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World Journal of Emergency Surgery

Issue 1/2019

Content (63 Articles)

Open Access Peritonitis Research article

Is early appendectomy in adults diagnosed with acute appendicitis mandatory? A prospective study

Salma Abu Foul, Ella Egozi, Ahmad Assalia, Yoram Kluger, Ahmad Mahajna

Open Access Gastrointestinal Bleeding Research article

Transcatheter arterial embolization versus surgery for refractory non-variceal upper gastrointestinal bleeding: a meta-analysis

Antonio Tarasconi, Gian Luca Baiocchi, Vittoria Pattonieri, Gennaro Perrone, Hariscine Keng Abongwa, Sarah Molfino, Nazario Portolani, Massimo Sartelli, Salomone Di Saverio, Arianna Heyer, Luca Ansaloni, Federico Coccolini, Fausto Catena

Open Access Ultrasound Research article

Feasibility of ultrasound measurement in a human model of acute compartment syndrome

Jakob Mühlbacher, Reinhard Pauzenberger, Ulrika Asenbaum, Tobias Gauster, Stephan Kapral, Harald Herkner, Andreas Duma

Open Access Anticoagulant Research article

Medications and patient safety in the trauma setting: a systematic review

Jonathan H. DeAntonio, Tammy Nguyen, Gregory Chenault, Michel B. Aboutanos, Rahul J. Anand, Paula Ferrada, Stephanie Goldberg, Stefan W. Leichtle, Levi D. Procter, Edgar B. Rodas, Alan P. Rossi, James F. Whelan, V. Ramana Feeser, Michael J. Vitto, Beth Broering, Sarah Hobgood, Martin Mangino, Dayanjan S. Wijesinghe, Sudha Jayaraman

Open Access Shock Research article

Pre-hospital plasma in haemorrhagic shock management: current opinion and meta-analysis of randomized trials

Federico Coccolini, Giacinto Pizzilli, Davide Corbella, Massimo Sartelli, Vanni Agnoletti, Vanessa Agostini, Gian Luca Baiocchi, Luca Ansaloni, Fausto Catena

Open Access Cholecystitis Letter to the Editor

Open conversion for laparoscopically difficult cholecystectomy is still a valid solution with unsolved aspects

M. Mannino, A. Toro, M. Teodoro, F. Coccolini, M. Sartelli, L. Ansaloni, F. Catena, I. Di Carlo

Open Access Vancomycin Review

2019 update of the WSES guidelines for management of Clostridioides (Clostridium) difficile infection in surgical patients

Massimo Sartelli, Stefano Di Bella, Lynne V. McFarland, Sahil Khanna, Luis Furuya-Kanamori, Nadir Abuzeid, Fikri M. Abu-Zidan, Luca Ansaloni, Goran Augustin, Miklosh Bala, Offir Ben-Ishay, Walter L. Biffl, Stephen M. Brecher, Adrián Camacho-Ortiz, Miguel A. Caínzos, Shirley Chan, Jill R. Cherry-Bukowiec, Jesse Clanton, Federico Coccolini, Maria E. Cocuz, Raul Coimbra, Francesco Cortese, Yunfeng Cui, Jacek Czepiel, Zaza Demetrashvili, Isidoro Di Carlo, Salomone Di Saverio, Irina M. Dumitru, Christian Eckmann, Edward H. Eiland, Joseph D. Forrester, Gustavo P. Fraga, Jean L. Frossard, Donald E. Fry, Rita Galeiras, Wagih Ghnnam, Carlos A. Gomes, Ewen A. Griffiths, Xavier Guirao, Mohamed H. Ahmed, Torsten Herzog, Jae Il Kim, Tariq Iqbal, Arda Isik, Kamal M. F. Itani, Francesco M. Labricciosa, Yeong Y. Lee, Paul Juang, Aleksandar Karamarkovic, Peter K. Kim, Yoram Kluger, Ari Leppaniemi, Varut Lohsiriwat, Gustavo M. Machain, Sanjay Marwah, John E. Mazuski, Gokhan Metan, Ernest E. Moore, Frederick A. Moore, Carlos A. Ordoñez, Leonardo Pagani, Nicola Petrosillo, Francisco Portela, Kemal Rasa, Miran Rems, Boris E. Sakakushev, Helmut Segovia-Lohse, Gabriele Sganga, Vishal G. Shelat, Patrizia Spigaglia, Pierre Tattevin, Cristian Tranà, Libor Urbánek, Jan Ulrych, Pierluigi Viale, Gian L. Baiocchi, Fausto Catena

Open Access Central Nervous System Trauma Research article

Preserve encephalus in surgery of trauma: online survey. (P.E.S.T.O)

Edoardo Picetti, Ronald V. Maier, Sandra Rossi, Andrew W. Kirkpatrick, Walter L. Biffl, Philip F. Stahel, Ernest E. Moore, Yoram Kluger, Gian Luca Baiocchi, Luca Ansaloni, Vanni Agnoletti, Fausto Catena

Open Access Cholecystitis Review

2017 WSES and SICG guidelines on acute calcolous cholecystitis in elderly population

Michele Pisano, Marco Ceresoli, Stefania Cimbanassi, Kurinchi Gurusamy, Federico Coccolini, Giuseppe Borzellino, Gianluca Costa, Niccolò Allievi, Bruno Amato, Djamila Boerma, Pietro Calcagno, Luca Campanati, Fabio Cesare Campanile, Alberto Casati, Osvaldo Chiara, Antonio Crucitti, Salomone di Saverio, Marco Filauro, Francesco Gabrielli, Angelo Guttadauro, Yoram Kluger, Stefano Magnone, Cecilia Merli, Elia Poiasina, Alessandro Puzziello, Massimo Sartelli, Fausto Catena, Luca Ansaloni

Open Access Septicemia Research article

Development and validation of a novel predictive score for sepsis risk among trauma patients

Hong-xiang Lu, Juan Du, Da-lin Wen, Jian-hui Sun, Min-jia Chen, An-qiang Zhang, Jian-xin Jiang

Open Access Cholecystitis Research article

Intra-operative gallbladder scoring predicts conversion of laparoscopic to open cholecystectomy: a WSES prospective collaborative study

Michael Sugrue, Federico Coccolini, Magda Bucholc, Alison Johnston, Dimitrios Manatakis, Orestis Ioannidis, Stefano Bonilauri, Mahir Gachabayov, Arda Isik, Wagih Ghnnam, Vishal Shelat, Muyiwa Aremu, Rajashekar Mohan, Giulia Montori, Maciej Walędziak, Magdalena Pisarska, Victor Kong, Marcin Strzałka, Paola Fugazzola, Gabriela Elisa Nita, Matteo Nardi, Piotr Major, Ionut Negoi, Andrea Allegri, Georgios Konstantoudakis, Isidoro Di Carlo, Damien Massalou, Giuseppe D’Amico, Leonardo Solaini, Marco Ceresoli, Roberto Bini, Martin Zielinski, Matteo Tomasoni, Andrey Litvin, Belinda De Simone, Eftychios Lostoridis, Fernando Hernandez, Gabor Panyor, Gustavo M. Machain V, Ioanna Pentara, Luca Baiocchi, Kin Cheung Ng, Luca Ansaloni, Massimo Sartelli, Miguel Leon Arellano, Natalia Savala, Neville Couse, Sarah McBride

Open Access Thoracic Trauma Research article

The impact of polytrauma on sRAGE levels: evidence and statistical analysis of temporal variations

Lukas L. Negrin, Robin Ristl, Gabriel Halat, Thomas Heinz, Stefan Hajdu

Open Access Computed Tomography Research article

Prediction of arterial extravasation in pelvic fracture patients with stable hemodynamics using coagulation biomarkers

Makoto Aoki, Takayuki Ogura, Shuichi Hagiwara, Mitsunobu Nakamura, Kiyohiro Oshima

Open Access Septicemia Research article

The role of the intra-abdominal view in complicated intra-abdominal infections

Matti Tolonen, Ville Sallinen, Ari Leppäniemi, Minna Bäcklund, Panu Mentula

Open Access Care Commentary

Challenges faced by acute care surgeons in China

Dequan Xu, Limin Hou, Haoxin Zhou

Open Access Esophageal Cancer Review

Management of intrathoracic and cervical anastomotic leakage after esophagectomy for esophageal cancer: a systematic review

Moniek H. P. Verstegen, Stefan A. W. Bouwense, Frans van Workum, Richard ten Broek, Peter D. Siersema, Maroeska Rovers, Camiel Rosman

Open Access Acute Pancreatitis Research article

Melatonin treatment of pigs with acute pancreatitis reduces inflammatory reaction of pancreatic tissue and enhances fitness score of pigs: experimental research

Katharina Grupp, Johannes Erbes, Annika Poppe, Karin Wodack, Andreas Gocht, Constantin Trepte, Jan Havel, Oliver Mann, Jakob R. Izbicki, Kai Bachmann

Open Access Vacuum Therapy Research article

Damage control surgery for perforated diverticulitis with diffuse peritonitis: saves lives and reduces ostomy

Dario Tartaglia, Gianluca Costa, Antonio Camillò, Maurizio Castriconi, Mauro Andreano, Michele Lanza, Pietro Fransvea, Paolo Ruscelli, Massimiliano Rimini, Christian Galatioto, Massimo Chiarugi

Open Access Care Review

Bowel obstruction: a narrative review for all physicians

Fausto Catena, Belinda De Simone, Federico Coccolini, Salomone Di Saverio, Massimo Sartelli, Luca Ansaloni

Open Access Hematoma Research article

The intra-neuroendoscopic technique (INET): a modified minimally invasive technique for evacuation of brain parenchyma hematomas

Yujuan Zhang, Ai-Jun Shan, Yu-Ping Peng, Pengfei Lei, Jianzhong Xu, Xianliang Zhong, Bo Du

Open Access Appendectomy Research article

Educational value of surgical videos on YouTube: quality assessment of laparoscopic appendectomy videos by senior surgeons vs. novice trainees

Nicola de’Angelis, Paschalis Gavriilidis, Aleix Martínez-Pérez, Pietro Genova, Margherita Notarnicola, Elisa Reitano, Niccolò Petrucciani, Solafah Abdalla, Riccardo Memeo, Francesco Brunetti, Maria Clotilde Carra, Salomone Di Saverio, Valerio Celentano

Open Access Review

Neutrophil heterogeneity and its role in infectious complications after severe trauma

Lillian Hesselink, Roy Spijkerman, Karlijn J. P. van Wessem, Leo Koenderman, Luke P. H. Leenen, Markus Huber-Lang, Falco Hietbrink

Open Access Endoscopy Review

Esophageal emergencies: WSES guidelines

Mircea Chirica, Michael D. Kelly, Stefano Siboni, Alberto Aiolfi, Carlo Galdino Riva, Emanuele Asti, Davide Ferrari, Ari Leppäniemi, Richard P. G. ten Broek, Pierre Yves Brichon, Yoram Kluger, Gustavo Pereira Fraga, Gil Frey, Nelson Adami Andreollo, Federico Coccolini, Cristina Frattini, Ernest E. Moore, Osvaldo Chiara, Salomone Di Saverio, Massimo Sartelli, Dieter Weber, Luca Ansaloni, Walter Biffl, Helene Corte, Imtaz Wani, Gianluca Baiocchi, Pierre Cattan, Fausto Catena, Luigi Bonavina

Open Access Acute Pancreatitis Review

2019 WSES guidelines for the management of severe acute pancreatitis

Ari Leppäniemi, Matti Tolonen, Antonio Tarasconi, Helmut Segovia-Lohse, Emiliano Gamberini, Andrew W. Kirkpatrick, Chad G. Ball, Neil Parry, Massimo Sartelli, Daan Wolbrink, Harry van Goor, Gianluca Baiocchi, Luca Ansaloni, Walter Biffl, Federico Coccolini, Salomone Di Saverio, Yoram Kluger, Ernest Moore, Fausto Catena

Open Access Research article

Hemostasis as soon as possible? The role of the time to angioembolization in the management of pelvic fracture

Chang-Hua Chou, Yu-Tung Wu, Chih-Yuan Fu, Chien-Hung Liao, Shang-Yu Wang, Francesco Bajani, Chi-Hsun Hsieh

Open Access Blunt Abdominal Trauma Research article

Non-operative management of blunt hepatic and splenic injury: a time-trend and outcome analysis over a period of 17 years

Margot Fodor, Florian Primavesi, Dagmar Morell-Hofert, Veronika Kranebitter, Anna Palaver, Eva Braunwarth, Matthias Haselbacher, Ulrich Nitsche, Stefan Schmid, Michael Blauth, Eva Gassner, Dietmar Öfner, Stefan Stättner

Open Access Research article

The World Society of Emergency Surgery (WSES) spleen trauma classification: a useful tool in the management of splenic trauma

Federico Coccolini, Paola Fugazzola, Lucia Morganti, Marco Ceresoli, Stefano Magnone, Giulia Montori, Matteo Tomasoni, Stefano Maccatrozzo, Niccolò Allievi, Savino Occhionorelli, Yoram Kluger, Massimo Sartelli, Gian Luca Baiocchi, Luca Ansaloni, Fausto Catena

Open Access Antibiotic Research article

Determinants of treatment and outcomes of diverticular abscesses

Juha Mali, Panu Mentula, Ari Leppäniemi, Ville Sallinen

Open Access Wound Infection Review

Primary resection anastomosis versus Hartmann’s procedure in Hinchey III and IV diverticulitis

Hosam Halim, Alan Askari, Rebecca Nunn, James Hollingshead

Open Access Peritonitis Research article

Physiological parameters for Prognosis in Abdominal Sepsis (PIPAS) Study: a WSES observational study

Massimo Sartelli, Fikri M. Abu-Zidan, Francesco M. Labricciosa, Yoram Kluger, Federico Coccolini, Luca Ansaloni, Ari Leppäniemi, Andrew W. Kirkpatrick, Matti Tolonen, Cristian Tranà, Jean-Marc Regimbeau, Timothy Hardcastle, Renol M. Koshy, Ashraf Abbas, Ulaş Aday, A. R. K. Adesunkanmi, Adesina Ajibade, Lali Akhmeteli, Emrah Akın, Nezih Akkapulu, Alhenouf Alotaibi, Fatih Altintoprak, Dimitrios Anyfantakis, Boyko Atanasov, Goran Augustin, Constança Azevedo, Miklosh Bala, Dimitrios Balalis, Oussama Baraket, Suman Baral, Or Barkai, Marcelo Beltran, Roberto Bini, Konstantinos Bouliaris, Ana B. Caballero, Valentin Calu, Marco Catani, Marco Ceresoli, Vasileios Charalampakis, Asri Che Jusoh, Massimo Chiarugi, Nicola Cillara, Raquel Cobos Cuesta, Luigi Cobuccio, Gianfranco Cocorullo, Elif Colak, Luigi Conti, Yunfeng Cui, Belinda De Simone, Samir Delibegovic, Zaza Demetrashvili, Demetrios Demetriades, Ana Dimova, Agron Dogjani, Mushira Enani, Federica Farina, Francesco Ferrara, Domitilla Foghetti, Tommaso Fontana, Gustavo P. Fraga, Mahir Gachabayov, Grelpois Gérard, Wagih Ghnnam, Teresa Giménez Maurel, Georgios Gkiokas, Carlos A. Gomes, Ali Guner, Sanjay Gupta, Andreas Hecker, Elcio S. Hirano, Adrien Hodonou, Martin Hutan, Igor Ilaschuk, Orestis Ioannidis, Arda Isik, Georgy Ivakhov, Sumita Jain, Mantas Jokubauskas, Aleksandar Karamarkovic, Robin Kaushik, Jakub Kenig, Vladimir Khokha, Denis Khokha, Jae Il Kim, Victor Kong, Dimitris Korkolis, Vitor F. Kruger, Ashok Kshirsagar, Romeo Lages Simões, Andrea Lanaia, Konstantinos Lasithiotakis, Pedro Leão, Miguel León Arellano, Holger Listle, Andrey Litvin, Aintzane Lizarazu Pérez, Eudaldo Lopez-Tomassetti Fernandez, Eftychios Lostoridis, Davide Luppi, Gustavo M. Machain V, Piotr Major, Dimitrios Manatakis, Marianne Marchini Reitz, Athanasios Marinis, Daniele Marrelli, Aleix Martínez-Pérez, Sanjay Marwah, Michael McFarlane, Mirza Mesic, Cristian Mesina, Nickos Michalopoulos, Evangelos Misiakos, Felipe Gonçalves Moreira, Ouadii Mouaqit, Ali Muhtaroglu, Noel Naidoo, Ionut Negoi, Zane Nikitina, Ioannis Nikolopoulos, Gabriela-Elisa Nita, Savino Occhionorelli, Iyiade Olaoye, Carlos A. Ordoñez, Zeynep Ozkan, Ajay Pal, Gian M. Palini, Kyriaki Papageorgiou, Dimitris Papagoras, Francesco Pata, Michał Pędziwiatr, Jorge Pereira, Gerson A. Pereira Junior, Gennaro Perrone, Tadeja Pintar, Magdalena Pisarska, Oleksandr Plehutsa, Mauro Podda, Gaetano Poillucci, Martha Quiodettis, Tuba Rahim, Daniel Rios-Cruz, Gabriel Rodrigues, Dmytry Rozov, Boris Sakakushev, Ibrahima Sall, Alexander Sazhin, Miguel Semião, Taanya Sharda, Vishal Shelat, Giovanni Sinibaldi, Dmitrijs Skicko, Matej Skrovina, Dimitrios Stamatiou, Marco Stella, Marcin Strzałka, Ruslan Sydorchuk, Ricardo A. Teixeira Gonsaga, Joel Noutakdie Tochie, Gia Tomadze, Lara Ugoletti, Jan Ulrych, Toomas Ümarik, Mustafa Y. Uzunoglu, Alin Vasilescu, Osborne Vaz, Andras Vereczkei, Nutu Vlad, Maciej Walędziak, Ali I. Yahya, Omer Yalkin, Tonguç U. Yilmaz, Ali Ekrem Ünal, Kuo-Ching Yuan, Sanoop K. Zachariah, Justas Žilinskas, Maurizio Zizzo, Vittoria Pattonieri, Gian Luca Baiocchi, Fausto Catena

Open Access Computed Tomography Research article

Does the conventional landmark help to place the tip of REBOA catheter in the optimal position? A non-controlled comparison study

Kento Nakajima, Hayato Taniguchi, Takeru Abe, Keishi Yamaguchi, Tomoki Doi, Ichiro Takeuchi, Naoto Morimura

Open Access Thoracic Trauma Research article

IL-33 and its increased serum levels as an alarmin for imminent pulmonary complications in polytraumatized patients

Gabriel Halát, Thomas Haider, Michel Dedeyan, Thomas Heinz, Stefan Hajdu, Lukas L. Negrin

Open Access Thoracic Trauma Study protocol

Early fixation versus conservative therapy of multiple, simple rib fractures (FixCon): protocol for a multicenter randomized controlled trial

Mathieu M. E. Wijffels, Jonne T. H. Prins, Suzanne Polinder, Taco J. Blokhuis, Erik R. De Loos, Roeland H. Den Boer, Elvira R. Flikweert, Albert F. Pull ter Gunne, Akkie N. Ringburg, W. Richard Spanjersberg, Pieter J. Van Huijstee, Gust Van Montfort, Jefrey Vermeulen, Dagmar I. Vos, Michael H. J. Verhofstad, Esther M. M. Van Lieshout

Open Access Septicemia Review

Ethical considerations in conducting surgical research in severe complicated intra-abdominal sepsis

Christopher J. Doig, Stacey A Page, Jessica L. McKee, Ernest E. Moore, Fikri M. Abu-Zidan, Rosemary Carroll, John C. Marshall, Peter D Faris, Matti Tolonen, Fausto Catena, Federico Coccolini, Massimo Sartelli, Luca Ansaloni, Sam F. Minor, Bruno M. Peirera, Jose J Diaz, Andrew W. Kirkpatrick, Derek J. Roberts, Ari Leppaniemi, Craig N. Jenne, Osvaldo Chiara, Paul Kubes, Braden Manns, Yoram Kluger, Gustavo P. Fraga, Bruno M. Pereira, Michael Sugrue, Teresa Holm, Jianan Ren, Chad G. Ball, Raul Coimbra, Zsolt J. Balogh, Elijah Dixon, Walter Biffl, Anthony MacLean, Ian Ball, John W. Drover, Paul B. McBeth, Juan G. Posadas-Calleja, Neil G. Parry, Salomone Di Saverio, Carlos A. Ordonez, Cino Bendinelli, Bradeon MacDonald, Michael Dunham, Artan Reso, Kelly N. Vogt, Annika Reintam Blaser, Manu Malbrain, Dario Tartaglia, Jan De Waele, Vincent Dubuisson, Hanna Lampela, Zsolt Bodnar, Arda Isik, Edoardo Picetti, Morad Hameed, Naisan R. Garraway, Lisa Julien, Sandy Widder, Norie L. Bradley, Paul T. Engels, W. Robert Leeper, Andrew Beckett

Open Access Laparotomy Research article

Outcome of trauma-related emergency laparotomies, in an era of far-reaching specialization

Falco Hietbrink, Diederik Smeeing, Steffi Karhof, Henk Formijne Jonkers, Marijn Houwert, Karlijn van Wessem, Rogier Simmermacher, Geertje Govaert, Miriam de Jong, Ivar de Bruin, Luke Leenen

Open Access Abdominal Surgery Research article

Cost-effectiveness of the prevention of adhesions and adhesive small bowel obstruction after colorectal surgery with adhesion barriers: a modelling study

Pepijn Krielen, Janneke P. C. Grutters, Chema Strik, Richard P. G. ten Broek, Harry van Goor, Martijn W. J. Stommel

Open Access Ultrasound Research article

Anatomical locations of air for rapid diagnosis of pneumothorax in blunt trauma patients

Ashraf F. Hefny, Fathima T. Kunhivalappil, Manoj Paul, Taleb M. Almansoori, Taoufik Zoubeidi, Fikri M. Abu-Zidan

Open Access Endoscopy Research article

Endoscopic hemostasis followed by preventive transarterial embolization in high-risk patients with bleeding peptic ulcer: 5-year experience

Aleksejs Kaminskis, Patricija Ivanova, Aina Kratovska, Sanita Ponomarjova, Margarita Ptašņuka, Jevgenijs Demičevs, Renate Demičeva, Viesturs Boka, Guntars Pupelis

Open Access Research article

IMP-ICDX: an injury mortality prediction based on ICD-10-CM codes

Muding Wang, Wusi Qiu, Yunji Zeng, Wenhui Fan, Xiao Lian, Yi Shen

Open Access Septicemia Correction

Correction to: Ethical considerations in conducting surgical research in severe complicated intra-abdominal sepsis

Christopher J. Doig, Stacey A. Page, Jessica L. McKee, Ernest E. Moore, Fikri M. Abu-Zidan, Rosemary Carroll, John C. Marshall, Peter D. Faris, Matti Tolonen, Fausto Catena, Federico Coccolini, Massimo Sartelli, Luca Ansaloni, Sam F. Minor, Bruno M. Peirera, Jose J. Diaz, Andrew W. Kirkpatrick

Open Access Diaphragmatic Hernia Correction

Correction to: Emergency surgery due to diaphragmatic hernia: case series and review

Mario Testini, Antonia Girardi, Roberta Maria Isernia, Angela De Palma, Giovanni Catalano, Angela Pezzolla, Angela Gurrado

Open Access Review

Highlighting the gaps in quantifying the economic burden of surgical site infections associated with antimicrobial-resistant bacteria

Katia Iskandar, Massimo Sartelli, Marwan Tabbal, Luca Ansaloni, Gian Luca Baiocchi, Fausto Catena, Federico Coccolini, Mainul Haque, Francesco Maria Labricciosa, Ayad Moghabghab, Leonardo Pagani, Pierre Abi Hanna, Christine Roques, Pascale Salameh, Laurent Molinier

Open Access Perforated Abdominal Trauma Research article

Injury patterns and causes of death in 953 patients with penetrating abdominal war wounds in a civilian independent non-governmental organization hospital in Lashkargah, Afghanistan

Maurizio Cardi, Khushal Ibrahim, Shah Wali Alizai, Hamayoun Mohammad, Marco Garatti, Antonio Rainone, Francesco Di Marzo, Giuseppe La Torre, Michela Paschetto, Ludovica Carbonari, Valentina Mingarelli, Andrea Mingoli, Giuseppe S. Sica, Simone Sibio

Open Access Thoracic Trauma Research article

A clinical series of packing the wound tract for arresting traumatic hemorrhage from injuries of the lung parenchyma as a feasible damage control technique

Alberto F. Garcia, Ramiro Manzano-Nunez, Juan Gabriel Bayona, Mauricio Millan, Juan C. Puyana

WSES consensus conference guidelines: monitoring and management of severe adult traumatic brain injury patients with polytrauma in the first 24 hours

Edoardo Picetti, Sandra Rossi, Fikri M. Abu-Zidan, Luca Ansaloni, Rocco Armonda, Gian Luca Baiocchi, Miklosh Bala, Zsolt J. Balogh, Maurizio Berardino, Walter L. Biffl, Pierre Bouzat, Andras Buki, Marco Ceresoli, Randall M. Chesnut, Osvaldo Chiara, Giuseppe Citerio, Federico Coccolini, Raul Coimbra, Salomone Di Saverio, Gustavo P. Fraga, Deepak Gupta, Raimund Helbok, Peter J. Hutchinson, Andrew W. Kirkpatrick, Takahiro Kinoshita, Yoram Kluger, Ari Leppaniemi, Andrew I. R. Maas, Ronald V. Maier, Francesco Minardi, Ernest E. Moore, John A. Myburgh, David O. Okonkwo, Yasuhiro Otomo, Sandro Rizoli, Andres M. Rubiano, Juan Sahuquillo, Massimo Sartelli, Thomas M. Scalea, Franco Servadei, Philip F. Stahel, Nino Stocchetti, Fabio S. Taccone, Tommaso Tonetti, George Velmahos, Dieter Weber, Fausto Catena

Open Access Urethral Injury Review

Kidney and uro-trauma: WSES-AAST guidelines

Federico Coccolini, Ernest E. Moore, Yoram Kluger, Walter Biffl, Ari Leppaniemi, Yosuke Matsumura, Fernando Kim, Andrew B. Peitzman, Gustavo P. Fraga, Massimo Sartelli, Luca Ansaloni, Goran Augustin, Andrew Kirkpatrick, Fikri Abu-Zidan, Imitiaz Wani, Dieter Weber, Emmanouil Pikoulis, Martha Larrea, Catherine Arvieux, Vassil Manchev, Viktor Reva, Raul Coimbra, Vladimir Khokha, Alain Chichom Mefire, Carlos Ordonez, Massimo Chiarugi, Fernando Machado, Boris Sakakushev, Junichi Matsumoto, Ron Maier, Isidoro di Carlo, Fausto Catena, Paola Fugazzola, Martijn Stommel, Mohan Rajashekar, Edward Tan, Matti Tolonen, Marco Ceresoli, Carlos Augusto Gomez, Niccolo Allievi, Mircea Chirica, Francesco Salvetti, Riccardo Bertelli, Offir Ben-Ishay, Hany Bahouth, Gianluca Baiocchi, Antonio Tarasconi, Stefania Cimbanassi, Osvaldo Chiara, Richard ten-Broek, Giulia Montori, Erika Picariello, Leonardo Solaini, Andreas Hecker, Matteo Tomasoni, Paola Perfetti, Neil Parry, Nicola DeAngelis, Bruno M. Pereira, Joaquin Bado, Oreste Romeo, Andreas Pikoulis, Miklosh Bala, Lena Napolitano, Joseph Galante, Sandro Rizoli, Paula Ferrada, Tal Horer, Megan Brenner, Rao Ivatury

Open Access Research article

Global surgery for paediatric casualties in armed conflict

Frederike J. C. Haverkamp, Lisanne van Gennip, Måns Muhrbeck, Harald Veen, Andreas Wladis, Edward C. T. H. Tan

Duodeno-pancreatic and extrahepatic biliary tree trauma: WSES-AAST guidelines

Federico Coccolini, Leslie Kobayashi, Yoram Kluger, Ernest E. Moore, Luca Ansaloni, Walt Biffl, Ari Leppaniemi, Goran Augustin, Viktor Reva, Imitiaz Wani, Andrew Kirkpatrick, Fikri Abu-Zidan, Enrico Cicuttin, Gustavo Pereira Fraga, Carlos Ordonez, Emmanuil Pikoulis, Maria Grazia Sibilla, Ron Maier, Yosuke Matsumura, Peter T. Masiakos, Vladimir Khokha, Alain Chichom Mefire, Rao Ivatury, Francesco Favi, Vassil Manchev, Massimo Sartelli, Fernando Machado, Junichi Matsumoto, Massimo Chiarugi, Catherine Arvieux, Fausto Catena, Raul Coimbra, Offir Ben-Ishay, Matti Tolonen, Riccardo Bertelli, Tal Horer, Paula Ferrada, Isidoro Di Carlo, Bruno M. Pereira, Dario Parini, Giulia Montori, Belinda De Simone, Osvaldo Chiara, Andreas Hecker, Nicola DeAngelis, Carlos Augusto Gomes, Joseph Galante, Miklosh Bala, Konstantinos S. Mylonas, Anastasia Pikoulis, Paola Perfetti, Mircea Chirica, Joaquin Bado, Kenji Inaba, Neil Parry, Oreste Romeo, Martijn Stommel, Mohan Rajashekar, Edward Tan, Francesco Salvetti, Boris Sakakushev

Open Access Shock Research article

New considerations on pathways involved in acute traumatic coagulopathy: the thrombin generation paradox

Cedric Gangloff, Fanny Mingant, Michael Theron, Hubert Galinat, Ollivier Grimault, Yves Ozier, Karine Pichavant-Rafini

Open Access Abdominal Trauma Research article

New hemostatic device for grade IV–V liver injury in porcine model: a proof of concept

Juan José Segura-Sampedro, Cristina Pineño-Flores, Andrea Craus-Miguel, Rafael Morales-Soriano, Francesc Xavier González-Argente

Open Access Review

Timing of repair and mesh use in traumatic abdominal wall defects: a systematic review and meta-analysis of current literature

Steffi Karhof, Rianne Boot, Rogier K. J. Simmermacher, Karlijn J. P. van Wessem, Luke P. H. Leenen, Falco Hietbrink

Open Access ECMO Case report

At the heart of organ donation. Case reports of organ donation after cardiac death in two patients with successfully repaired AAST grade V cardiac injuries

Paola Fugazzola, Luca Ansaloni, Marco Benni, Alessandro Circelli, Federico Coccolini, Emiliano Gamberini, Andrea Nanni, Emanuele Russo, Matteo Tomasoni, Vanni Agnoletti

Open Access Pelvic Trauma Research article

Trends and predictors of mortality in unstable pelvic ring fracture: a 10-year experience with a multidisciplinary institutional protocol

Hsien-Te Chen, Yu-Chun Wang, Chen-Chou Hsieh, Li-Ting Su, Shih-Chi Wu, Yuan-Shun Lo, Chien-Chun Chang, Chun-Hao Tsai

Open Access Abdominal Surgery Research article

Frailty and functional decline after emergency abdominal surgery in the elderly: a prospective cohort study

Hwee Leong Tan, Shermain Theng Xin Chia, Nivedita Vikas Nadkarni, Shin Yuh Ang, Dennis Chuen Chai Seow, Ting Hway Wong

Open Access Research article

Antithrombotic drugs do not increase intraoperative blood loss in emergency gastrointestinal surgery: a single-institution propensity score analysis

Tadashi Matsuoka, Kenji Kobayashi, Alan Kawarai Lefor, Junichi Sasaki, Hiroharu Shinozaki