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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…

Published on: 14 August 2017
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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…

Published on: 7 August 2017
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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…

Published on: 7 August 2017
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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…

Published on: 1 August 2017
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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 and Luke Petrus Hendrikus Leenen

Published on: 25 July 2017

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2013 WSES guidelines for management of intra-abdominal infections

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…

Published on: 8 January 2013
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Treatment of burns in the first 24 hours: simple and practical guide by answering 10 questions in a step-by-step form

Ziyad Alharbi, Andrzej Piatkowski, Rolf Dembinski, Sven Reckort, Gerrit Grieb, Jens Kauczok and Norbert Pallua

Published on: 14 May 2012
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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

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…

Published on: 10 October 2013
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Diagnosis and treatment of perforated or bleeding peptic ulcers: 2013 WSES position paper

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

Published on: 3 August 2014
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Acute appendicitis in the elderly: risk factors for perforation

Abdelkarim H Omari, Muhammad R Khammash, Ghazi R Qasaimeh, Ahmad K Shammari, Mohammad K Bani Yaseen and Sahel K Hammori

Published on: 15 January 2014

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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.

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World Journal of Emergency Surgery is the official publication of the World Society of Emergency Surgery

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Intraoperative diagnosis of solitary cecal diverticulum not requiring surgery: is appendectomy indicated?
Koshy RM, Abusabeib A, Al-Mudares S, Khairat M, Toro A and Di Carlo I
World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2016 11:1
Published on: 4 January 2016

Editors-in-Chief

Dr Fausto Catena
Chief Emergency Surgery Dept.
Parma University Hospital
Italy

Prof Walter Biffl
Medical Director, Acute Care Surgery
The Queen's Medical Center
USA