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  1. The study aims to examine whether the end of specialty in trauma surgery in 2003 influenced the scientific productivity of the area in Brazil.

    Authors: Gustavo Pereira Fraga, Vitor Augusto de Andrade, Ricardo Schwingel, Jamil Pastori Neto, Sizenando Vieira Starling and Sandro Rizoli
    Citation: World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2012 7(Suppl 1):S13
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    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 7 Supplement 1

  2. The benefits of telepresence in trauma and acute surgical care exist, yet its use in a live, operating room (OR) setting with real surgical cases remains limited.

    Authors: Antonio Marttos, Fernanda M Kuchkarian, Emmanouil Palaios, Daniel Rojas, Phillipe Abreu-Reis and Carl Schulman
    Citation: World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2012 7(Suppl 1):S11
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  3. The objective of this study was to investigate regional organ perfusion acutely following uncontrolled hemorrhage in an animal model that simulates a penetrating vascular injury and accounts for prehospital ti...

    Authors: Bruno M Schmidt, Joao B Rezende-Neto, Marcus V Andrade, Philippe C Winter, Mario G Carvalho Jr., Thiago A Lisboa, Sandro B Rizoli and Jose Renan Cunha-Melo
    Citation: World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2012 7(Suppl 1):S9
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  4. The treatment of complex liver injuries remains a challenge. Nonoperative treatment for such injuries is increasingly being adopted as the initial management strategy. We reviewed our experience, at a Universi...

    Authors: Thiago Messias Zago, Bruno Monteiro Tavares Pereira, Thiago Rodrigues Araujo Calderan, Mauricio Godinho, Bartolomeu Nascimento and Gustavo Pereira Fraga
    Citation: World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2012 7(Suppl 1):S8
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    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 7 Supplement 1

  5. Pre-hospital care (PH) in Brazil is currently in the phase of implementation and expansion, and there are few studies on the impacts of this public health service. The purpose of this study is to assess the qu...

    Authors: Ricardo Alessandro Teixeira Gonsaga, Izabela Dias Brugugnolli and Gustavo Pereira Fraga
    Citation: World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2012 7(Suppl 1):S6
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    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 7 Supplement 1

  6. Acute appendicitis is one of the most common surgical emergencies. Accurate diagnosis of acute appendicitis is based on careful history, physical examination, laboratory and imaging investigation. The aim of t...

    Authors: Shefki Xharra, Lumturije Gashi-Luci, Kumrije Xharra, Fahredin Veselaj, Besnik Bicaj, Fatos Sada and Avdyl Krasniqi
    Citation: World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2012 7:27
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  7. To evaluate the anatomical and functional renal alterations and the association with post-traumatic arterial hypertension.

    Authors: Gerson Alves Pereira Júnior, Valdair Francisco Muglia, Antônio Carlos dos Santos, Cecilia Hissae Miyake, Fernando Nobre, Mery Kato, Marcus Vinicius Simões and José Ivan de Andrade
    Citation: World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2012 7:26
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  8. Therapeutic anticoagulation is an important treatment of thromboembolic complications, such as DVT, PE, and blunt cerebrovascular injury. Traumatic intracranial hemorrhage has traditionally been considered to ...

    Authors: Matthew C Byrnes, Eric Irwin, Robert Roach, Molly James, Patrick K Horst and Patty Reicks
    Citation: World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2012 7:25
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  9. We sought to analyze the results of arterial injury management in a busy metropolitan vascular unit and risk factors associated with mortality and morbidity.

    Authors: Luan Jaha, Tatjana Andreevska, Hajriz Rudari, Bekim Ademi and Vlora Ismaili-Jaha
    Citation: World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2012 7:24
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  10. Traumatic transdiaphragmatic intercostal hernia, defined as an acquired herniation of abdominal contents through disrupted intercostal muscles, is a rarely reported entity. We present the first reported case o...

    Authors: Cino Bendinelli, Andrew Martin, Shane D Nebauer and Zsolt J Balogh
    Citation: World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2012 7:23
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  11. This report describes the presentation of three critically ill patients with non-traumatic acute abdominal pain and increased concentrations of the biomarkers C-reactive protein (CRP) and lactate. In these thr...

    Authors: Zainna C Meyer, Jennifer MJ Schreinemakers and Lijckle van der Laan
    Citation: World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2012 7:22
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  12. Recently, the diagnostic evaluation of pancreatic injury has improved dramatically. On the other hand, it is occasionally difficult to diagnose pancreatic injury, because there are no specific signs, symptoms,...

    Authors: Yasuhiro Ito, Takeshi Kenmochi, Tomoyuki Irino, Tomohisa Egawa, Shinobu Hayashi, Atsushi Nagashima, Nao Hiroe, Mitsuhide Kitano and Yuko Kitagawa
    Citation: World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2012 7:21
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  13. Diaphragmatic rupture after blunt abdominal injury is a rare trauma condition. Delayed diagnosis is not uncommon especially in the emergency room setting. Associated injuries often shift diagnosis and treatmen...

    Authors: Dimitrios Symeonidis, Michail Spyridakis, Georgios Koukoulis, Grigorios Christodoulidis, Ioannis Mamaloudis and Konstantinos Tepetes
    Citation: World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2012 7:20
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  14. Diospyros Lotus (“Wild Date Palm of Trabzon or Persimmon”), which has been proven to cause phytobezoars, is a widely consumed fruit in the Black Sea and Northeast Anatolia regions of Turkey. The aim of the pre...

    Authors: Gökhan Ertuğrul, Murat Coşkun, Mahsuni Sevinç, Behzat Yelimlieş, Fisun Ertuğrul and Toygar Toydemir
    Citation: World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2012 7:19
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  15. Subclavian artery injuries represent an uncommon complication of blunt chest trauma, this structure being protected by subclavius muscle, the clavicle, the first rib, and the deep cervical fascia as well as th...

    Authors: Marco Assenza, Leonardo Centonze, Lorenzo Valesini, Gabriele Campana, Mario Corona and Claudio Modini
    Citation: World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2012 7:18
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  17. A 16-year-old girl suffered blunt abdominal trauma. Clinically, a severe motor impairment with paraesthesia of the legs was found. Posterior osteosynthesis in T10-L1 with laminectomy in T10-T12 and posterolate...

    Authors: Ruben Balzarotti, Stefania Cimbanassi, Osvaldo Chiara, Gianpietro Zabbialini and Claude Smadja
    Citation: World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2012 7:16
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  18. The CIAO Study is a multicenter observational study currently underway in 66 European medical institutions over the course of a six-month study period (January-June 2012).

    Authors: Massimo Sartelli, Fausto Catena, Luca Ansaloni, Ari Leppaniemi, Korhan Taviloglu, Harry van Goor, Pierluigi Viale, Daniel Vasco Lazzareschi, Carlo de Werra, Daniele Marrelli, Sergio Colizza, Rodolfo Scibé, Halil Alis, Nurkan Torer, Salvador Navarro, Marco Catani…
    Citation: World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2012 7:15
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  19. Severe chest wall injuries are potentially life-threatening injuries which require a standardized multidisciplinary management strategy for prevention of posttraumatic complications and adverse outcome.

    Authors: James Bailey, Todd VanderHeiden, Clay Cothren Burlew, Sarah Pinski-Sibbel, Janeen Jordan, Ernest E Moore and Philip F Stahel
    Citation: World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2012 7:14
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  20. Residents in training, medical students and other staff in surgical sector, emergency room (ER) and intensive care unit (ICU) or Burn Unit face a multitude of questions regarding burn care. Treatment of burns is ...

    Authors: Ziyad Alharbi, Andrzej Piatkowski, Rolf Dembinski, Sven Reckort, Gerrit Grieb, Jens Kauczok and Norbert Pallua
    Citation: World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2012 7:13
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  23. Sigmoid volvulus is a rare surgical complication occurring in pregnancy and puerperium. Only 84 cases of sigmoid volvulus in pregnancy have been reported in the English literature so far. We have reviewed the ...

    Authors: Muhammad R Khan and Sameer ur Rehman
    Citation: World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2012 7:10
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  24. Acute respiratory failure due to thyroid compression or invasion of the tracheal lumen is a surgical emergency requiring urgent management. The aim of this paper is to describe a series of six patients treated...

    Authors: Mario Testini, Francesco Logoluso, Germana Lissidini, Angela Gurrado, Giuseppe Campobasso, Rocco Cortese, Giuseppe Massimiliano De Luca, Ilaria Fabiola Franco, Alessandro De Luca and Giuseppe Piccinni
    Citation: World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2012 7:9
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  25. Currently, evidence of contrast extravasation on computed tomography (CT) scan is regarded as an indication for intervention in splenic injuries. In our experience, patients transferred from other institutions...

    Authors: Clay Cothren Burlew, Lucy Z Kornblith, Ernest E Moore, Jeffrey L Johnson and Walter L Biffl
    Citation: World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2012 7:8
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  26. Hydatid disease is a major health problem worldwide. Primary hydatid disease of the pancreas is very rare and acute pancreatitis secondary to hydatid cyst has rarely been reported. We report the case of a 38-y...

    Authors: Amin Makni, Mohamed Jouini, Montassar Kacem and Zoubeir Ben Safta
    Citation: World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2012 7:7
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  27. Peritonitis is the most common life threatening surgical emergency, which requires urgent surgical intervention and is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality. The objective of this study was to highlig...

    Authors: Ahmer A Memon, Faisal G Siddiqui, Arshad H Abro, Ahmed H Agha, Shahzadi Lubna and Abdul S Memon
    Citation: World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2012 7:6
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  28. Surgical residents have insufficient opportunites to learn basic hemostatic skills from clinical experience alone. We designed an ex-vivo training system using porcine organs and a circulation pump to teach he...

    Authors: Yoshimitsu Izawa, Shuji Hishikawa, Tomohiro Muronoi, Keisuke Yamashita, Masayuki Suzukawa and Alan T Lefor
    Citation: World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2012 7:5
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  29. Typhoid intestinal perforation is still prevalent in many developing countries. Despite the advances in the management, the outcome in these patients in resource limited countries is still very poor. This stud...

    Authors: Phillipo L Chalya, Joseph B Mabula, Mheta Koy, Johannes B Kataraihya, Hyasinta Jaka, Stephen E Mshana, Mariam Mirambo, Mabula D Mchembe, Geofrey Giiti and Japhet M Gilyoma
    Citation: World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2012 7:4
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  32. The gastric fundal diverticulae are rare. They can present with variable symptoms. We are enclosing a literature review on gastric fundal diverticulum. Lessons have emerged which may help in the management of ...

    Authors: Farhan Rashid, Ahmed Aber and Syed Y Iftikhar
    Citation: World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2012 7:1
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  33. Necrotizing fasciitis (NF) is an uncommon soft tissue infection, usually caused by toxin-producing virulent bacteria. It is characterized by widespread fascial necrosis primarily caused by Streptococcus hemolytic...

    Authors: Zdravko Roje, Željka Roje, Dario Matić, Davor Librenjak, Stjepan Dokuzović and Josip Varvodić
    Citation: World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2011 6:46
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  34. Ovarian vein thrombosis (OVT) is a rare, but serious condition that affects mostly postpartum women. A high index of suspicion is required in order to diagnose this unusual cause of abdominal pain.

    Authors: Nikolaos Arkadopoulos, Dionysios Dellaportas, Anneza Yiallourou, Andreas Koureas and Dionysios Voros
    Citation: World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2011 6:45
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  35. Heterogeneity of patients affected by acute cholecystitis, and their co-morbidities make very difficult to standardize the therapy for this very common condition. The staging system suggested in the recent "To...

    Authors: Fabio C Campanile, Fausto Catena, Federico Coccolini, Marco Lotti, Dario Piazzalunga, Michele Pisano and Luca Ansaloni
    Citation: World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2011 6:44
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  36. Though animal-related injuries and fatalities have been documented throughout the world, the variety of attacks by wild animals native to rural East Africa are less commonly described. Given the proximity of o...

    Authors: Katrina B Mitchell, Vihar R Kotecha and Alphonce Chandika
    Citation: World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2011 6:43
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  37. Intramural Duodenal Haematoma (IDH) is an uncommon complication of blunt abdominal trauma. IDH's are most often treated non-operatively. We describe laparoscopic treatment of an IDH after failed conservative m...

    Authors: Gregory J Nolan, Cino Bendinelli and Jon Gani
    Citation: World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2011 6:42
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  38. Chest compressions have saved the lives of countless patients in cardiac arrest as they generate a small but critical amount of blood flow to the heart and brain. This is achieved by direct cardiac massage as ...

    Authors: Taufiek K Rajab, Charles N Pozner, Claudius Conrad, Lawrence H Cohn and Jan D Schmitto
    Citation: World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2011 6:41
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  39. Complicated intra-abdominal infections are frequently associated with poor prognoses and high morbidity and mortality rates.

    Authors: Massimo Sartelli, Fausto Catena, Luca Ansaloni, Daniel V Lazzareschi, Korhan Taviloglu, Harry Van Goor, Pierluigi Viale, Ari Leppaniemi and Carlo De Werra
    Citation: World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2011 6:40
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  41. Tracheostomy remains a very important life saving surgical procedure worldwide and particularly in our environment where patients present late in upper airway obstruction. Little work has been done on this sub...

    Authors: Japhet M Gilyoma, Darius D Balumuka and Phillipo L Chalya
    Citation: World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2011 6:38
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  42. Peritonitis is a life-threatening condition with a multitude of etiologies that can vary with geographic location. The aims of this study were to elucidate the etiology, clinical presentation and outcomes asso...

    Authors: Jonathan C Samuel, Javeria S Qureshi, Gift Mulima, Carol G Shores, Bruce A Cairns and Anthony G Charles
    Citation: World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2011 6:37
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  43. Acute appendicitis is the most common acute surgical condition of the abdomen. Diagnosis is made based on full clinical history and examination as well as supported by a routine blood investigation and urine t...

    Authors: Chee Siong Wong and Syed Altaf Naqvi
    Citation: World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2011 6:36
    Content type: Review Published on:

  44. The purpose of this study is to describe a technical modification of percutaneous tracheostomy that combines principles of the Percu Twist™ and the Griggs-Portex® methods in a reusable kit. One hundred patients u...

    Authors: Joao B Rezende-Neto, Argenil J Oliveira, Mario P Neto, Fernando A Botoni and Sandro B Rizoli
    Citation: World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2011 6:35
    Content type: Methodology Published on:

  45. Trauma such as found patients with femur fractures, induces a systemic inflammatory response, which ranges from mild SIRS to ARDS. Neutrophils (i.e. PMN) play an important role in the pathogenesis of this infl...

    Authors: Falco Hietbrink, Leo Koenderman and Luke PH Leenen
    Citation: World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2011 6:34
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  46. A comprehensive review of data has not yet been provided as penetrating injury to the buttock is not a common condition accounting for 2-3% of all penetrating injuries. The aim of the study is to provide the a...

    Authors: Raimundas Lunevicius and Klaus-Martin Schulte
    Citation: World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2011 6:33
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  47. The reexpansion pulmonary edema is a rare, but life threatening complication of a pneumothorax. Early recognition and a fast symptom orientated therapy are necessary for a good outcome. Several cases after non...

    Authors: Mark Malota, Markus C Kowarik, Barbara Bechtold and Reinhard Kopp
    Citation: World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2011 6:32
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  48. Perforated peptic ulcer is a serious complication of peptic ulcers with potential risk of grave complications. There is paucity of published reports on perforated peptic ulcer disease in our local environment....

    Authors: Phillipo L Chalya, Joseph B Mabula, Mheta Koy, Mabula D Mchembe, Hyasinta M Jaka, Rodrick Kabangila, Alphonce B Chandika and Japhet M Gilyoma
    Citation: World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2011 6:31
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  49. We present a case of post-traumatic diaphragmatic herniation of the liver, which mimicked an intrathoracic tumor. After an automobile accident, the patient underwent thoracotomies for hemothorax and lung cance...

    Authors: Katsutoshi Sato, Kazumasa Orihashi, Yoshiharu Hamanaka, Norimasa Mitsui, Shinji Hirai, Naru Chatani and Takashi Nishisaka
    Citation: World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2011 6:30
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  50. Breast gangrene is rare in surgical practice. Gangrene of breast can be idiopathic or secondary to some causative factor. Antibiotics and debridement are used for management. Acute inflammatory infiltrate, sev...

    Authors: Imtiaz Wani, Iftikhar Bakshi, Fazl Q Parray, Ajaz A Malik, Rauf A Wani, Mubashir Shah, Irfan Husasin, Altaf Malik, Sajad Wani and Wahid Syed
    Citation: World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2011 6:29
    Content type: Research article Published on:
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