Tag: WSES

urinary tract injuries

2023 WSES guidelines for the prevention, detection, and management of iatrogenic urinary tract injuries (IUTIs) during emergency digestive surgery (2023)

by Lukas Widmer

de’Angelis N, Schena CA, Marchegiani F, Reitano E, De Simone B, Wong GYM, et al. 2023 WSES guidelines for the prevention, detection, and management of iatrogenic urinary tract injuries (IUTIs) during emergency digestive surgery. World J Emerg Surg 2023;18:45. doi:10.1186/s13017-023-00513-8. IntroductionThe reported incidence of iatrogenic ureteral injury during elective abdominal surgery ranges between 0 and […]

appendicitis

Diagnosis and treatment of acute appendicitis: 2020 update of the WSES Jerusalem guidelines (2020)

by Lukas Widmer

Di Saverio S, Podda M, De Simone B, Ceresoli M, Augustin G, Gori A, et al. Diagnosis and treatment of acute appendicitis: 2020 update of the WSES Jerusalem guidelines. World J Emerg Surg. World Journal of Emergency Surgery; 2020;15:27. https://wjes.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13017-020-00306-3 Diagnosis Recommendation 1.1 We recommend to adopt a tailored individualized diagnostic approach for stratifying the […]

abdominal trauma upper gi

Management of complicated diaphragmatic hernia in the acute setting: a WSES position paper (2023)

by Lukas Widmer

Introduction Diaphragmatic rupture occurs in 2.1% of blunt trauma and 3.5% of penetrating trauma. Overall, diaphragmatic rupture (DR) is infrequent and may reach up to 5% of trauma patients depending on the injury severity and mechanism of injury. The distribution of diaphragmatic hernia after blunt trauma is as follows: 50–80% affect the left hemidiaphragm, 12–40% […]