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World Journal of Emergency Surgery

Issue 1/2017

Content (49 Articles)

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Lower gastrointestinal bleeding—Computed Tomographic Angiography, Colonoscopy or both?

Daniel Clerc, Fabian Grass, Markus Schäfer, Alban Denys, Nicolas Demartines, Martin Hübner

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Youth traffic-related injuries: a prospective study

Michal Grivna, Hani O. Eid, Fikri M. Abu-Zidan

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Preventive transarterial embolization in upper nonvariceal gastrointestinal bleeding

Aleksejs Kaminskis, Aina Kratovska, Sanita Ponomarjova, Anna Tolstova, Maksims Mukans, Solvita Stabiņa, Raivis Gailums, Andrejs Bernšteins, Patricija Ivanova, Viesturs Boka, Guntars Pupelis

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An investigation of bedside laparoscopy in the ICU for cases of non-occlusive mesenteric ischemia

G. Cocorullo, A. Mirabella, N. Falco, T. Fontana, R. Tutino, L. Licari, G. Salamone, G. Scerrino, G. Gulotta

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Pelvic trauma: WSES classification and guidelines

Federico Coccolini, Philip F. Stahel, Giulia Montori, Walter Biffl, Tal M Horer, Fausto Catena, Yoram Kluger, Ernest E. Moore, Andrew B. Peitzman, Rao Ivatury, Raul Coimbra, Gustavo Pereira Fraga, Bruno Pereira, Sandro Rizoli, Andrew Kirkpatrick, Ari Leppaniemi, Roberto Manfredi, Stefano Magnone, Osvaldo Chiara, Leonardo Solaini, Marco Ceresoli, Niccolò Allievi, Catherine Arvieux, George Velmahos, Zsolt Balogh, Noel Naidoo, Dieter Weber, Fikri Abu-Zidan, Massimo Sartelli, Luca Ansaloni

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Performance of imaging studies in patients with suspected appendicitis after stratification with adult appendicitis score

Henna E. Sammalkorpi, Ari Leppäniemi, Eila Lantto, Panu Mentula

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CD4 + CD25 + CD127 high cells as a negative predictor of multiple organ failure in acute pancreatitis

Wei Wang, He-Ping Xiang, Hui-Ping Wang, Li-Xin Zhu, Xiao-Ping Geng

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Laparoscopic vs. open surgery for the treatment of iatrogenic colonoscopic perforations: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Aleix Martínez-Pérez, Nicola de’Angelis, Francesco Brunetti, Yann Le Baleur, Carmen Payá-Llorente, Riccardo Memeo, Federica Gaiani, Marco Manfredi, Paschalis Gavriilidis, Giorgio Nervi, Federico Coccolini, Aurelien Amiot, Iradj Sobhani, Fausto Catena, Gian Luigi de’Angelis

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A review of the epidemiology and treatment of orthopaedic injuries after earthquakes in developing countries

James S. MacKenzie, Bibek Banskota, Norachart Sirisreetreerux, Babar Shafiq, Erik A. Hasenboehler

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IROA: International Register of Open Abdomen, preliminary results

Federico Coccolini, Giulia Montori, Marco Ceresoli, Fausto Catena, Rao Ivatury, Michael Sugrue, Massimo Sartelli, Paola Fugazzola, Davide Corbella, Francesco Salvetti, Ionut Negoi, Monica Zese, Savino Occhionorelli, Stefano Maccatrozzo, Sergei Shlyapnikov, Christian Galatioto, Massimo Chiarugi, Zaza Demetrashvili, Daniele Dondossola, Yovcho Yovtchev, Orestis Ioannidis, Giuseppe Novelli, Mirco Nacoti, Desmond Khor, Kenji Inaba, Demetrios Demetriades, Torsten Kaussen, Asri Che Jusoh, Wagih Ghannam, Boris Sakakushev, Ohad Guetta, Agron Dogjani, Stefano Costa, Sandeep Singh, Dimitrios Damaskos, Arda Isik, Kuo-Ching Yuan, Francesco Trotta, Stefano Rausei, Aleix Martinez-Perez, Giovanni Bellanova, Vinicius Cordeiro Fonseca, Fernando Hernández, Athanasios Marinis, Wellington Fernandes, Martha Quiodettis, Miklosh Bala, Andras Vereczkei, Rafael L. Curado, Gustavo Pereira Fraga, Bruno M. Pereira, Mahir Gachabayov, Guillermo Perez Chagerben, Miguel Leon Arellano, Sefa Ozyazici, Gianluca Costa, Tugan Tezcaner, Luca Ansaloni

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Safety and effectiveness of propranolol in severely burned patients: systematic review and meta-analysis

Ramiro Manzano-Nunez, Herney Andrés García-Perdomo, Paula Ferrada, Carlos Alberto Ordoñez Delgado, Diego Andrés Gomez, Jorge Esteban Foianini

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Acute appendicitis, inflammatory appendiceal mass and the risk of a hidden malignant tumor: a systematic review of the literature

Frederico José Ribeiro Teixeira Jr, Sérgio Dias do Couto Netto, Eduardo Hiroshi Akaishi, Edivaldo Massazo Utiyama, Carlos Augusto Metidieri Menegozzo, Marcelo Cristiano Rocha

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Erratum to: IROA: International Register of Open Abdomen, preliminary results

Federico Coccolini, Giulia Montori, Marco Ceresoli, Fausto Catena, Rao Ivatury, Michael Sugrue, Massimo Sartelli, Paola Fugazzola, Davide Corbella, Francesco Salvetti, Ionut Negoi, Monica Zese, Savino Occhionorelli, Stefano Maccatrozzo, Sergei Shlyapnikov, Christian Galatioto, Massimo Chiarugi, Zaza Demetrashvili, Daniele Dondossola, Yovcho Yovtchev, Orestis Ioannidis, Giuseppe Novelli, Mirco Nacoti, Desmond Khor, Kenji Inaba, Demetrios Demetriades, Torsten Kaussen, Asri Che Jusoh, Wagih Ghannam, Boris Sakakushev, Ohad Guetta, Agron Dogjani, Stefano Costa, Sandeep Singh, Dimitrios Damaskos, Arda Isik, Kuo-Ching Yuan, Francesco Trotta, Stefano Rausei, Aleix Martinez-Perez, Giovanni Bellanova, Vinicius Cordeiro Fonseca, Fernando Hernández, Athanasios Marinis, Wellington Fernandes, Martha Quiodettis, Miklosh Bala, Andras Vereczkei, Rafael L. Curado, Gustavo Pereira Fraga, Bruno M. Pereira, Mahir Gachabayov, Guillermo Perez Chagerben, Miguel Leon Arellano, Sefa Ozyazici, Gianluca Costa, Tugan Tezcaner, Luca Ansaloni

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A historical review of surgery for peritonitis secondary to acute colonic diverticulitis: from Lockhart-Mummery to evidence-based medicine

Roberto Cirocchi, Sorena Afshar, Salomone Di Saverio, Georgi Popivanov, Angelo De Sol, Francesca Gubbiotti, Gregorio Tugnoli, Massimo Sartelli, Fausto Catena, David Cavaliere, Renata Taboła, Abe Fingerhut, Gian Andrea Binda

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The history of risk: a review

Philip F. Stahel, Ivor S. Douglas, Todd F. VanderHeiden, Sebastian Weckbach

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Combined totally mini-invasive approach in necrotizing pancreatitis: a case report and systematic literature review

Luca Sorrentino, Osvaldo Chiara, Massimiliano Mutignani, Fabrizio Sammartano, Paolo Brioschi, Stefania Cimbanassi

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Performance of new adjustments to the TRISS equation model in developed and developing countries

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

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Role of intraoperative cholangiography for detecting residual stones after biliary pancreatitis: still useful? A retrospective study

Abdelrahman Abdelaal, Moamena El-Matbouly, Ibnouf Sulieman, Ahmad Elfaki, Tamer El-Bakary, Sherif Abdelaziem, Salahdin Gehani, Adriana Toro, Isidoro Di Carlo

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Non-iatrogenic esophageal injury: a retrospective analysis from the National Trauma Data Bank

Alberto Aiolfi, Kenji Inaba, Gustavo Recinos, Desmond Khor, Elizabeth R. Benjamin, Lydia Lam, Aaron Strumwasser, Emanuele Asti, Luigi Bonavina, Demetrios Demetriades

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Acute care surgery: a means for providing cost-effective, quality care for gallstone pancreatitis

Patrick B. Murphy, Dave Paskar, Richard Hilsden, Jennifer Koichopolos, Tina S. Mele

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The impact of preoperative etiology on emergent pancreaticoduodenectomy for non-traumatic patients

Chun-Yi Tsai, Bo-Ru Lai, Shang-Yu Wang, Chien-Hung Liao, Yu-Yin Liu, Shih-Ching Kang, Chun-Nan Yeh, Yi-Yin Jan, Ta-Sen Yeh

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Management of intra-abdominal infections: recommendations by the WSES 2016 consensus conference

Massimo Sartelli, Fausto Catena, Fikri M. Abu-Zidan, Luca Ansaloni, Walter L. Biffl, Marja A. Boermeester, Marco Ceresoli, Osvaldo Chiara, Federico Coccolini, Jan J. De Waele, Salomone Di Saverio, Christian Eckmann, Gustavo P. Fraga, Maddalena Giannella, Massimo Girardis, Ewen A. Griffiths, Jeffry Kashuk, Andrew W. Kirkpatrick, Vladimir Khokha, Yoram Kluger, Francesco M. Labricciosa, Ari Leppaniemi, Ronald V. Maier, Addison K. May, Mark Malangoni, Ignacio Martin-Loeches, John Mazuski, Philippe Montravers, Andrew Peitzman, Bruno M. Pereira, Tarcisio Reis, Boris Sakakushev, Gabriele Sganga, Kjetil Soreide, Michael Sugrue, Jan Ulrych, Jean-Louis Vincent, Pierluigi Viale, Ernest E. Moore

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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

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The rate of success of the conservative management of liver trauma in a developing country

S. Buci, M. Torba, A. Gjata, I. Kajo, Gj. Bushi, K. Kagjini

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Penetrating cardiac trauma: analysis of 240 cases from a hospital in Bogota, Colombia

Andres Isaza-Restrepo, Dínimo José Bolívar-Sáenz, Marcos Tarazona-Lara, José Rafael Tovar

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The use of laparoscopy in managing penetrating thoracoabdominal injuries in Africa: 83 cases reviewed

Zach M. Koto, Fusi Mosai, Oleh Y. Matsevych

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Low values of central venous oxygen saturation (ScvO2) during surgery and anastomotic leak of abdominal trauma patients

Andres Isaza-Restrepo, Jose F. Moreno-Mejia, Juan S. Martin-Saavedra, Milciades Ibañez-Pinilla

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The management of intra-abdominal infections from a global perspective: 2017 WSES guidelines for management of intra-abdominal infections

Massimo Sartelli, Alain Chichom-Mefire, Francesco M. Labricciosa, Timothy Hardcastle, Fikri M. Abu-Zidan, Abdulrashid K. Adesunkanmi, Luca Ansaloni, Miklosh Bala, Zsolt J. Balogh, Marcelo A. Beltrán, Offir Ben-Ishay, Walter L. Biffl, Arianna Birindelli, Miguel A. Cainzos, Gianbattista Catalini, Marco Ceresoli, Asri Che Jusoh, Osvaldo Chiara, Federico Coccolini, Raul Coimbra, Francesco Cortese, Zaza Demetrashvili, Salomone Di Saverio, Jose J. Diaz, Valery N. Egiev, Paula Ferrada, Gustavo P. Fraga, Wagih M. Ghnnam, Jae Gil Lee, Carlos A. Gomes, Andreas Hecker, Torsten Herzog, Jae Il Kim, Kenji Inaba, Arda Isik, Aleksandar Karamarkovic, Jeffry Kashuk, Vladimir Khokha, Andrew W. Kirkpatrick, Yoram Kluger, Kaoru Koike, Victor Y. Kong, Ari Leppaniemi, Gustavo M. Machain, Ronald V. Maier, Sanjay Marwah, Michael E. McFarlane, Giulia Montori, Ernest E. Moore, Ionut Negoi, Iyiade Olaoye, Abdelkarim H. Omari, Carlos A. Ordonez, Bruno M. Pereira, Gerson A. Pereira Júnior, Guntars Pupelis, Tarcisio Reis, Boris Sakakushev, Norio Sato, Helmut A. Segovia Lohse, Vishal G. Shelat, Kjetil Søreide, Waldemar Uhl, Jan Ulrych, Harry Van Goor, George C. Velmahos, Kuo-Ching Yuan, Imtiaz Wani, Dieter G. Weber, Sanoop K. Zachariah, Fausto Catena

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A meta-analysis of resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta (REBOA) or open aortic cross-clamping by resuscitative thoracotomy in non-compressible torso hemorrhage patients

Ramiro Manzano Nunez, Maria Paula Naranjo, Esteban Foianini, Paula Ferrada, Erika Rincon, Herney Andrés García-Perdomo, Paola Burbano, Juan Pablo Herrera, Alberto F. García, Carlos A. Ordoñez

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Outcomes following repair of incarcerated and strangulated ventral hernias with or without synthetic mesh

Sameh Hany Emile, Hesham Elgendy, Ahmad Sakr, Waleed Ahmed Gado, Ahmed Aly Abdelmawla, Mahmoud Abdelnaby, Alaa Magdy

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Delta neutrophil index as an early predictor of acute appendicitis and acute complicated appendicitis in adults

Dong Hyuk Shin, Young Suk Cho, Gyu Chong Cho, Hee Cheol Ahn, Seung Min Park, Seung Wook Lim, Young Taeck Oh, Ji Woong Cho, Sang O. Park, Young Hwan Lee

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Non-operative management for penetrating splenic trauma: how far can we go to save splenic function?

Roy Spijkerman, Michel Paul Johan Teuben, Fatima Hoosain, Liezel Phyllis Taylor, Timothy Craig Hardcastle, Taco Johan Blokhuis, Brian Leigh Warren, Luke Petrus Hendrikus Leenen

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The Global Alliance for Infections in Surgery: defining a model for antimicrobial stewardship—results from an international cross-sectional survey

Massimo Sartelli, Francesco M. Labricciosa, Pamela Barbadoro, Leonardo Pagani, Luca Ansaloni, Adrian J. Brink, Jean Carlet, Ashish Khanna, Alain Chichom-Mefire, Federico Coccolini, Salomone Di Saverio, Addison K. May, Pierluigi Viale, Richard R. Watkins, Luigia Scudeller, Lilian M. Abbo, Fikri M. Abu-Zidan, Abdulrashid K. Adesunkanmi, Sara Al-Dahir, Majdi N. Al-Hasan, Halil Alis, Carlos Alves, André R. Araujo da Silva, Goran Augustin, Miklosh Bala, Philip S. Barie, Marcelo A. Beltrán, Aneel Bhangu, Belefquih Bouchra, Stephen M. Brecher, Miguel A. Caínzos, Adrian Camacho-Ortiz, Marco Catani, Sujith J. Chandy, Asri Che Jusoh, Jill R. Cherry-Bukowiec, Osvaldo Chiara, Elif Colak, Oliver A. Cornely, Yunfeng Cui, Zaza Demetrashvili, Belinda De Simone, Jan J. De Waele, Sameer Dhingra, Francesco Di Marzo, Agron Dogjani, Gereltuya Dorj, Laurent Dortet, Therese M. Duane, Mutasim M. Elmangory, Mushira A. Enani, Paula Ferrada, J. Esteban Foianini, Mahir Gachabayov, Chinmay Gandhi, Wagih Mommtaz Ghnnam, Helen Giamarellou, Georgios Gkiokas, Harumi Gomi, Tatjana Goranovic, Ewen A. Griffiths, Rosio I. Guerra Gronerth, Julio C. Haidamus Monteiro, Timothy C. Hardcastle, Andreas Hecker, Adrien M. Hodonou, Orestis Ioannidis, Arda Isik, Katia A. Iskandar, Hossein S. Kafil, Souha S. Kanj, Lewis J. Kaplan, Garima Kapoor, Aleksandar R. Karamarkovic, Jakub Kenig, Ivan Kerschaever, Faryal Khamis, Vladimir Khokha, Ronald Kiguba, Hong B. Kim, Wen-Chien Ko, Kaoru Koike, Iryna Kozlovska, Anand Kumar, Leonel Lagunes, Rifat Latifi, Jae G. Lee, Young R. Lee, Ari Leppäniemi, Yousheng Li, Stephen Y. Liang, Warren Lowman, Gustavo M. Machain, Marc Maegele, Piotr Major, Sydney Malama, Ramiro Manzano-Nunez, Athanasios Marinis, Isidro Martinez Casas, Sanjay Marwah, Emilio Maseda, Michael E. McFarlane, Ziad Memish, Dominik Mertz, Cristian Mesina, Shyam K. Mishra, Ernest E. Moore, Akutu Munyika, Eleftherios Mylonakis, Lena Napolitano, Ionut Negoi, Milica D. Nestorovic, David P. Nicolau, Abdelkarim H. Omari, Carlos A. Ordonez, José-Artur Paiva, Narayan D. Pant, Jose G. Parreira, Michal Pędziwiatr, Bruno M. Pereira, Alfredo Ponce-de-Leon, Garyphallia Poulakou, Jacobus Preller, Céline Pulcini, Guntars Pupelis, Martha Quiodettis, Timothy M. Rawson, Tarcisio Reis, Miran Rems, Sandro Rizoli, Jason Roberts, Nuno Rocha Pereira, Jesús Rodríguez-Baño, Boris Sakakushev, James Sanders, Natalia Santos, Norio Sato, Robert G. Sawyer, Sandro Scarpelini, Loredana Scoccia, Nusrat Shafiq, Vishalkumar Shelat, Costi D. Sifri, Boonying Siribumrungwong, Kjetil Søreide, Rodolfo Soto, Hamilton P. de Souza, Peep Talving, Ngo Tat Trung, Jeffrey M. Tessier, Mario Tumbarello, Jan Ulrych, Selman Uranues, Harry Van Goor, Andras Vereczkei, Florian Wagenlehner, Yonghong Xiao, Kuo-Ching Yuan, Agnes Wechsler-Fördös, Jean-Ralph Zahar, Tanya L. Zakrison, Brian Zuckerbraun, Wietse P. Zuidema, Fausto Catena

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Erratum to: Antimicrobials: a global alliance for optimizing their rational use in intra-abdominal infections (AGORA)

M. Sartelli, D. G. Weber, E. Ruppé, M. Bassetti, B. J. Wright, L. Ansaloni, F. Catena, F. Coccolini, F. M. Abu-Zidan, R. Coimbra, E. E. Moore, F. A. Moore, R. V. Maier, J. J. De Waele, A. W. Kirkpatrick, E. A. Griffiths, C. Eckmann, A. J. Brink, J. E. Mazuski, A. K. May, R. G. Sawyer, D. Mertz, P. Montravers, A. Kumar, J. A. Roberts, J. L. Vincent, R. R. Watkins, W. Lowman, B. Spellberg, I. J. Abbott, A. K. Adesunkanmi, S. Al-Dahir, M. N. Al-Hasan, F. Agresta, A. A. Althani, S. Ansari, R. Ansumana, G. Augustin, M. Bala, Z. J. Balogh, O. Baraket, A. Bhangu, M. A. Beltrán, M. Bernhard, W. L. Biffl, M. A. Boermeester, S. M. Brecher, J. R. Cherry-Bukowiec, O. R. Buyne, M. A. Cainzos, K. A Cairns, A. Camacho-Ortiz, S. J. Chandy, A. Che Jusoh, A. Chichom-Mefire, C. Colijn, F. Corcione, Y. Cui, D. Curcio, S. Delibegovic, Z. Demetrashvili, B. De Simone, S. Dhingra, J. J. Diaz, I. Di Carlo, A. Dillip, S. Di Saverio, M. P. Doyle, G. Dorj, A. Dogjani, H. Dupont, S. R. Eachempati, M. A. Enani, V. N. Egiev, M. M. Elmangory, P. Ferrada, J. R. Fitchett, G. P. Fraga, N. Guessennd, H. Giamarellou, W. Ghnnam, G. Gkiokas, S. R. Goldberg, C. A. Gomes, H. Gomi, M. Guzmán-Blanco, M. Haque, S. Hansen, A. Hecker, W. R. Heizmann, T. Herzog, A. M. Hodonou, S. K. Hong, R. Kafka-Ritsch, L. J. Kaplan, G. Kapoor, A. Karamarkovic, M. G. Kees, J. Kenig, R. Kiguba, P. K. Kim, Y. Kluger, V. Khokha, K. Koike, K. Y. Kok, V. Kong, M. C. Knox, K. Inaba, A. Isik, K. Iskandar, R. R. Ivatury, M. Labbate, F. M. Labricciosa, P. F. Laterre, R. Latifi, J. G. Lee, Y. R. Lee, M. Leone, A. Leppaniemi, Y. Li, S. Y. Liang, T. Loho, M. Maegele, S. Malama, H. E. Marei, I. Martin-Loeches, S. Marwah, A. Massele, M. McFarlane, R. B. Melo, I. Negoi, D. P. Nicolau, C. E. Nord, R. Ofori-Asenso, A. H. Omari, C. A. Ordonez, M. Ouadii, G. A. Pereira Júnior, D. Piazza, G. Pupelis, T. M. Rawson, M. Rems, S. Rizoli, C. Rocha, B. Sakakushev, M. Sanchez-Garcia, N. Sato, H. A. Segovia Lohse, G. Sganga, B. Siribumrungwong, V. G. Shelat, K. Soreide, R. Soto, P. Talving, J. V. Tilsed, J. F. Timsit, G. Trueba, N. T. Trung, J. Ulrych, H. van Goor, A. Vereczkei, R. S. Vohra, I. Wani, W. Uhl, Y. Xiao, K. C. Yuan, S. K. Zachariah, J. R. Zahar, T. L. Zakrison, A. Corcione, R. M. Melotti, C. Viscoli, P. Viale

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Erratum to: The management of intra-abdominal infections from a global perspective: 2017 WSES guidelines for management of intra-abdominal infections

M. Sartelli, A. Chichom-Mefire, F. M. Labricciosa, T. Hardcastle, F. M. Abu-Zidan, A. K. Adesunkanmi, L. Ansaloni, M. Bala, Z. J. Balogh, M. A. Beltrán, O. Ben-Ishay, W. L. Biffl, A. Birindelli, M. A. Cainzos, G. Catalini, M. Ceresoli, A. Che Jusoh, O. Chiara, F. Coccolini, R. Coimbra, F. Cortese, Z. Demetrashvili, S. Di Saverio, J.J. Diaz, V. N. Egiev, P. Ferrada, G. P. Fraga, W. M. Ghnnam, J. G. Lee, C. A. Gomes, A. Hecker, T. Herzog, J. I. Kim, K. Inaba, A. Isik, A. Karamarkovic, J. Kashuk, V. Khokha, A. W. Kirkpatrick, Y. Kluger, K. Koike, V. Y. Kong, A. Leppaniemi, G. M. Machain, R. V. Maier, S. Marwah, M. E. McFarlane, G. Montori, E. E. Moore, I. Negoi, I. Olaoye, A. H. Omari, C. A. Ordonez, B. M. Pereira, G. A. Pereira Júnior, G. Pupelis, T. Reis, B. Sakakushev, N. Sato, H. A. Segovia Lohse, V. G. Shelat, K. Søreide, W. Uhl, J. Ulrych, H. Van Goor, G.C. Velmahos, K. C. Yuan, I. Wani, D. G. Weber, S. K. Zachariah, F. Catena

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2017 update of the WSES guidelines for emergency repair of complicated abdominal wall hernias

Arianna Birindelli, Massimo Sartelli, Salomone Di Saverio, Federico Coccolini, Luca Ansaloni, Gabrielle H. van Ramshorst, Giampiero Campanelli, Vladimir Khokha, Ernest E. Moore, Andrew Peitzman, George Velmahos, Frederick Alan Moore, Ari Leppaniemi, Clay Cothren Burlew, Walter L. Biffl, Kaoru Koike, Yoram Kluger, Gustavo P. Fraga, Carlos A. Ordonez, Matteo Novello, Ferdinando Agresta, Boris Sakakushev, Igor Gerych, Imtiaz Wani, Michael D. Kelly, Carlos Augusto Gomes, Mario Paulo Faro Jr, Antonio Tarasconi, Zaza Demetrashvili, Jae Gil Lee, Nereo Vettoretto, Gianluca Guercioni, Roberto Persiani, Cristian Tranà, Yunfeng Cui, Kenneth Y. Y. Kok, Wagih M. Ghnnam, Ashraf El-Sayed Abbas, Norio Sato, Sanjay Marwah, Muthukumaran Rangarajan, Offir Ben-Ishay, Abdul Rashid K Adesunkanmi, Helmut Alfredo Segovia Lohse, Jakub Kenig, Stefano Mandalà, Raul Coimbra, Aneel Bhangu, Nigel Suggett, Antonio Biondi, Nazario Portolani, Gianluca Baiocchi, Andrew W Kirkpatrick, Rodolfo Scibé, Michael Sugrue, Osvaldo Chiara, Fausto Catena

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Acute mesenteric ischemia: guidelines of the World Society of Emergency Surgery

Miklosh Bala, Jeffry Kashuk, Ernest E. Moore, Yoram Kluger, Walter Biffl, Carlos Augusto Gomes, Offir Ben-Ishay, Chen Rubinstein, Zsolt J. Balogh, Ian Civil, Federico Coccolini, Ari Leppaniemi, Andrew Peitzman, Luca Ansaloni, Michael Sugrue, Massimo Sartelli, Salomone Di Saverio, Gustavo P. Fraga, Fausto Catena

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The role of open abdomen in non-trauma patient: WSES Consensus Paper

Federico Coccolini, Giulia Montori, Marco Ceresoli, Fausto Catena, Ernest E. Moore, Rao Ivatury, Walter Biffl, Andrew Peitzman, Raul Coimbra, Sandro Rizoli, Yoram Kluger, Fikri M. Abu-Zidan, Massimo Sartelli, Marc De Moya, George Velmahos, Gustavo Pereira Fraga, Bruno M. Pereira, Ari Leppaniemi, Marja A. Boermeester, Andrew W. Kirkpatrick, Ron Maier, Miklosh Bala, Boris Sakakushev, Vladimir Khokha, Manu Malbrain, Vanni Agnoletti, Ignacio Martin-Loeches, Michael Sugrue, Salomone Di Saverio, Ewen Griffiths, Kjetil Soreide, John E. Mazuski, Addison K. May, Philippe Montravers, Rita Maria Melotti, Michele Pisano, Francesco Salvetti, Gianmariano Marchesi, Tino M. Valetti, Thomas Scalea, Osvaldo Chiara, Jeffry L. Kashuk, Luca Ansaloni

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Splenic trauma: WSES classification and guidelines for adult and pediatric patients

Federico Coccolini, Giulia Montori, Fausto Catena, Yoram Kluger, Walter Biffl, Ernest E. Moore, Viktor Reva, Camilla Bing, Miklosh Bala, Paola Fugazzola, Hany Bahouth, Ingo Marzi, George Velmahos, Rao Ivatury, Kjetil Soreide, Tal Horer, Richard ten Broek, Bruno M. Pereira, Gustavo P. Fraga, Kenji Inaba, Joseph Kashuk, Neil Parry, Peter T. Masiakos, Konstantinos S. Mylonas, Andrew Kirkpatrick, Fikri Abu-Zidan, Carlos Augusto Gomes, Simone Vasilij Benatti, Noel Naidoo, Francesco Salvetti, Stefano Maccatrozzo, Vanni Agnoletti, Emiliano Gamberini, Leonardo Solaini, Antonio Costanzo, Andrea Celotti, Matteo Tomasoni, Vladimir Khokha, Catherine Arvieux, Lena Napolitano, Lauri Handolin, Michele Pisano, Stefano Magnone, David A. Spain, Marc de Moya, Kimberly A. Davis, Nicola De Angelis, Ari Leppaniemi, Paula Ferrada, Rifat Latifi, David Costa Navarro, Yashuiro Otomo, Raul Coimbra, Ronald V. Maier, Frederick Moore, Sandro Rizoli, Boris Sakakushev, Joseph M. Galante, Osvaldo Chiara, Stefania Cimbanassi, Alain Chichom Mefire, Dieter Weber, Marco Ceresoli, Andrew B. Peitzman, Liban Wehlie, Massimo Sartelli, Salomone Di Saverio, Luca Ansaloni

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Urine flow rate monitoring in hypovolemic multiple trauma patients

Evgeni Brotfain, Yoram Klein, Ronen Toledano, Leonid Koyfman, Dmitry Frank, Micha Y. Shamir, Moti Klein

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Resuscitative Endovascular Balloon Occlusion of the Aorta in trauma: a systematic review of the literature

Emiliano Gamberini, Federico Coccolini, Beatrice Tamagnini, Costanza Martino, Vittorio Albarello, Marco Benni, Marcello Bisulli, Nicola Fabbri, Tal Martin Hörer, Luca Ansaloni, Carlo Coniglio, Marco Barozzi, Vanni Agnoletti

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Thoracic trauma severity contributes to differences in intensive care therapy and mortality of severely injured patients: analysis based on the TraumaRegister DGU®

Jörg Bayer, Rolf Lefering, Sylvia Reinhardt, Jan Kühle, Jörn Zwingmann, Norbert P. Südkamp, Thorsten Hammer

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Jun Ke, Weihang Wu, Nan Lin, Weijin Yang, Zhicong Cai, Wei Wu, Dongsheng Chen, Yu Wang

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