Research article
Opportunities to improve emergency surgery outcomes exist through guided better practice and reduced variability. Few attempts have been made to define optimal care in emergency surgery, and few clinically der...
World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2017 12:47
Published on: 23 October 2017
Review
Appendectomy has long been the mainstay of intervention for acute appendicitis, aiming at preventing perforation, peritonitis, abscess formation and recurrence. With better understanding of the disease process...
World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2017 12:46
Published on: 16 October 2017
Research article
Falls of children from heights (balconies and windows) usually result in severe injuries and death. Details on child falls from heights in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are not easily accessible. Our aim was ...
World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2017 12:45
Published on: 16 October 2017
Research article
Intestinal ligation is the cornerstone for damage control in abdominal emergency, yet it may lead to bowel ischemia. Although intestinal ligation avoids further peritoneal cavity pollution, it may lead to an i...
World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2017 12:44
Published on: 15 September 2017
Research article
Thoracic trauma is a relevant source of comorbidity throughout multiply-injured patient care. We aim to determine a measurable influence of chest trauma’s severity on early resuscitation, intensive care therap...
World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2017 12:43
Published on: 2 September 2017
Review
Resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta has been a hot topic in trauma resuscitation during these last years. The aims of this systematic review are to analyze when, how, and where this techn...
World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2017 12:42
Published on: 29 August 2017
Review
Spleen injuries are among the most frequent trauma-related injuries. At present, they are classified according to the anatomy of the injury. The optimal treatment strategy, however, should keep into considerat...
World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2017 12:40
Published on: 18 August 2017
Research article
The urine output is an important clinical parameter of renal function and blood volume status, especially in critically ill multiple trauma patients. In the present study, the minute-to-minute urine flow rate ...
World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2017 12:41
Published on: 18 August 2017
Review
The open abdomen (OA) is defined as intentional decision to leave the fascial edges of the abdomen un-approximated after laparotomy (laparostomy). The abdominal contents are potentially exposed and therefore m...
World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2017 12:39
Published on: 14 August 2017
Review
Emergency repair of complicated abdominal wall hernias may be associated with worsen outcome and a significant rate of postoperative complications. There is no consensus on management of complicated abdominal ...
World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2017 12:37
Published on: 7 August 2017
Review
Acute mesenteric ischemia (AMI) is typically defined as a group of diseases characterized by an interruption of the blood supply to varying portions of the small intestine, leading to ischemia and secondary in...
World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2017 12:38
Published on: 7 August 2017
Erratum
World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2017 12:35
Published on: 2 August 2017
The original article was published in World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2016 11:33
Erratum
World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2017 12:36
Published on: 2 August 2017
The original article was published in World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2017 12:29
Research article
Antimicrobial Stewardship Programs (ASPs) have been promoted to optimize antimicrobial usage and patient outcomes, and to reduce the emergence of antimicrobial-resistant organisms. However, the best strategies...
World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2017 12:34
Published on: 1 August 2017
Research article
Selective non-operative management (NOM) for the treatment of blunt splenic trauma is safe. Currently, the feasibility of selective NOM for penetrating splenic injury (PSI) is unclear. Unfortunately, little is...
World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2017 12:33
Published on: 25 July 2017
Research article
This retrospective study aimed to evaluate the ability of the delta neutrophil index (DNI) to predict histologically normal appendicitis preoperatively and to differentiate between simple and complicated appen...
World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2017 12:32
Published on: 24 July 2017
Research article
The use of synthetic mesh for ventral hernia repair under contaminated conditions is a controversial issue due to the considerable risk of surgical site infection (SSI). This study aimed to review the outcomes...
World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2017 12:31
Published on: 18 July 2017
Review
The objective of this systematic review and meta-analysis was to determine the effect of REBOA, compared to resuscitative thoracotomy, on mortality and among non-compressible torso hemorrhage trauma patients.
World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2017 12:30
Published on: 14 July 2017
Review
Intra-abdominal infections (IAIs) are common surgical emergencies and have been reported as major contributors to non-trauma deaths in the emergency departments worldwide.
World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2017 12:29
Published on: 10 July 2017
The Erratum to this article has been published in World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2017 12:36
Research article
There is a well known relationship between hypoperfusion and postoperative complications like anastomotic leak. No studies have been done addressing this relationship in the context of abdominal trauma surgery...
World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2017 12:28
Published on: 19 June 2017
Research article
The use of laparoscopy in managing haemodynamically stable patients with penetrating thoracoabdominal injuries in developed countries is wildly practiced, but in Africa, the use of laparoscopy is still in its ...
World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2017 12:27
Published on: 14 June 2017
Research article
Trauma characteristics and its management is influenced by socioeconomic context. Cardiac trauma constitutes a challenge for surgeons, and outcomes depend on multiple factors including initial care, characteri...
World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2017 12:26
Published on: 12 June 2017
Methodology
Surgical site infections (SSIs) constitute a major clinical problem in terms of morbidity, mortality, duration of hospital stay, and overall costs. The bacterial pathogens implicated most frequently are Streptoco...
World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2017 12:25
Published on: 12 June 2017
Research article
The conservative treatment of liver trauma has made important progress over the last 10 years at the Trauma University Hospital in Tirana, Albania. The percentage of success was 58.7%. The aims of this study w...
World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2017 12:24
Published on: 7 June 2017
Review
Congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) is a congenital abnormality, rare in adults with a frequency of 0.17–6%. Diaphragmatic rupture is an infrequent consequence of trauma, occurring in about 5% of severe clos...
World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2017 12:23
Published on: 18 May 2017
