Issue 1/2008
Content (36 Articles)
Is it more dangerous to perform inadequate packing?
Unal Aydin, Pinar Yazici, Murat Zeytunlu, Ahmet Coker
A benchmarking study of two trauma centres highlighting limitations when standardising mortality for comorbidity
Henry R Budd, Laurence M Almond, Peter A Oakley, Gilbert McKenzie, Peter Danne
Synchronous multiple small bowel intussusceptions in an adult with blue rubber bleb naevus syndrome: Report of a case and review of literature
Clement Lee, Debasish Debnath, Tara Whitburn, Mark Farrugia, Federico Gonzalez
Laparoscopic assisted right hemicolectomy for caecal volvulus
Michael D Kelly, John Bunni, Anne M Pullyblank
Complicated diverticular disease of the colon, do we need to change the classical approach, a retrospective study of 110 patients in southeast England
Abdulzahra Hussain, Hind Mahmood, Gokulakkrishna Subhas, Shamsi EL-Hasani
Transverse laparostomy is feasible and effective in the treatment of abdominal compartment syndrome in severe acute pancreatitis
Ari Leppäniemi, Panu Mentula, Piia Hienonen, Esko Kemppainen
Postoperative gastric dilatation causing abdominal compartment syndrome
Ahmad Mahajna, Sharon Mitkal, Michael M Krausz
Splenic rupture after colonoscopy: Report of a case and review of literature
Alessandro Cappellani, Maria Di Vita, Antonio Zanghì, Andrea Cavallaro, Giovanni Alfano, Gaetano Piccolo, Emanuele Lo Menzo
Acute gallbladder torsion: an unexpected intraoperative finding
Gnananandan Janakan, Abraham A Ayantunde, Happy Hoque
Perforated diverticulitis presenting as necrotising fasciitis of the leg
Timothy J Underwood, Jeremy Southgate, Robert Talbot, Guy F Nash
Pelvic radiography in ATLS algorithms: A diminishing role?
Matthias P Hilty, Isabelle Behrendt, Lorin M Benneker, Luca Martinolli, Christoforos Stoupis, Donald J Buggy, Heinz Zimmermann, Aristomenis K Exadaktylos
Felix Battistella, UC Davis Chief of Trauma and Emergency Surgery, Editorial Board member of World Journal of Emergency Surgery, dies at 48, January 22 2008
Cheryl Wraa RN, Fausto Catena, Ernest Moore
Colonic perforation following mild abdominal trauma in a patient with Crohn's disease: a case report
John Bunni, Simon JW Monkhouse, Christopher P Armstrong
Delayed rupture of common carotid artery following rugby tackle injury: a case report
Nainoor Thakore, Saleh Abbas, Peter Vanniasingham
Metastatic Gas gangrene and Colonic Perforation: a case report
Matthew J Powell, Kishore K Sasapu, Christopher Macklin
Cecal diverticulitis mimicking acute Appendicitis: a report of 4 cases
Oguzhan Karatepe, Osman Bilgin Gulcicek, Gokhan Adas, Muharrem Battal, Yasar Ozdenkaya, Idris Kurtulus, Merih Altiok, Servet Karahan
An analysis of 13 patients with perforated gastric carcinoma: A surgeon's nightmare?
Cetin Kotan, Aziz Sumer, Murat Baser, Remzi Kızıltan, M Ali Carparlar
Ileo-anal pouch necrosis secondary to small bowel volvulus: A case report
Sandeep Patel, Gurcharan Salotera, Shashank Gurjar, Jim Hewes, Ibrahim Ahmed, Brian Andrews
Emergency room surgical workload in an inner city UK teaching hospital
Tuong A Mai-Phan, Bijendra Patel, Michael Walsh, Ajit T Abraham, Hemant M Kocher
Post-traumatic tension faecopneumothorax in a young male: case report
J Kelly, ET Condon, WO Kirwan, HP Redmond
Portal vein gas in emergency surgery
Abdulzahra Hussain, Hind Mahmood, Shamsi El-Hasani
Emergency endovascular management of peripheral artery aneurysms and pseudoaneurysms – a review
Umar Sadat, Peter J Kullar, Ayesha Noorani, Jonathan H Gillard, David G Cooper, Jonathan R Boyle
Videothoracoscopic surgical approach for spontaneous pneumothorax: review of the pertinent literature
Hiroyuki Sakurai
Severe bleeding from esophageal varices resistant to endoscopic treatment in a non cirrhotic patient with portal hypertension
Roberto Caronna, Mario Bezzi, Monica Schiratti, Maurizio Cardi, Giampaolo Prezioso, Michele Benedetti, Federica Papini, Simona Mangioni, Gabriele Martino, Piero Chirletti
Delayed presentation of Subclavian venous thrombosis following undisplaced clavicle fracture
Tony Kochhar, Chethan Jayadev, Jay Smith, Emmet Griffiths, Kamaljit Seehra
Ileocolic Intussusception - A rare cause of acute intestinal obstruction in adults; Case report and literature review
Muhammad Najm Khan, Avi Agrawal, Paul Strauss
Endocrine and metabolic response to trauma in hypovolemic patients treated at a trauma center in Brazil
Luiz CV Bahten, Fernando HO Mauro, Maria F Domingos, Paula H Scheffer, Bruno H Pagnoncelli, Marco AR Wille
Decision making in patients with acute abdominal pain at a university and at a rural hospital: does the value of abdominal sonography differ?
Aristomenis K Exadaktylos, Charlotte Sadowski-Cron, Paul Mäder, Monika Weissmann, Hans Peter Dinkel, Marco Negri, Heinz Zimmermann
Simultaneous idiopathic segmental infarction of the great omentum and acute appendicitis: a rare association
Luigi Battaglia, Filiberto Belli, Alberto Vannelli, Giuliano Bonfanti, Gianfrancesco Gallino, Elia Poiasina, Mario Rampa, Marco Vitellaro, Ermanno Leo
Spectrum of perforation peritonitis in Pakistan: 300 cases Eastern experience
Shahida Parveen Afridi, Faiza Malik, Shafiq Ur-Rahman, Shahid Shamim, Khursheed A Samo
Comparison of quality control for trauma management between Western and Eastern European trauma center
Stefano Massimiliano Calderale, Raluca Sandru, Gregorio Tugnoli, Salomone Di Saverio, Mircea Beuran, Sergio Ribaldi, Massimo Coletti, Giorgio Gambale, Sorin Paun, Livio Russo, Franco Baldoni
Prosthetic abdominal wall hernia repair in emergency surgery: from polypropylene to biological meshes
G Campanelli, F Catena, L Ansaloni
Intrathoracic drainage of a perforated prepyloric gastric ulcer with a type II paraoesophageal hernia
Robert A Pol, Hiske W Wiersma, Bas JGL Zonneveld, Marinus Eeftinck Schattenkerk
WSES SM (World Society of Emergency Surgery Summer Meeting) highlights, education in emergency surgery
Michael D Kelly
Erratum to: An unusual and difficult diagnosis of intestinal obstruction: The abdominal cocoon. Case report and review of the literature
Ali O Devay, Ismail Gomceli, Birol Korukluoglu, Ahmet Kusdemir