Most Accessed Articles: World Journal of Emergency Surgeryhttps://wjes.biomedcentral.comMost Accessed Articles: World Journal of Emergency SurgeryDiagnosis and treatment of acute appendicitis: 2020 update of the WSES Jerusalem guidelineshttps://wjes.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13017-020-00306-3Acute appendicitis (AA) is among the most common causes of acute abdominal pain. Diagnosis of AA is still challenging and some controversies on its management are still present among different settings and pra...ReviewWed, 15 Apr 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://wjes.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13017-020-00306-3Salomone Di Saverio, Mauro Podda, Belinda De Simone, Marco Ceresoli, Goran Augustin, Alice Gori, Marja Boermeester, Massimo Sartelli, Federico Coccolini, Antonio Tarasconi, Nicola de’ Angelis, Dieter G. Weber, Matti Tolonen, Arianna Birindelli, Walter Biffl, Ernest E. Moore…2020-04-15T00:00:00Z2019 WSES guidelines for the management of severe acute pancreatitishttps://wjes.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13017-019-0247-0Although most patients with acute pancreatitis have the mild form of the disease, about 20–30% develops a severe form, often associated with single or multiple organ dysfunction requiring intensive care. Ident...ReviewThu, 13 Jun 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://wjes.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13017-019-0247-0Ari Leppäniemi, Matti Tolonen, Antonio Tarasconi, Helmut Segovia-Lohse, Emiliano Gamberini, Andrew W. Kirkpatrick, Chad G. Ball, Neil Parry, Massimo Sartelli, Daan Wolbrink, Harry van Goor, Gianluca Baiocchi, Luca Ansaloni, Walter Biffl, Federico Coccolini, Salomone Di Saverio…2019-06-13T00:00:00ZSplenic trauma: WSES classification and guidelines for adult and pediatric patientshttps://wjes.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13017-017-0151-4Spleen 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...ReviewFri, 18 Aug 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://wjes.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13017-017-0151-4Federico 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…2017-08-18T00:00:00ZAcute mesenteric ischemia: guidelines of the World Society of Emergency Surgeryhttps://wjes.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13017-017-0150-5Acute 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...ReviewMon, 07 Aug 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://wjes.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13017-017-0150-5Miklosh 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…2017-08-07T00:00:00ZBologna guidelines for diagnosis and management of adhesive small bowel obstruction (ASBO): 2017 update of the evidence-based guidelines from the world society of emergency surgery ASBO working grouphttps://wjes.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13017-018-0185-2Adhesive small bowel obstruction (ASBO) is a common surgical emergency, causing high morbidity and even some mortality. The adhesions causing such bowel obstructions are typically the footprints of previous ab...ReviewTue, 19 Jun 2018 00:00:00 GMThttps://wjes.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13017-018-0185-2Richard P. G. ten Broek, Pepijn Krielen, Salomone Di Saverio, Federico Coccolini, Walter L. Biffl, Luca Ansaloni, George C. Velmahos, Massimo Sartelli, Gustavo P. Fraga, Michael D. Kelly, Frederick A. Moore, Andrew B. Peitzman, Ari Leppaniemi, Ernest E. Moore, Johannes Jeekel, Yoram Kluger…2018-06-19T00:00:00Z