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Tuberculous abdominal cocoon – a report of 6 cases and review of the Literature

The abdominal cocoon is a rare cause of intestinal obstruction that is usually diagnosed at the time of laparotomy. It is usually of unknown origin, although at times, it may be seen secondary to a variety of ...

Authors: Robin Kaushik, RPS Punia, Harsh Mohan and Ashok K Attri

Protocol-driven approach of bleeding abdominal and pelvic trauma

Authors: Osvaldo Chiara, Stefania Cimbanassi, Fabio Castelli, Rosario Spagnolo, Paolo Girotti, Giacinto Pizzilli, Alessio Pitidis, Sara Andreani, Raffaele Pugliese and Dario Capitani

Management of acute pancreatitis: current knowledge and future perspectives

In recent years, a number of articles have been published on the treatment of acute pancreatitis in experimental models and most of them concerned animals with mild disease. However, it is difficult to transla...

Authors: Lorenzo Fantini, Paola Tomassetti and Raffaele Pezzilli

Trauma: the role of the innate immune system

Immune dysfunction can provoke (multiple) organ failure in severely injured patients. This dysfunction manifests in two forms, which follow a biphasic pattern. During the first phase, in addition to the injury...

Authors: F Hietbrink, L Koenderman, GT Rijkers and LPH Leenen

Initial resuscitation of hemorrhagic shock

The primary treatment of hemorrhagic shock is control of the source of bleeding as soon as possible and fluid replacement. In controlled hemorrhagic shock (CHS) where the source of bleeding has been occluded f...

Authors: Michael M Krausz

Peritonitis – the Eastern experience

Peritonitis is a common emergency encountered by surgeons the world over. This paper aims to provide an overview of the spectrum of peritonitis seen in the East. Studies dealing with the overall spectrum of se...

Authors: Sanjay Gupta and Robin Kaushik

Preventable trauma deaths: from panel review to population based-studies

Preventable trauma deaths are defined as deaths which could be avoided if optimal care has been delivered. Studies on preventable trauma deaths have been accomplished initially with panel reviews of pre-hospit...

Authors: Osvaldo Chiara, Stefania Cimbanassi, Alessio Pitidis and Sergio Vesconi

Cecum cancer underlying appendicular abscess. Case report and review of literature

Authors: Irene Fiume, Vincenzo Napolitano, Gianmattia Del Genio, Alfredo Allaria and Alberto Del Genio

Urgent Abdominal Re-Explorations

Treatment of a number of complications that occur after abdominal surgeries may require that Urgent Abdominal Re-explorations (UARs), the life-saving and obligatory operations, are performed. The objectives of...

Authors: Haluk Recai Unalp, Erdinc Kamer, Haldun Kar, Ahmet Bal, Mustafa Peskersoy and Mehmet Ali Onal

Peritonitis: laparoscopic approach

Laparoscopy has became as the preferred surgical approach to a number of different diseases because it allows a correct diagnosis and treatment at the same time. In abdominal emergencies, both components of tr...

Authors: Ferdinando Agresta, Luigi Francesco Ciardo, Giorgio Mazzarolo, Ivan Michelet, Guido Orsi, Giuseppe Trentin and Natalino Bedin

An unusual and difficult diagnosis of intestinal obstruction: The abdominal cocoon. Case report and review of the literature

Abdominal cocoon is a rare cause of intestinal obstruction. The abdominal cocoon is probably a developmental abnormality, largely asymptomatic, and is found incidentally at laparotomy or autopsy. Pre-operative...

Authors: Ali O Devay, Ismail Gomceli, Birol Korukluoglu and Ahmet Kusdemir

Nontraumatic terminal ileal perforation

There is still confusion and controversy over the diagnosis and optimal surgical treatment of non traumatic terminal ileal perforation-a cause of obscure peritonitis.

Authors: Rauf A Wani, Fazl Q Parray, Nadeem A Bhat, Mehmood A Wani, Tasaduq H Bhat and Fowzia Farzana

Plasma total anti-oxidant capacity correlates inversely with the extent of acute appendicitis: a case control study

The role of free oxygen radicals in inflammatory conditions is well known. Free radicals cause lipid peroxidation of cellular membranes resulting in cell death. The purpose of this study was to investigate the...

Authors: Mehmet Ozdogan, Ali Onder Devay, Ahmet Gurer, Eren Ersoy, Seda Duygulu Devay, Hakan Kulacoglu and Haldun Gundogdu

Initial evaluation of the "Trauma surgery course"

The consequence of the low rate of penetrating injuries in Europe and the increase in non-operative management of blunt trauma is a decrease in surgeons' confidence in managing traumatic injuries has led to th...

Authors: Gregorio Tugnoli, Sergio Ribaldi, Marco Casali, Stefano M Calderale, Massimo Coletti, Marco Alifano, Sergio N Forti Parri, Silvia Villani, Andrea Biscardi, M Chiara Giordano and Franco Baldoni

Emergency department thoracotomy for the critically injured patient: Objectives, indications, and outcomes

In the past three decades there has been a significant clinical shift in the performance of emergency department thoracotomy (EDT), from a nearly obligatory procedure before declaring any trauma patient to sel...

Authors: C Clay Cothren and Ernest E Moore

Laparoscopic diagnostic peritoneal lavage (L-DPL): A method for evaluation of penetrating abdominal stab wounds

The management of penetrating abdominal stab wounds has been the subject of continued reappraisal and controversy. In the present study a novel method which combines the use of diagnostic laparoscopy and DPL, ...

Authors: Michael M Krausz, Benyamine Abbou, Dan D Hershko, Ahmad Mahajna, Daniel S Duek, Bishara Bishara and Shlomo H Israelit

Repair of ascending aorta pseudoaneurysm without circulatory arrest in redo patient

A pseudoaneurysm of the ascending aorta is an unusual and potentially fatal complication after aortic surgical operations. TEE and CT scan are the investigations of choice. Surgical treatment is mandatory. We ...

Authors: Stefano Auriemma, Paolo Magagna, Ayman Sallam, Nicola Lamascese and Alessandro Fabbri

Introducing World Journal of Emergency Surgery

Authors: Fausto Catena and Ernest E Moore Jr