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  1. Blunt chest trauma is commonly encountered by surgeons and is rarely associated with cardiac injuries. The incidence of cardiac injury is rare but can be rapidly fatal, requiring prompt recognition and treatme...

    Authors: Mollie M James, Marnix Verhofste, Cass Franklin, Greg Beilman and Charles Goldman

    Citation: World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2010 5:21

    Content type: Review

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  3. We report a rare case of transverse colon volvulus in a fifteen year old boy with a review of the literature. This brings the total number of pediatric cases reported in the English literature to fifteen. This...

    Authors: Goher Rahbour, Abraham Ayantunde, Muhammad Rehan Ullah, Sobia Arshad and Rajab Kerwat

    Citation: World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2010 5:19

    Content type: Review

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  5. Blunt carotid and vertebral artery injury (BCVI) occur infrequently. The incidence of this type of injury is difficult to determine as many emergency room patients are neurologically asymptomatic. The statisti...

    Authors: Goulart Gladstone, Porta Maria Pereira Rina, Poggetti Sérgio Renato, Fontes Belchor, Júnior Lourenço de Souza Almerindo, Gattas Gabriel and Birolini Dario

    Citation: World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2010 5:17

    Content type: Research article

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  6. We report a case of traumatic inguinal hernia following blunt abdominal trauma after a road traffic accident and describe the circumstances and technique of repair. The patient suffered multiple upper limb fra...

    Authors: Seema Biswas, Maria Vedanayagam, Gabrielle Hipkins and Andrew Leather

    Citation: World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2010 5:16

    Content type: Case report

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  7. Meckel's diverticulum is the most common congenital anomaly of the gastrointestinal tract. In children with intestinal ascariasis, the diverticulum remains asymptomatic or rarely the Ascaris lumbricoides may lead...

    Authors: Imtiaz Wani, Viliam Šnábel, Ghulam Naikoo, Shadab Wani, Muddasir Wani, Abid Amin, Tariq Sheikh, Fazal Q Parray and Rauf A Wani

    Citation: World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2010 5:15

    Content type: Research article

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  8. Presence of vermiform appendix (non-inflamed or inflamed) in inguinal hernia is called Amyand's hernia in honor to surgeon C. Amyand who published the first case of perforated appendicitis within inguinal hern...

    Authors: Sadik S Llullaku, Nexhmi Sh Hyseni, Baton Z Kelmendi, Hysni J Jashari and Antigona S Hasani

    Citation: World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2010 5:14

    Content type: Review

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  9. The mechanism and pattern of vascular injury vary between different populations. The commonest mechanism of vascular injury in civilian practice is road traffic collisions. We aimed to prospectively study the ...

    Authors: Ali Jawas, Fayez Hammad, Hani O Eid and Fikri M Abu-Zidan

    Citation: World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2010 5:13

    Content type: Research article

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  10. An alcoholic 50-year-old male patient with a history of schizophrenia sustained stab wounds into both ventricles and left lung, and survived following an emergency department thoracotomy. The EDT wound, howeve...

    Authors: Kaitlyn Gilman, Kyros Ipaktchi, Ernest E Moore, Carlton Barnett and Raffi Gurunluoglu

    Citation: World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2010 5:12

    Content type: Case report

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  12. To assess, whether arterial blood gas measurements during trauma patient's pre-hospital shock resuscitation yield useful information on haemodynamic response to fluid resuscitation by comparing haemodynamic an...

    Authors: Milla Jousi, Janne Reitala, Vesa Lund, Ari Katila and Ari Leppäniemi

    Citation: World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2010 5:10

    Content type: Research article

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  13. Complicated intra-abdominal infections are an important cause of morbidity and are frequently associated with poor prognosis, particularly in higher risk patients.

    Authors: Massimo Sartelli

    Citation: World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2010 5:9

    Content type: Review

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  14. Intra luminal gallbladder bleeding is a rare cause of hemobilia that results in upper gastro-intestinal bleeding. In this case report we present a patient who presented with melena and eventually was diagnosed...

    Authors: Offir Ben-Ishay, Mouad Farraj, Pavel Shmulevsky, Benjamin Person and Yoram Shimon Kluger

    Citation: World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2010 5:8

    Content type: Case report

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  15. Pseudoaneurysms related to the superior mesenteric artery (SMA) are a recognised complication of trauma to the vessel, and successful treatment with stenting has been previously described. We report the case o...

    Authors: Iain Au-Yong, Nicholas FS Watson, Catherine L Boereboom, Timothy E Bowling, John F Abercrombie and Simon C Whitaker

    Citation: World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2010 5:7

    Content type: Case report

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  16. The outbreak of the H1N1 influenza pandemic resulted in unprecedented, overwhelming exposure in the medical and lay media, with the obvious focus of healthcare providers being on patients in internal medicine ...

    Authors: Benjamin Person, Hany Bahouth, Eran Brauner, Offir Ben-Ishay, Amitai Bickel and Yoram S Kluger

    Citation: World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2010 5:6

    Content type: Case report

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  18. Seatbelt syndrome is defined as a seatbelt sign associated with a lumbar spine fracture and a bowel perforation. An isolated rectal perforation due to seatbelt syndrome is extremely rare. There is only one cas...

    Authors: Ashraf F Hefny, Yousef I Al-Ashaal, Ahmed M Bani-Hashem and Fikri M Abu-Zidan

    Citation: World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2010 5:4

    Content type: Case report

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  19. While retroperitoneal abscess is a known complication, hepatic portal venous gas and rectal perforation have not been reported as a concomitant sequelae of acute appendicitis. Here we report a case of a patien...

    Authors: Michele Diana, Alexandre Paroz, Nicolas Demartines and Markus Schäfer

    Citation: World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2010 5:3

    Content type: Case report

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  20. Hemangiomas are the most common benign neoplasms affecting the liver. They occur at all ages. Most cases are asymptomatic and do not require any treatment. Rarely, hemangiomas can be pedunculated. İf they unde...

    Authors: Feyzullah Ersoz, Ozhan Ozcan, Ahmet Burak Toros, Serdar Culcu, Hasan Bektas, Serkan Sari, Esra Pasaoglu and Soykan Arikan

    Citation: World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2010 5:2

    Content type: Case report

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  21. In western countries intestinal obstruction caused by sigmoid volvulus is rare and its mortality remains significant in patients with late diagnosis. The aim of this work is to assess what is the correct surgi...

    Authors: Roberto Cirocchi, Eriberto Farinella, Francesco La Mura, Umberto Morelli, Stefano Trastulli, Diego Milani, Micol S Di Patrizi, Barbara Rossetti, Alessandro Spizzirri, Ioanna Galanou, Konstandinos Kopanakis, Valerio Mecarelli and Francesco Sciannameo

    Citation: World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2010 5:1

    Content type: Research article

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  22. Abdominal organ injury in a primary blast type is always challenging for diagnosis. Air containing abdominal viscera is most vulnerable to effects of primary blast injury. In any patient exposed to a primary b...

    Authors: Imtiaz Wani, Fazal Q Parray, Tariq Sheikh, Rauf A Wani, Abid Amin, Imran Gul and Mir Nazir

    Citation: World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2009 4:46

    Content type: Research article

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  23. The elevated serum and peritoneal cytokine concentrations responsible for the systemic response syndrome (SIRS) and multiorgan failure in patients with severe acute pancreatitis lead to high morbidity and mort...

    Authors: Roberto Caronna, Michele Benedetti, Andrea Morelli, Monica Rocco, Loretta Diana, Giampaolo Prezioso, Maurizio Cardi, Monica Schiratti, Gabriele Martino, Gianfranco Fanello, Federica Papini, Francesco Farelli, Roberto L Meniconi, Michele Marengo, Giuseppe Dinatale and Piero Chirletti

    Citation: World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2009 4:45

    Content type: Research article

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  24. Femoral hernias are relatively uncommon, however they are the most common incarcerated abdominal hernia, with strangulation of a viscus carrying significant mortality. Classically three approaches are describe...

    Authors: Paolo G Sorelli, Nabil S El-Masry and William V Garrett

    Citation: World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2009 4:44

    Content type: Methodology

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  25. Postpartum hemorrhage is one of the rare occasions when a general or acute care surgeon may be emergently called to labor and delivery, a situation in which time is limited and the stakes high. Unfortunately, ...

    Authors: Allison B Weisbrod, Forest R Sheppard, Mildred R Chernofsky, Charles L Blankenship, Frederick Gage, Gary Wind, Eric A Elster and William A Liston

    Citation: World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2009 4:43

    Content type: Review

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  26. We established a trauma registry in 2003 to collect data on trauma patients, which is a major cause of death in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The aim of this paper is to report on the long term effects of ou...

    Authors: Sami Shaban, Mazen Ashour, Masoud Bashir, Yousef El-Ashaal, Frank Branicki and Fikri M Abu-Zidan

    Citation: World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2009 4:42

    Content type: Research article

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  27. Although the application of damage control surgery for trauma has been widely reported and defined, similar approach in non-trauma patients has not been well detailed.

    Authors: Benjamin Person, Tatiana Dorfman, Hany Bahouth, Amira Osman, Ahmad Assalia and Yoram Kluger

    Citation: World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2009 4:41

    Content type: Research article

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  29. Abdominal wall hematoma is a rare and life-threatening complication after carotid artery stenting (CAS), but it can occur when activated clotting time is prolonged. We report a right lateral abdominal wall hem...

    Authors: Naoto Fukunaga, Shizuo Ikeyama, Jyunichiro Satomi and Koichi Satoh

    Citation: World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2009 4:39

    Content type: Case report

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  30. Munchausen syndrome is a rare psychiatric disorder in which patients inflict on themselves an illness or injury for the primary purpose of assuming the sick role. Because these patients can present with many d...

    Authors: Rinaldo Lauwers, Nele Van De Winkel, Nathalie Vanderbruggen and Ives Hubloue

    Citation: World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2009 4:38

    Content type: Case report

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  31. Cholecystectomy has been the treatment of choice for symptomatic gallstones, but remains the greatest source of post-operative biliary injuries. Laparoscopic approach has been recently preferred because of sho...

    Authors: Vincenzo Napolitano, Roberto Cirocchi, Alessandro Spizzirri, Lorenzo Cattorini, Francesco La Mura, Eriberto Farinella, Umberto Morelli, Carla Migliaccio, Pamela Del monaco, Stefano Trastulli, Micol Sole Di Patrizi, Diego Milani and Francesco Sciannameo

    Citation: World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2009 4:37

    Content type: Case report

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  32. This study is an attempt to clarify the role of C-reactive protein (CRP) as a surgical indication marker for appendicitis.

    Authors: Shozo Yokoyama, Katsunari Takifuji, Tsukasa Hotta, Kenji Matsuda, Toru Nasu, Mikihito Nakamori, Naoki Hirabayashi, Hiroyuki Kinoshita and Hiroki Yamaue

    Citation: World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2009 4:36

    Content type: Research article

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  33. The authors reported and discussed management a case of undiagnosed pheochromocytoma suspected because the catastrophic hemodynamic changes in a patient with an acute appendicitis.

    Authors: Mustapha Bensghir, Abderhmane Elwali, Salim Jaafar Lalaoui, Noureddine Drissi kamili, Hassan Alaoui, Jawad Laoutid, Hicham Azendour, Hicham Balkhi, Charqui Haimeur and Mohamed Atmani

    Citation: World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2009 4:35

    Content type: Letters to the Editor

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  35. Acute abdomen in advanced pregnancy is one of the most challenging surgical situations. In life-threatening situations, despite optimal management, foetus distress and preterm delivery may occur. Although lapa...

    Authors: Wojciech Staszewicz, Michel Christodoulou, François Marty and Vincent Bettschart

    Citation: World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2009 4:33

    Content type: Case report

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  36. Diaphragmatic rupture is a life-threatening condition. Diaphragmatic injuries are quite uncommon and often result from either blunt or penetrating trauma. Diaphragmatic ruptures are usually associated with abd...

    Authors: Farhan Rashid, Mallicka M Chakrabarty, Rajeev Singh and Syed Y Iftikhar

    Citation: World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2009 4:32

    Content type: Review

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  37. Only 65 cases (including our case) of spinal subdural abscesses have been reported to the literature, mostly to the lumbar spine. Staphylococcus aureus is the most common bacterial. The symptoms are not caract...

    Authors: Dimitris Velissaris, Diamanto Aretha, Fotini Fligou and Kriton S Filos

    Citation: World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2009 4:31

    Content type: Review

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  39. Solitary caecal diverticulum is an uncommon entity and therefore difficult to diagnose except at surgery. Caecal diverticulitis is an infrequent cause of acute abdomen and usually presents in a manner similar ...

    Authors: Michelle Cole, Abraham A Ayantunde and John Payne

    Citation: World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2009 4:29

    Content type: Case report

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  40. The literature established that, in patients without Boey's risk factors, laparoscopic repair of perforated peptic ulcers, compared to open repair, is associated to lower wound infection rate, less analgesic u...

    Authors: Piero Guglielminotti, Roberto Bini, Diego Fontana and Renzo Leli

    Citation: World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2009 4:28

    Content type: Methodology

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  41. Emergency surgery has become a neglected specialization in Europe and in many other parts of the world. In certain medical fields, emergency surgery isn't even considered an autonomous specialization. However ...

    Authors: Federico Coccolini and Daniel Lazzareschi

    Citation: World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2009 4:27

    Content type: Commentary

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  42. We present the case of a patient who sustained a penetrating injury to the chest caused by an attenuated energy rubber bullet and review the literature on thoracic injuries caused by plastic and rubber "less-l...

    Authors: Joao Rezende-Neto, Fabriccio DF Silva, Leonardo BO Porto, Luiz C Teixeira, Homer Tien and Sandro B Rizoli

    Citation: World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2009 4:26

    Content type: Review

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  46. Despite dedicated emergency theatre, emergency surgery can be often delayed due to competing urgencies, suggesting a need for innovative theatre time management.

    Authors: Stefano Partelli, Sabina Beg, Juliette Brown, Soumil Vyas and Hemant M Kocher

    Citation: World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2009 4:22

    Content type: Research article

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  47. Establishing a secure airway in a trauma patient is one of the primary essentials of treatment. Any flaw in airway management may lead to grave morbidity and mortality. Maxillofacial trauma presents a complex ...

    Authors: Amir A Krausz, Imad Abu el-Naaj and Michal Barak

    Citation: World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2009 4:21

    Content type: Review

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  49. The operative techniques to close extensive wounds to the duodenum are well described. However, postoperative morbidity is common and includes suture line leak and the formation of fistulae. The aim of this ca...

    Authors: Piotr Paluszkiewicz, Wojciech Dudek, Kathryn Lowery and Colin A Hart

    Citation: World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2009 4:19

    Content type: Research article

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