klimbacher, B. Klugsberger, P. Healy, C. Moriarty, C. Power, N. Knightly, A. D. K. Hill, D. C. Winter, M. E. Kelly, B. E. Creavin, É. J. Ryan, C. C. Duffy, M. Sugrue, M. H. Moore, L. Flanagan, J. Ryan, C. Keady, B. Fahey, K. L. McKevitt, K. Barry, K. C. Conlon, K. Mentor, A. Kazemi-Nava, B. J., P. F. Ridgway, D. O. Kavanagh, M. Whelan, M. Donnelly, C. McCarrick, U. Muhammad, T. M. Connelly, P. C. Neary, S. Magalina, V. Cozza, A. LaGreca, D. Gui, A. Malagnino, M. Zago, M. Montuori, A. Biloslavo, N. Samardzic, S. Fracon, D. Cosola, N. de Manzini, U. Fernandes, P. Avelar, R. Marques, A. S. Esteves, A. Marçal, C. Gomes, D. Machado, T. Teles, S. Neves, M. Semiao, R. Cunha, J. Pereira, J. Constantino, M. Sá, C. Casimiro, L. Ionescu, R. Livadariu, L. Stirbu, R. Danila, D. Timofte, B. Astefaniei, A. Landaluce Olavarria, B. Estraviz Mateos, J. Gonzalez Taranco, D. Gomez, J. Barrutia, J. Zeballos, D. Morales Garcia, A. Lozano Najera, E. Gonzalez Tolaretxipi, L. Tallon-Aguilar, J. Pintor-Tortolero, A. Sanchez-Arteaga, V. Duran-Muñóz Cruzado, V. Camacho-Marente, J. Tinoco-Gonzalez, A. Älverdal, S. Redeen, S. Mohseni, A. Mohammad, R. Ahl, M. Wikström, S. Marinos, N. Warner, R. Patel, T. Magro, R. Sunthareswaran, A. Mihailescu, G. Pokusewski, A. L. Bubuianu, C. Dimitriu, M. Paraoan, A. Desai, K. Jones, M. Mlotshwa, K. Ross, S. Lambracos, Y. Tryliskyy, D. C. Cullinane
Nasogastric tube after small bowel obstruction surgery could be avoided: a retrospective cohort study
Maxime Delestre, Pierre Berge, Christophe Aubé, Antoine Hamy, Jean-François Hamel, Anita Paisant, Aurélien Venara
MIPO versus nailing for humeral shaft fractures: a meta-analysis and systematic review of randomised clinical trials and observational studies
Bryan J. M. van de Wall, Ralf Baumgärtner, R. Marijn Houwert, Björn C. Link, Marilyn Heng, Matthias Knobe, Rolf H. H. Groenwold, Reto Babst, Frank J. P. Beeres
Potential use of peptic ulcer perforation (PULP) score as a conversion index of laparoscopic-perforated peptic ulcer (PPU) repair
Yu-Hao Wang, Yu-Tung Wu, Chih-Yuan Fu, Chien-Hung Liao, Chi-Tung Cheng, Chi-Hsun Hsieh
Simplified Kirschner‑wire-based dynamic external fixator for unstable proximal interphalangeal joint fractures
Mostafa Naguib, Mohammed Ramadan, Tarek Ali, Ahmad El-Tantawy
Risk factors influencing postoperative outcome in patients with perforated peptic ulcer: a prospective cohort study
Meraj Ahmed, Tariq Mansoor, Atia Zakaur Rab, Syed Amjad Ali Rizvi
The role of bed-side laparoscopy in the management of acute mesenteric ischemia of recent onset in post-cardiac surgery patients admitted to ICU
Carlo Bergamini, Giovanni Alemanno, Alessio Giordano, Desiré Pantalone, Giovanni Fontani, Anna Maria Di Bella, Veronica Iacopini, Paolo Prosperi, Jacopo Martellucci
Exocrine and endocrine functions and pancreatic volume in patients with pancreatic trauma
Lalchhandami Colney, Nikhil Tandon, Pramod Kumar Garg, Nandita Gupta, Sushma Sagar, Amit Gupta, Atin Kumar, Subodh Kumar
Surgical management and outcomes of adhesive small bowel obstruction: teaching versus non-teaching hospitals
Matthew J. Carr, Jayraan Badiee, Derek A. Benham, Joseph A. Diaz, Richard Y. Calvo, Carol B. Sise, Matthew J. Martin, Vishal Bansal
Nutrition delivery after emergency laparotomy in surgical ward: a retrospective cohort study
Juho Nurkkala, Sanna Lahtinen, Aura Ylimartimo, Timo Kaakinen, Merja Vakkala, Marjo Koskela, Janne Liisanantti
Blood transfusion in major emergency abdominal surgery
Anders Schack, Sarah Ekeloef, Sisse Rye Ostrowski, Ismail Gögenur, Jakob Burcharth
Increased hospital treatment volume of splenic injury predicts higher rates of successful non-operative management and reduces hospital length of stay: a Swiss Trauma Registry analysis
Joël L. Lavanchy, Luciane Delafontaine, Tobias Haltmeier, Piotr Bednarski, Beat Schnüriger
Association between mortality and frailty in emergency general surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Christophe Alain Fehlmann, Dilan Patel, Jessica McCallum, Jeffrey Joseph Perry, Debra Eagles
Mechanism, frequency, transfusion and outcome of severe trauma in coagulopathic paediatric patients
Arne Driessen, Arasch Wafaisade, Rolf Lefering, Filippo Migliorini, Matthias Fröhlich, Dariusch Arbab, Marc Maegele, Manuel Mutschler
Body temperature and in-hospital mortality in trauma patients: analysis of a nationwide trauma database in Japan
Asami Okada, Yohei Okada, Hiromichi Narumiya, Wataru Ishii, Tetsuhisa Kitamura, Ryoji Iiduka
Variation in management of pediatric post-traumatic urine leaks
Bethany J. Farr, Lindsey B. Armstrong, Samuel C. Barnett, David P. Mooney
Comparing unbalanced and balanced ratios of blood products in massive transfusion to pediatric trauma patients: effects on mortality and outcomes
Manmeet Sehdev, Areg Grigorian, Catherine Kuza, Matthew Dolich, Boris Borazjani, Michael Lekawa, Jeffry Nahmias
Operative intervention of unstable paediatric pelvic fracture: radiological and functional assessment
Mahmoud Fahmy, Mohamed Ahmed Abdelmoneim
Characteristics of pediatric thoracic trauma: in view of before and after the establishment of a regional trauma center
Pil Young Jung, Jae Sik Chung, Youngin Youn, Chang Wan Kim, Il Hwan Park, Oh Hyun Kim, Chun Sung Byun
An increasing trend in geriatric trauma patients undergoing surgical stabilization of rib fractures
William Duong, Areg Grigorian, Jeffry Nahmias, Cyrus Farzaneh, Ashton Christian, Matthew Dolich, Michael Lekawa, Sebastian Schubl
Investigation of the relationship of the number, localization, and displacement of rib fractures with intrathoracic structures and abdominal solid organ complications using computed tomography
Selçuk Parlak, Muhammed Said Beşler
Comparison of surgical fixation and non-operative management in patients with traumatic sternum fracture
Ashton B. Christian, Areg Grigorian, Jeffry Nahmias, William Q. Duong, Michael Lekawa, Victor Joe, Matthew Dolich, Sebastian D. Schubl
Sternal fixation for isolated traumatic sternal fractures improves pain and upper extremity range of motion
Zachary M. Bauman, Ujwal Yanala, Brett H. Waibel, Gautam K. Malhotra, Samuel Cemaj, Charity H. Evans, Lisa L. Schlitzkus
Iatrogenic rib fractures and the associated risks of mortality
Max R. Coffey, Katelynn C. Bachman, Vanessa P. Ho, Stephanie G. Worrell, Matthew L. Moorman, Philip A. Linden, Christopher W. Towe
Are the rib fracture score and different computed tomography measures of obesity predictors for mortality in patients with rib fractures? A retrospective cohort study
Thorsten Jentzsch, Valentin Neuhaus, Burkhardt Seifert, Rudolf M. Moos, Hans-Peter Simmen, Christoph E. W. Schmitz, Clément M. L. Werner
Long-term quality of life and functional outcome after rib fracture fixation
Jesse Peek, Valerie Kremo, Reinier Beks, Nicole van Veelen, Alfred Leiser, Björn-Christian Link, Roderick M. Houwert, Fabrizio Minervini, Matthias Knobe, Reto H. Babst, Frank J. P. Beeres
Epidemiology and outcome of rib fractures: a nationwide study in the Netherlands
Jesse Peek, Reinier B. Beks, Falco Hietbrink, Mirjam B. De Jong, Marilyn Heng, Frank J. P. Beeres, Frank F. A. IJpma, Loek P. H. Leenen, Rolf H. H. Groenwold, Roderick M. Houwert
Thoracoabdominal injuries after a bomb explosion: blast injuries and their clinical effects
Sadettin Er, Mehmet Tahtabasi
Mass Casualty Incident (MCI) training in a metropolitan university hospital: short-term experience with MAss Casualty SIMulation system MACSIM®
Laura Castoldi, Massimiliano Greco, Michele Carlucci, Kristina Lennquist Montán, Roberto Faccincani
Peri-implant femoral fractures in hip fracture patients treated with osteosynthesis: a retrospective cohort study of 1965 patients
Mark Kruse, Jabbar Mohammed, Arkan Sayed-Noor, Olof Wolf, Gunnar Holmgren, Robin Nordström, Sead Crnalic, Olof Sköldenberg, Sebastian Mukka
A feasibility study of partial REBOA data in a high-volume trauma center
Marta J. Madurska, Ashley McLenithan, Thomas M. Scalea, Rishi Kundi, Joseph M. White, Jonathan J. Morrison, Joseph J. DuBose
Low profile REBOA device for increasing systolic blood pressure in hemodynamic instability: single-center 4-year experience of use of ER-REBOA
David T. McGreevy, Mitra Sadeghi, Kristofer F. Nilsson, Tal M. Hörer
Feasibility of intraoperative angioembolization for trauma patients using C-arm digital subtraction angiography
Abdulaziz Alnumay, Natasha Caminsky, Jules Hugo Eustache, David Valenti, Andrew Neil Beckett, Dan Deckelbaum, Paola Fata, Kosar Khwaja, Tarek Razek, Katherine Marlene McKendy, Evan Gordon Wong, Jeremy Richard Grushka
Endovascular repair is a feasible option for superficial femoral artery injuries: a comparative effectiveness analysis
Sean Degmetich, Megan Brenner, Matthew Firek, Bishoy Zakhary, Bruno C. Coimbra, Raul Coimbra
Pelvic angioembolization: how urgently needed?
Giles Lawrence Devaney, Kate Louise King, Zsolt Janos Balogh
Increased crystalloid fluid requirements during zone 3 Resuscitative Endovascular Balloon Occlusion of the Aorta (REBOA) versus Abdominal Aortic and Junctional Tourniquet (AAJT) after class II hemorrhage in swine
Andreas Brännström, Albin Dahlquist, Jenny Gustavsson, Ulf P. Arborelius, Mattias Günther
Thromboelastography is predictive of mortality, blood transfusions, and blood loss in patients with traumatic pelvic fractures: a retrospective cohort study
Phillip A. Bostian, Justin J. Ray, Brock A. Karolcik, Michelle A. Bramer, Alison Wilson, Matthew J. Dietz
The efficiency and safety of intravenous tranexamic acid administration in open reduction and internal fixation of pelvic and acetabular fractures
Seyit Ali Gümüştaş, Zekeriya Ersin Çelen, Tolga Onay, Mehmet Süleyman Abul, Hüseyin Bilgehan Çevik
Geriatric polytrauma patients should not be excluded from aggressive injury treatment based on age alone
Karlijn J. P. van Wessem, Luke P. H. Leenen
mTICCS and its inter-rater reliability to predict the need for massive transfusion in severely injured patients
Klemens Horst, Philipp Lichte, Felix Bläsius, Christian David Weber, Martin Tonglet, Philipp Kobbe, Nicole Heussen, Frank Hildebrand
Changes in transfusion and fluid therapy practices in severely injured children: an analysis of 5118 children from the TraumaRegister DGU®
Florian Piekarski, Jost Kaufmann, Thomas Engelhardt, Florian J. Raimann, Thomas Lustenberger, Ingo Marzi, Rolf Lefering, Kai Zacharowski, Patrick Meybohm
ISS alone, is not sufficient to correctly assign patients post hoc to trauma team requirement
Christian Waydhas, Dan Bieler, Uwe Hamsen, Markus Baacke, Rolf Lefering
Trauma-team-activation in Germany: how do emergency service professionals use the activation due to trauma mechanism? Results from a nationwide survey
Paul Hagebusch, Philipp Faul, Frank Naujoks, Alexander Klug, Reinhard Hoffmann, Uwe Schweigkofler
Blast polytrauma with hemodynamic shock, hypothermia, hypoventilation and systemic inflammatory response: description of a new porcine model
Albin Dahlquist, Louise Elander Degerstedt, Erik von Oelreich, Andreas Brännström, Jenny Gustavsson, Ulf P. Arborelius, Mattias Günther
The AdHOC (age, head injury, oxygenation, circulation) score: a simple assessment tool for early assessment of severely injured patients with major fractures
Adrian Knoepfel, Roman Pfeifer, Rolf Lefering, Hans-Christoph Pape
The yield of tertiary survey in patients admitted for observation after trauma
Gijs Jacob Jan van Aert, Jelle Corneel van Dongen, Niels Cornelis Adrianus Sebastianus Berende, Hendrikus Gerardus Wilhelmus de Groot, Pieter Boele van Hensbroek, Philip Marcel Jozef Schormans, Dagmar Isabella Vos
Early thromboelastography in acute traumatic coagulopathy: an observational study focusing on pre-hospital trauma care
Alessandra Spasiano, Cristina Barbarino, Anna Marangone, Daniele Orso, Giulio Trillò, Roberta Giacomello, Tiziana Bove, Giorgio Della Rocca
Reliability of the assessment of non-technical skills by using video-recorded trauma resuscitations
Oscar E. C. van Maarseveen, Wietske H. W. Ham, Roel L. N. Huijsmans, Rianne G. F. Dolmans, Luke P. H. Leenen
Trauma patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV): a propensity matched analysis
Jose Covarrubias, Areg Grigorian, Catherine M. Kuza, Matthew Dolich, Austin Dosch, Greg G. Kojayan, Patrick Delaplain, Michael Lekawa, Jeffry Nahmias
β1-Blocker improves survival and ventricular remodelling in rats with lethal crush injury
Mengyang Yu, Qi Lv, Jie Shi, Yahua Liu, Haojun Fan, Hui Ding, Ziquan Liu, Juan Cao, Yanhua Gong, Shike Hou
Lisfranc fleck sign: characteristics and clinical outcomes following fixation using a percutaneous position Lisfranc screw
Moein Pourmorteza, Amir Reza Vosoughi
Penetrating injuries to the vertebral artery: interventions and outcomes from US Trauma Centers
Morgan Schellenberg, Natthida Owattanapanich, Shaun Cowan, Matt Strickland, Meghan Lewis, Damon H. Clark, Kenji Inaba
Evaluation of the altitude impact on a point-of-care thromboelastography analyzer measurement: prerequisites for use in airborne medical evacuation courses
Matthieu Boyé, Jacqueline Boissin, Chrystelle Poyat, Pierre Pasquier, Christophe Martinaud
Mortality in relation to presence and type of oral antithrombotic agent among adult trauma patients: a single-center retrospective cohort study
Jonathan B. Yuval, Karry J. Felix, Jonathan Demma, Haytem Awissat, Asaf Kedar, Daniel J. Weiss, Alon J. Pikarsky, Ora Paltiel, Irena Hamdi-Levi, Yosef Kalish, Miklosh Bala
A multi-staged neuropeptide response to traumatic brain injury
José Luís Alves, João Mendes, Ricardo Leitão, Ana Paula Silva, Anabela Mota Pinto
Major trauma due to suicide attempt: increased workload but not mortality
André Nohl, Tobias Ohmann, Oliver Kamp, Christian Waydhas, Thomas A. Schildhauer, Marcel Dudda, Uwe Hamsen
Mortality of trauma patients treated at trauma centers compared to non-trauma centers in Sweden: a retrospective study
Stefan Candefjord, Linn Asker, Eva-Corina Caragounis
Correlation of brain flow variables and metabolic crisis: a prospective study in patients with severe traumatic brain injury
Corrado P. Marini, Christy Stoller, John McNelis, Vito Del Deo, Kartik Prabhakaran, Patrizio Petrone
The effect of melatonin on reduction in the need for sedative agents and duration of mechanical ventilation in traumatic intracranial hemorrhage patients: a randomized controlled trial
Farhad Soltani, Amir Salari, Fatemeh Javaherforooshzadeh, Nozar Nassajjian, Farahmand Kalantari
Perfusion indices can predict early volume depletion in a blood donor model
Özge Öztekin, Emine Emektar, Hazal Selvi, Yunsur Çevik
Effects of diaphragm thickness on rehabilitation outcomes in post-ICU patients with spinal cord and brain injury
Sukran Guzel, Ebru Umay, Ibrahım Gundogdu, Zeynep Tuba Bahtiyarca, Damla Cankurtaran
Epidemiology and treatment of phalangeal fractures: conservative treatment is the predominant therapeutic concept
Laura Kremer, Johannes Frank, Thomas Lustenberger, Ingo Marzi, Anna Lena Sander
Reconstruction of motorcycle spokes wheel injury fingertip amputations with reposition flap technique: a report of 40 cases
J. Terrence Jose Jerome
Evaluation of an artificial intelligence system for diagnosing scaphoid fracture on direct radiography
Emre Ozkaya, Fatih Esad Topal, Tugrul Bulut, Merve Gursoy, Mustafa Ozuysal, Zeynep Karakaya
Application of the Masquelet technique in austere environments: experience from a French forward surgical unit deployed in Chad
Camille Choufani, Thomas Demoures, Nicolas de l’Escalopier, Marie-Pauline Chapon, Olivier Barbier, Laurent Mathieu
Interobserver reliability of the Gehweiler classification and treatment strategies of isolated atlas fractures: an internet-based multicenter survey among spine surgeons
Markus Laubach, Miguel Pishnamaz, Matti Scholz, Ulrich Spiegl, Richard Martin Sellei, Christian Herren, Frank Hildebrand, Philipp Kobbe
Avascular necrosis of the femoral head after traumatic posterior hip dislocation with and without acetabular fracture
Sasa Milenkovic, Milan Mitkovic, Milorad Mitkovic
Supplemental cerclage wiring in angle stable plate fixation of distal tibial spiral fractures enables immediate post-operative full weight-bearing: a biomechanical analysis
Sabrina Sandriesser, Stefan Förch, Edgar Mayr, Falk Schrödl, Christian von Rüden, Peter Augat
Epidemiology and treatment of acute elbow dislocations: current concept based on primary surgical ligament repair of unstable simple elbow dislocations
Nils Mühlenfeld, Johannes Frank, Thomas Lustenberger, Ingo Marzi, Anna Lena Sander
Surgical management of peripheral artery pseudoaneurysm following orthopedic trauma: a report of 14 cases
A. Devendra, P. Gupta Nishith, P. Velmurugesan, Hari Venkatramani, J. Dheenadhayalan, S. Rajasekaran
Evidence for the use of spinal collars in stabilising spinal injuries in the pre-hospital setting in trauma patients: a systematic review
Katherine Hawkridge, Ikhlaaq Ahmed, Zubair Ahmed
Incidence, impact and risk factors for multidrug-resistant organisms (MDRO) in patients with major trauma: a European Multicenter Cohort Study
André Nohl, Uwe Hamsen, Kai Oliver Jensen, Kai Sprengel, Franziska Ziegenhain, Rolf Lefering, Marcel Dudda, Thomas Armin Schildhauer, Alexander Wegner
Survey of trauma patients injured by falling or flying objects in Japan based on the Japan Trauma Data Bank
Youichi Yanagawa, Kei Jitsuiki, Ken-ichi Muramatsu, Saya Ikegami, Yoshihiro Kushida, Hiroki Nagasawa, Ryoto Nishio, Ikuto Takeuchi, Hiromichi Ohsaka, Yasumasa Oode, Kazuhiko Omori
Impact of scaffold granule size use in Masquelet technique on periosteal reaction: a study in rat femur critical size bone defect model
Maximilian Leiblein, Andreas Winkenbach, Elias Koch, Alexander Schaible, Hubert Büchner, Ingo Marzi, Dirk Henrich, Christoph Nau
The impact of a qualified medical documentation assistant on trauma room management
Benjamin Lucas, Sophie-Cecil Mathieu, Gerald Pliske, Wiebke Schirrmeister, Martin Kulla, Felix Walcher