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World Journal of Emergency Surgery

Issue 1/2018

Content (58 Articles)

Open Access Review

Establishing position papers by the WSES

Miklosh Bala, Jeffry Kashuk, Ernest E. Moore, Fausto Catena, Ari Leppaniemi, Luca Ansaloni, Walter Biffl, Federico Coccolini, Andrew Peitzman, Massimo Sartelli, Michael Sugrue, Gustavo P. Fraga, Salomone Di Saverio, Yoram Kluger

Open Access Research article

Casualties of peace: an analysis of casualties admitted to the intensive care unit during the negotiation of the comprehensive Colombian process of peace

Carlos A. Ordoñez, Ramiro Manzano-Nunez, Maria Paula Naranjo, Esteban Foianini, Cecibel Cevallos, Maria Alejandra Londoño, Alvaro I. Sanchez Ortiz, Alberto F. García, Ernest E. Moore

Open Access Research article

Pattern and nature of Neyshabur train explosion blast injuries

Katayoun Jahangiri, Hasan Ghodsi, Ali Khodadadizadeh, Sadegh Yousef Nezhad

Open Access Research article

Is case triaging a useful tool for emergency surgeries? A review of 106 trauma surgery cases at a level 1 trauma center in South Africa

Sharfuddin Chowdhury, Andrew John Nicol, Mahammed Riyaad Moydien, Pradeep Harkison Navsaria, Luis Felipe Montoya-Pelaez

Open Access Review

2017 WSES guidelines for the management of iatrogenic colonoscopy perforation

Nicola de’Angelis, Salomone Di Saverio, Osvaldo Chiara, Massimo Sartelli, Aleix Martínez-Pérez, Franca Patrizi, Dieter G. Weber, Luca Ansaloni, Walter Biffl, Offir Ben-Ishay, Miklosh Bala, Francesco Brunetti, Federica Gaiani, Solafah Abdalla, Aurelien Amiot, Hany Bahouth, Giorgio Bianchi, Daniel Casanova, Federico Coccolini, Raul Coimbra, Gian Luigi de’Angelis, Belinda De Simone, Gustavo P. Fraga, Pietro Genova, Rao Ivatury, Jeffry L. Kashuk, Andrew W. Kirkpatrick, Yann Le Baleur, Fernando Machado, Gustavo M. Machain, Ronald V. Maier, Alain Chichom-Mefire, Riccardo Memeo, Carlos Mesquita, Juan Carlos Salamea Molina, Massimiliano Mutignani, Ramiro Manzano-Núñez, Carlos Ordoñez, Andrew B. Peitzman, Bruno M. Pereira, Edoardo Picetti, Michele Pisano, Juan Carlos Puyana, Sandro Rizoli, Mohammed Siddiqui, Iradj Sobhani, Richard P. ten Broek, Luigi Zorcolo, Maria Clotilde Carra, Yoram Kluger, Fausto Catena

Open Access Review

Raising concerns about the Sepsis-3 definitions

Massimo Sartelli, Yoram Kluger, Luca Ansaloni, Timothy C. Hardcastle, Jordi Rello, Richard R. Watkins, Matteo Bassetti, Eleni Giamarellou, Federico Coccolini, Fikri M. Abu-Zidan, Abdulrashid K. Adesunkanmi, Goran Augustin, Gian L. Baiocchi, Miklosh Bala, Oussema Baraket, Marcelo A. Beltran, Asri Che Jusoh, Zaza Demetrashvili, Belinda De Simone, Hamilton P. de Souza, Yunfeng Cui, R. Justin Davies, Sameer Dhingra, Jose J. Diaz, Salomone Di Saverio, Agron Dogjani, Mutasim M. Elmangory, Mushira A. Enani, Paula Ferrada, Gustavo P. Fraga, Sabrina Frattima, Wagih Ghnnam, Carlos A. Gomes, Souha S. Kanj, Aleksandar Karamarkovic, Jakub Kenig, Faryal Khamis, Vladimir Khokha, Kaoru Koike, Kenneth Y. Y. Kok, Arda Isik, Francesco M. Labricciosa, Rifat Latifi, Jae G. Lee, Andrey Litvin, Gustavo M. Machain, Ramiro Manzano-Nunez, Piotr Major, Sanjay Marwah, Michael McFarlane, Ziad A. Memish, Cristian Mesina, Ernest E. Moore, Frederick A. Moore, Noel Naidoo, Ionut Negoi, Richard Ofori-Asenso, Iyiade Olaoye, Carlos A. Ordoñez, Mouaqit Ouadii, Ciro Paolillo, Edoardo Picetti, Tadeja Pintar, Alfredo Ponce-de-Leon, Guntars Pupelis, Tarcisio Reis, Boris Sakakushev, Hossein Samadi Kafil, Norio Sato, Jay N. Shah, Boonying Siribumrungwong, Peep Talving, Cristian Tranà, Jan Ulrych, Kuo-Ching Yuan, Fausto Catena

Open Access Review

The open abdomen in trauma and non-trauma patients: WSES guidelines

Federico Coccolini, Derek Roberts, Luca Ansaloni, Rao Ivatury, Emiliano Gamberini, Yoram Kluger, Ernest E. Moore, Raul Coimbra, Andrew W. Kirkpatrick, Bruno M. Pereira, Giulia Montori, Marco Ceresoli, Fikri M. Abu-Zidan, Massimo Sartelli, George Velmahos, Gustavo Pereira Fraga, Ari Leppaniemi, Matti Tolonen, Joseph Galante, Tarek Razek, Ron Maier, Miklosh Bala, Boris Sakakushev, Vladimir Khokha, Manu Malbrain, Vanni Agnoletti, Andrew Peitzman, Zaza Demetrashvili, Michael Sugrue, Salomone Di Saverio, Ingo Martzi, Kjetil Soreide, Walter Biffl, Paula Ferrada, Neil Parry, Philippe Montravers, Rita Maria Melotti, Francesco Salvetti, Tino M. Valetti, Thomas Scalea, Osvaldo Chiara, Stefania Cimbanassi, Jeffry L. Kashuk, Martha Larrea, Juan Alberto Martinez Hernandez, Heng-Fu Lin, Mircea Chirica, Catherine Arvieux, Camilla Bing, Tal Horer, Belinda De Simone, Peter Masiakos, Viktor Reva, Nicola DeAngelis, Kaoru Kike, Zsolt J. Balogh, Paola Fugazzola, Matteo Tomasoni, Rifat Latifi, Noel Naidoo, Dieter Weber, Lauri Handolin, Kenji Inaba, Andreas Hecker, Yuan Kuo-Ching, Carlos A. Ordoñez, Sandro Rizoli, Carlos Augusto Gomes, Marc De Moya, Imtiaz Wani, Alain Chichom Mefire, Ken Boffard, Lena Napolitano, Fausto Catena

Open Access Research article

Circulation first – the time has come to question the sequencing of care in the ABCs of trauma; an American Association for the Surgery of Trauma multicenter trial

Paula Ferrada, Rachael A. Callcut, David J. Skarupa, Therese M. Duane, Alberto Garcia, Kenji Inaba, Desmond Khor, Vincent Anto, Jason Sperry, David Turay, Rachel M. Nygaard, Martin A. Schreiber, Toby Enniss, Michelle McNutt, Herb Phelan, Kira Smith, Forrest O. Moore, Irene Tabas, Joseph Dubose

Open Access Research article

Advanced gallbladder inflammation is a risk factor for gallbladder perforation in patients with acute cholecystitis

Stefan Jansen, Maciej Stodolski, Hubert Zirngibl, Daniel Gödde, Peter C. Ambe

Open Access Research article

Nonoperative management of appendiceal phlegmon or abscess in children less than 3 years of age

Hailan Zhang, Yuzuo Bai, Weilin Wang

Open Access Research article

Evaluation of capillary leakage after vasopressin resuscitation in a hemorrhagic shock model

Roberto Bini, Osvaldo Chiara, Stefania Cimbanassi, Giorgio Olivero, Antonella Trombetta, Paolo Cotogni

Open Access Research article

New Trauma and Injury Severity Score (TRISS) adjustments for survival prediction

Cristiane de Alencar Domingues, Raul Coimbra, Renato Sérgio Poggetti, Lilia de Souza Nogueira, Regina Marcia Cardoso de Sousa

Open Access Commentary

WSES worldwide emergency general surgery formation and evaluation project

Federico Coccolini, Yoram Kluger, Luca Ansaloni, Ernest E. Moore, Raul Coimbra, Gustavo P. Fraga, Andrew Kirkpatrick, Andrew Peitzman, Ron Maier, Gianluca Baiocchi, Vanni Agnoletti, Emiliano Gamberini, Ari Leppaniemi, Rao Ivatury, Michael Sugrue, Massimo Sartelli, Salomone Di Saverio, Walt Biffl, Fausto Catena

Open Access Review

What is the treatment of tracheal lesions associated with traditional thyroidectomy? Case report and systematic review

Nicola Tartaglia, Roberta Iadarola, Alessandra Di Lascia, Pasquale Cianci, Alberto Fersini, Antonio Ambrosi

Open Access Research article

Treating patients in a trauma room equipped with computed tomography and patients’ mortality: a non-controlled comparison study

Shintaro Furugori, Makoto Kato, Takeru Abe, Masayuki Iwashita, Naoto Morimura

Open Access Research article

Getting the invite list right: a discussion of sepsis severity scoring systems in severe complicated intra-abdominal sepsis and randomized trial inclusion criteria

Matti Tolonen, Federico Coccolini, Luca Ansaloni, Massimo Sartelli, Derek J. Roberts, Jessica L. McKee, Ari Leppaniemi, Christopher J. Doig, Fausto Catena, Timothy Fabian, Craig N. Jenne, Osvaldo Chiara, Paul Kubes, Yoram Kluger, Gustavo P. Fraga, Bruno M. Pereira, Jose J. Diaz, Michael Sugrue, Ernest E. Moore, Jianan Ren, Chad G. Ball, Raul Coimbra, Elijah Dixon, Walter Biffl, Anthony MacLean, Paul B. McBeth, Juan G. Posadas-Calleja, Salomone Di Saverio, Jimmy Xiao, Andrew W. Kirkpatrick

Open Access Research article

Differentiation in an inclusive trauma system: allocation of lower extremity fractures

F. S. Würdemann, D. P. J. Smeeing, S. Ferree, F. Nawijn, E. J. M. M. Verleisdonk, L. P. H. Leenen, R. M. Houwert, F. Hietbrink

Open Access Research article

Prospective Observational Study on acute Appendicitis Worldwide (POSAW)

Massimo Sartelli, Gian L. Baiocchi, Salomone Di Saverio, Francesco Ferrara, Francesco M. Labricciosa, Luca Ansaloni, Federico Coccolini, Deepak Vijayan, Ashraf Abbas, Hariscine K. Abongwa, John Agboola, Adamu Ahmed, Lali Akhmeteli, Nezih Akkapulu, Seckin Akkucuk, Fatih Altintoprak, Aurelia L. Andreiev, Dimitrios Anyfantakis, Boiko Atanasov, Miklosh Bala, Dimitrios Balalis, Oussama Baraket, Giovanni Bellanova, Marcelo Beltran, Renato Bessa Melo, Roberto Bini, Konstantinos Bouliaris, Daniele Brunelli, Adrian Castillo, Marco Catani, Asri Che Jusoh, Alain Chichom-Mefire, Gianfranco Cocorullo, Raul Coimbra, Elif Colak, Silvia Costa, Koray Das, Samir Delibegovic, Zaza Demetrashvili, Isidoro Di Carlo, Nadezda Kiseleva, Tamer El Zalabany, Mario Faro, Margarida Ferreira, Gustavo P. Fraga, Mahir Gachabayov, Wagih M. Ghnnam, Teresa Giménez Maurel, Georgios Gkiokas, Carlos A. Gomes, Ewen Griffiths, Ali Guner, Sanjay Gupta, Andreas Hecker, Elcio S. Hirano, Adrien Hodonou, Martin Hutan, Orestis Ioannidis, Arda Isik, Georgy Ivakhov, Sumita Jain, Mantas Jokubauskas, Aleksandar Karamarkovic, Saila Kauhanen, Robin Kaushik, Alfie Kavalakat, Jakub Kenig, Vladimir Khokha, Desmond Khor, Dennis Kim, Jae I. Kim, Victor Kong, Konstantinos Lasithiotakis, Pedro Leão, Miguel Leon, Andrey Litvin, Varut Lohsiriwat, Eudaldo López-Tomassetti Fernandez, Eftychios Lostoridis, James Maciel, Piotr Major, Ana Dimova, Dimitrios Manatakis, Athanasio Marinis, Aleix Martinez-Perez, Sanjay Marwah, Michael McFarlane, Cristian Mesina, Michał Pędziwiatr, Nickos Michalopoulos, Evangelos Misiakos, Ali Mohamedahmed, Radu Moldovanu, Giulia Montori, Raghuveer Mysore Narayana, Ionut Negoi, Ioannis Nikolopoulos, Giuseppe Novelli, Viktors Novikovs, Iyiade Olaoye, Abdelkarim Omari, Carlos A. Ordoñez, Mouaqit Ouadii, Zeynep Ozkan, Ajay Pal, Gian M. Palini, Lars I. Partecke, Francesco Pata, Michał Pędziwiatr, Gerson A. Pereira Júnior, Tadeja Pintar, Magdalena Pisarska, Cesar F. Ploneda-Valencia, Konstantinos Pouggouras, Vinod Prabhu, Padmakumar Ramakrishnapillai, Jean-Marc Regimbeau, Marianne Reitz, Daniel Rios-Cruz, Sten Saar, Boris Sakakushev, Charalampos Seretis, Alexander Sazhin, Vishal Shelat, Matej Skrovina, Dmitry Smirnov, Charalampos Spyropoulos, Marcin Strzałka, Peep Talving, Ricardo A. Teixeira Gonsaga, George Theobald, Gia Tomadze, Myftar Torba, Cristian Tranà, Jan Ulrych, Mustafa Y. Uzunoğlu, Alin Vasilescu, Savino Occhionorelli, Aurélien Venara, Andras Vereczkei, Nereo Vettoretto, Nutu Vlad, Maciej Walędziak, Tonguç U. Yilmaz, Kuo-Ching Yuan, Cui Yunfeng, Justas Zilinskas, Gérard Grelpois, Fausto Catena

Open Access Review

The complications associated with Resuscitative Endovascular Balloon Occlusion of the Aorta (REBOA)

Marcelo A. F. Ribeiro Junior, Celia Y. D. Feng, Alexander T. M. Nguyen, Vinicius C. Rodrigues, Giovana E. K. Bechara, Raíssa Reis de-Moura, Megan Brenner

Open Access Research article

Stump appendicitis: a retrospective review of 3130 consecutive appendectomy cases

Enis Dikicier, Fatih Altintoprak, Kayhan Ozdemir, Kemal Gundogdu, Mustafa Yener Uzunoglu, Guner Cakmak, Feyyaz Onuray, Recai Capoglu

Open Access Research article

Clinical prediction score for superficial surgical site infection after appendectomy in adults with complicated appendicitis

Pinit Noorit, Boonying Siribumrungwong, Ammarin Thakkinstian

Open Access Review

Bologna guidelines for diagnosis and management of adhesive small bowel obstruction (ASBO): 2017 update of the evidence-based guidelines from the world society of emergency surgery ASBO working group

Richard P. G. ten Broek, Pepijn Krielen, Salomone Di Saverio, Federico Coccolini, Walter L. Biffl, Luca Ansaloni, George C. Velmahos, Massimo Sartelli, Gustavo P. Fraga, Michael D. Kelly, Frederick A. Moore, Andrew B. Peitzman, Ari Leppaniemi, Ernest E. Moore, Johannes Jeekel, Yoram Kluger, Michael Sugrue, Zsolt J. Balogh, Cino Bendinelli, Ian Civil, Raul Coimbra, Mark De Moya, Paula Ferrada, Kenji Inaba, Rao Ivatury, Rifat Latifi, Jeffry L. Kashuk, Andrew W. Kirkpatrick, Ron Maier, Sandro Rizoli, Boris Sakakushev, Thomas Scalea, Kjetil Søreide, Dieter Weber, Imtiaz Wani, Fikri M. Abu-Zidan, Nicola De’Angelis, Frank Piscioneri, Joseph M. Galante, Fausto Catena, Harry van Goor

Open Access Research article

A contemporary case series of Fournier’s gangrene at a Swiss tertiary care center—can scoring systems accurately predict mortality and morbidity?

C. Wetterauer, J. Ebbing, A. Halla, R. Kuehl, S. Erb, A. Egli, D. J. Schaefer, H. H. Seifert

Open Access Study protocol

Closed Or Open after Source Control Laparotomy for Severe Complicated Intra-Abdominal Sepsis (the COOL trial): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Andrew W. Kirkpatrick, Federico Coccolini, Luca Ansaloni, Derek J. Roberts, Matti Tolonen, Jessica L. McKee, Ari Leppaniemi, Peter Faris, Christopher J. Doig, Fausto Catena, Timothy Fabian, Craig N. Jenne, Osvaldo Chiara, Paul Kubes, Braden Manns, Yoram Kluger, Gustavo P. Fraga, Bruno M. Pereira, Jose J. Diaz, Michael Sugrue, Ernest E. Moore, Jianan Ren, Chad G. Ball, Raul Coimbra, Zsolt J. Balogh, Fikri M. Abu-Zidan, Elijah Dixon, Walter Biffl, Anthony MacLean, Ian Ball, John Drover, Paul B. McBeth, Juan G. Posadas-Calleja, Neil G. Parry, Salomone Di Saverio, Carlos A. Ordonez, Jimmy Xiao, Massimo Sartelli

Open Access Research article

Emergency surgeons’ perceptions and attitudes towards antibiotic prescribing and resistance: a worldwide cross-sectional survey

Francesco M. Labricciosa, Massimo Sartelli, Sofia Correia, Lilian M. Abbo, Milton Severo, Luca Ansaloni, Federico Coccolini, Carlos Alves, Renato Bessa Melo, Gian Luca Baiocchi, José-Artur Paiva, Fausto Catena, Ana Azevedo

Open Access Research article

Should ambulatory appendectomy become the standard treatment for acute appendicitis?

Benoit Gignoux, Marie-Cecile Blanchet, Thomas Lanz, Alexandre Vulliez, Mo Saffarini, Hugo Bothorel, Maud Robert, Vincent Frering

Open Access Research article

Blunt cerebrovascular injury in elderly fall patients: are we screening enough?

Vincent P. Anto, Joshua B. Brown, Andrew B. Peitzman, Brian S. Zuckerbraun, Matthew D. Neal, Gregory Watson, Raquel Forsythe, Timothy R. Billiar, Jason L. Sperry

Open Access Research article

Ischemic colitis caused increased early and delayed mortality

Hayim Gilshtein, Kenan Hallon, Yoram Kluger

Open Access Review

Acute care and emergency general surgery in patients with chronic liver disease: how can we optimize perioperative care? A review of the literature

Michael S. Bleszynski, Alexsander K. Bressan, Emilie Joos, S. Morad Hameed, Chad G. Ball

Open Access Research article

Correlation between modified LEMON score and intubation difficulty in adult trauma patients undergoing emergency surgery

Sung-Mi Ji, Eun-Jin Moon, Tae-Jun Kim, Jae-Woo Yi, Hyungseok Seo, Bong-Jae Lee

Open Access Research article

The abdominal wall hernia in cirrhotic patients: a historical challenge

Giuseppe Salamone, Leo Licari, Giovanni Guercio, Sofia Campanella, Nicolò Falco, Gregorio Scerrino, Sebastiano Bonventre, Girolamo Geraci, Gianfranco Cocorullo, Gaspare Gulotta

Open Access Review

2017 WSES guidelines on colon and rectal cancer emergencies: obstruction and perforation

Michele Pisano, Luigi Zorcolo, Cecilia Merli, Stefania Cimbanassi, Elia Poiasina, Marco Ceresoli, Ferdinando Agresta, Niccolò Allievi, Giovanni Bellanova, Federico Coccolini, Claudio Coy, Paola Fugazzola, Carlos Augusto Martinez, Giulia Montori, Ciro Paolillo, Thiago Josè Penachim, Bruno Pereira, Tarcisio Reis, Angelo Restivo, Joao Rezende-Neto, Massimo Sartelli, Massimo Valentino, Fikri M. Abu-Zidan, Itamar Ashkenazi, Miklosh Bala, Osvaldo Chiara, Nicola de’ Angelis, Simona Deidda, Belinda De Simone, Salomone Di Saverio, Elena Finotti, Inaba Kenji, Ernest Moore, Steven Wexner, Walter Biffl, Raul Coimbra, Angelo Guttadauro, Ari Leppäniemi, Ron Maier, Stefano Magnone, Alain Chicom Mefire, Andrew Peitzmann, Boris Sakakushev, Michael Sugrue, Pierluigi Viale, Dieter Weber, Jeffry Kashuk, Gustavo P. Fraga, Ioran Kluger, Fausto Catena, Luca Ansaloni

Open Access Commentary

Knowledge, awareness, and attitude towards infection prevention and management among surgeons: identifying the surgeon champion

Massimo Sartelli, Yoram Kluger, Luca Ansaloni, Federico Coccolini, Gian Luca Baiocchi, Timothy C. Hardcastle, Ernest E. Moore, Addison K. May, Kamal M. F. Itani, Donald E. Fry, Marja A. Boermeester, Xavier Guirao, Lena Napolitano, Robert G. Sawyer, Kemal Rasa, Fikri M. Abu-Zidan, Abdulrashid K. Adesunkanmi, Boyko Atanasov, Goran Augustin, Miklosh Bala, Miguel A. Cainzos, Alain Chichom-Mefire, Francesco Cortese, Dimitris Damaskos, Samir Delibegovic, Zaza Demetrashvili, Belinda De Simone, Therese M. Duane, Wagih Ghnnam, George Gkiokas, Carlos A. Gomes, Andreas Hecker, Aleksandar Karamarkovic, Jakub Kenig, Vladimir Khokha, Victor Kong, Arda Isik, Ari Leppäniemi, Andrey Litvin, Eftychios Lostoridis, Gustavo M. Machain, Sanjay Marwah, Michael McFarlane, Cristian Mesina, Ionut Negoi, Iyiade Olaoye, Tadeja Pintar, Guntars Pupelis, Miran Rems, Ines Rubio-Perez, Boris Sakakushev, Helmut Segovia-Lohse, Boonying Siribumrungwong, Peep Talving, Jan Ulrych, András G. Vereczkei, Francesco M. Labricciosa, Fausto Catena

Open Access Research article

Introduction of a mass burn casualty triage system in a hospital during a powder explosion disaster: a retrospective cohort study

Chip-Jin Ng, Shih-Hao You, I-Lin Wu, Yi-Ming Weng, Chung-Hsien Chaou, Cheng-Yu Chien, Chen-June Seak

Open Access Research article

The long-term outcomes of early abdominal wall reconstruction by bilateral anterior rectus abdominis sheath turnover flap method in critically ill patients requiring open abdomen

Masatoku Arai, Shiei Kim, Hiromoto Ishii, Jun Hagiwara, Shigeki Kushimoto, Hiroyuki Yokota

Open Access Research article

Implementation and adoption of advanced care planning in the elderly trauma patient

K. Verhoeff, P. Glen, A. Taheri, B. Min, B. Tsang, V. Fawcett, S. Widder

Open Access Research article

A combination of SOFA score and biomarkers gives a better prediction of septic AKI and in-hospital mortality in critically ill surgical patients: a pilot study

Chao-Wei Lee, Hao-wei Kou, Hong-Shiue Chou, Hsu-huan Chou, Song-Fong Huang, Chih-Hsiang Chang, Chun-Hsing Wu, Ming-Chin Yu, Hsin-I Tsai

Open Access Review

Flexible versus rigid endoscopy in the management of esophageal foreign body impaction: systematic review and meta-analysis

Davide Ferrari, Alberto Aiolfi, Gianluca Bonitta, Carlo Galdino Riva, Emanuele Rausa, Stefano Siboni, Francesco Toti, Luigi Bonavina

Open Access Research article

Impact of initial temporary abdominal closure in damage control surgery: a retrospective analysis

Parker Hu, Rindi Uhlich, Frank Gleason, Jeffrey Kerby, Patrick Bosarge

Open Access Review

Resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta deployed by acute care surgeons in patients with morbidly adherent placenta: a feasible solution for two lives in peril

Ramiro Manzano-Nunez, Maria F. Escobar-Vidarte, Claudia P. Orlas, Juan P. Herrera-Escobar, Samuel M. Galvagno, Juan J. Melendez, Natalia Padilla, Justin C. McCarty, Albaro J. Nieto, Carlos A. Ordoñez

Open Access Research article

Risk factors for mortality in the late amputation of necrotizing fasciitis: a retrospective study

Chia-Peng Chang, Cheng-Ting Hsiao, Chun-Nan Lin, Wen-Chih Fann

Open Access Editorial

A tribute to Ernest E. “Gene” Moore

Jeffry Kashuk, Walter Biffl, Yoram Kluger, Luca Ansaloni, Fausto Catena

Open Access Review

Small bowel obstruction in the elderly: a plea for comprehensive acute geriatric care

Ekin Ozturk, Marianne van Iersel, Martijn MWJ Stommel, Yvonne Schoon, Richard RPG ten Broek, Harry van Goor

Open Access Research article

Effect of resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta in hemodynamically unstable patients with multiple severe torso trauma: a retrospective study

Hiroyuki Otsuka, Toshiki Sato, Keiji Sakurai, Hiromichi Aoki, Takeshi Yamagiwa, Shinichi Iizuka, Sadaki Inokuchi

Open Access Letter to the Editor

Abdominopelvic trauma: from anatomical to anatomo-physiological classification

Federico Coccolini, Fausto Catena, Yoram Kluger, Massimo Sartelli, Gianluca Baiocchi, Luca Ansaloni, Ernest Eugene Moore

Open Access Research article

Multi-organ protection of ulinastatin in traumatic cardiac arrest model

Shaoyun Liu, Jiefeng Xu, Yuzhi Gao, Peng Shen, Senlin Xia, Zilong Li, Mao Zhang

Open Access Research article

LBP rs2232618 polymorphism contributes to risk of sepsis after trauma

Hong-xiang Lu, Jian-hui Sun, Da-lin Wen, Juan Du, Ling Zeng, An-qiang Zhang, Jian-xin Jiang

Open Access Research article

Vacuum-assisted closure (VAC®) systems and microbiological isolation of infected wounds

Valerio Cozza, Gilda Pepe, Marco Cintoni, Flavio De Maio, Giuseppe Tropeano, Sabina Magalini, Gabriele Sganga, Giovanni Delogu, Daniele Gui

Open Access Methodology

Three cases of resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta (REBOA) in austere pre-hospital environment—technical and methodological aspects

J. C. de Schoutheete, I. Fourneau, F. Waroquier, L. De Cupere, M. O’Connor, K. Van Cleynenbreugel, J. C. Ceccaldi, S. Nijs

Open Access Research article

Outcomes of selective nonoperative management of civilian abdominal gunshot wounds: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Aziza N. Al Rawahi, Fatma A. Al Hinai, Jamie M. Boyd, Christopher J. Doig, Chad G. Ball, George C. Velmahos, Andrew W. Kirkpatrick, Pradeep H. Navsaria, Derek J. Roberts

Open Access Research article

First clinical experiences of concurrent bleeding control and intracranial pressure monitoring using a hybrid emergency room system in patients with multiple injuries

Takahiro Kinoshita, Kazuma Yamakawa, Jumpei Yoshimura, Atsushi Watanabe, Yosuke Matsumura, Kaori Ito, Hiroyuki Ohbe, Kei Hayashida, Shigeki Kushimoto, Junichi Matsumoto, Satoshi Fujimi

Open Access Research article

Predictors of Change in Functional Outcome at six months and twelve months after Severe Injury: A Retrospective Cohort Study

Aidan Lyanzhiang Tan, Yi Chiong, Nivedita Nadkarni, Jolene Yu Xuan Cheng, Ming Terk Chiu, Ting Hway Wong

Open Access Review

2018 WSES/SIS-E consensus conference: recommendations for the management of skin and soft-tissue infections

Massimo Sartelli, Xavier Guirao, Timothy C. Hardcastle, Yoram Kluger, Marja. A. Boermeester, Kemal Raşa, Luca Ansaloni, Federico Coccolini, Philippe Montravers, Fikri M. Abu-Zidan, Michele Bartoletti, Matteo Bassetti, Offir Ben-Ishay, Walter L. Biffl, Osvaldo Chiara, Massimo Chiarugi, Raul Coimbra, Francesco Giuseppe De Rosa, Belinda De Simone, Salomone Di Saverio, Maddalena Giannella, George Gkiokas, Vladimir Khokha, Francesco M. Labricciosa, Ari Leppäniemi, Andrey Litvin, Ernest E. Moore, Ionut Negoi, Leonardo Pagani, Maddalena Peghin, Edoardo Picetti, Tadeja Pintar, Guntars Pupelis, Ines Rubio-Perez, Boris Sakakushev, Helmut Segovia-Lohse, Gabriele Sganga, Vishal Shelat, Michael Sugrue, Antonio Tarasconi, Cristian Tranà, Jan Ulrych, Pierluigi Viale, Fausto Catena