World Journal of Emergency Surgery

Articles

Recent
Most accessed

Content type: Commentary
| 17 August 2018

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

Authors: 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…
Content type: Review
| 13 August 2018

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

Authors: 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…
Content type: Research article
| 28 July 2018

The abdominal wall hernia in cirrhotic patients: a historical challenge

Authors: Giuseppe Salamone, Leo Licari, Giovanni Guercio, Sofia Campanella, Nicolò Falco, Gregorio Scerrino, Sebastiano Bonventre, Girolamo Geraci, Gianfranco Cocorullo and Gaspare Gulotta
Content type: Letter to the Editor
| 27 July 2018

Acute mesenteric ischemia: guidelines of the World Society of Emergency Surgery: a brief radiological commentary

Authors: Maria Antonietta Mazzei
Content type: Research article
| 24 July 2018

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

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

Most recent articles RSS

View all articles

Content type: Review
| 8 January 2013

2013 WSES guidelines for management of intra-abdominal infections

Authors: Massimo Sartelli, Pierluigi Viale, Fausto Catena, Luca Ansaloni, Ernest Moore, Mark Malangoni, Frederick A Moore, George Velmahos, Raul Coimbra, Rao Ivatury, Andrew Peitzman, Kaoru Koike, Ari Leppaniemi, Walter Biffl, Clay Cothren Burlew, Zsolt J Balogh…
Content type: Review
| 14 May 2012

Treatment of burns in the first 24 hours: simple and practical guide by answering 10 questions in a step-by-step form

Authors: Ziyad Alharbi, Andrzej Piatkowski, Rolf Dembinski, Sven Reckort, Gerrit Grieb, Jens Kauczok and Norbert Pallua
Content type: Review
| 10 October 2013

Bologna guidelines for diagnosis and management of adhesive small bowel obstruction (ASBO): 2013 update of the evidence-based guidelines from the world society of emergency surgery ASBO working group

Authors: Salomone Di Saverio, Federico Coccolini, Marica Galati, Nazareno Smerieri, Walter L Biffl, Luca Ansaloni, Gregorio Tugnoli, George C Velmahos, Massimo Sartelli, Cino Bendinelli, Gustavo Pereira Fraga, Michael D Kelly, Frederick A Moore, Vincenzo Mandalà, Stefano Mandalà, Michele Masetti…
Content type: Review
| 3 August 2014

Diagnosis and treatment of perforated or bleeding peptic ulcers: 2013 WSES position paper

Authors: Salomone Di Saverio, Marco Bassi, Nazareno Smerieri, Michele Masetti, Francesco Ferrara, Carlo Fabbri, Luca Ansaloni, Stefania Ghersi, Matteo Serenari, Federico Coccolini, Noel Naidoo, Massimo Sartelli, Gregorio Tugnoli, Fausto Catena, Vincenzo Cennamo and Elio Jovine
Content type: Review
| 14 June 2016

2016 WSES guidelines on acute calculous cholecystitis

Authors: L. Ansaloni, M. Pisano, F. Coccolini, A. B. Peitzmann, A. Fingerhut, F. Catena, F. Agresta, A. Allegri, I. Bailey, Z. J. Balogh, C. Bendinelli, W. Biffl, L. Bonavina, G. Borzellino, F. Brunetti, C. C. Burlew…

The Erratum to this article has been published in World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2016 11:52

Most accessed articles RSS

View all articles

Aims and scope

World Journal of Emergency Surgery is an open access, peer-reviewed journal that encompasses all aspects of clinical and basic research related to traumatic and non-traumatic emergency surgery and its allied subjects. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: emergency surgery, acute care surgery, trauma surgery, intensive care, trauma management and resuscitation.

WSES Guidelines

World Society of Emergency Surgery official guidelines and classifications

Fausto Catena, Editor-in-Chief

Dr. Catena is currently Chief of the Department of Emergency Surgery at Parma University Hospital, having graduated in Medicine and Surgery at the University of Bologna, Italy. He is also General Secretary of the World Society of Emergency Surgery (WSES) and Director of the WSES Educational Program.

Walter Biffl, Editor-in-Chief

Dr. Biffl is Medical Director of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery at Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla, San Diego, California, USA. He completed his undergraduate training at Duke University, medical training at George Washington University and surgical training at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, where he also completed an NIH-sponsored trauma research fellowship.

World Journal of Emergency Surgery

Articles

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

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

The abdominal wall hernia in cirrhotic patients: a historical challenge

Acute mesenteric ischemia: guidelines of the World Society of Emergency Surgery: a brief radiological commentary

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

2013 WSES guidelines for management of intra-abdominal infections

Treatment of burns in the first 24 hours: simple and practical guide by answering 10 questions in a step-by-step form

Bologna guidelines for diagnosis and management of adhesive small bowel obstruction (ASBO): 2013 update of the evidence-based guidelines from the world society of emergency surgery ASBO working group

Diagnosis and treatment of perforated or bleeding peptic ulcers: 2013 WSES position paper

2016 WSES guidelines on acute calculous cholecystitis

Aims and scope

WSES Guidelines

Fausto Catena, Editor-in-Chief

Walter Biffl, Editor-in-Chief

Official journal of

2017 Journal Metrics

World Journal of Emergency Surgery

Contact us