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Item Open Access 2020 update of the WSES guidelines for the management of acute colonic diverticulitis in the emergency setting(2020-05-07) Sartelli, Massimo; Weber, Dieter G; Kluger, Yoram; Ansaloni, Luca; Coccolini, Federico; Abu-Zidan, Fikri; Augustin, Goran; Ben-Ishay, Offir; Biffl, Walter L; Bouliaris, Konstantinos; Catena, Rodolfo; Ceresoli, Marco; Chiara, Osvaldo; Chiarugi, Massimo; Coimbra, Raul; Cortese, Francesco; Cui, Yunfeng; Damaskos, Dimitris; de’ Angelis, Gian L; Delibegovic, Samir; Demetrashvili, Zaza; De Simone, Belinda; Di Marzo, Francesco; Di Saverio, Salomone; Duane, Therese M; Faro, Mario P; Fraga, Gustavo P; Gkiokas, George; Gomes, Carlos A; Hardcastle, Timothy C; Hecker, Andreas; Karamarkovic, Aleksandar; Kashuk, Jeffry; Khokha, Vladimir; Kirkpatrick, Andrew W; Kok, Kenneth Y Y; Inaba, Kenji; Isik, Arda; Labricciosa, Francesco M; Latifi, Rifat; Leppäniemi, Ari; Litvin, Andrey; Mazuski, John E; Maier, Ronald V; Marwah, Sanjay; McFarlane, Michael; Moore, Ernest E; Moore, Frederick A; Negoi, Ionut; Pagani, Leonardo; Rasa, Kemal; Rubio-Perez, Ines; Sakakushev, Boris; Sato, Norio; Sganga, Gabriele; Siquini, Walter; Tarasconi, Antonio; Tolonen, Matti; Ulrych, Jan; Zachariah, Sannop K; Catena, FaustoAbstract Acute colonic diverticulitis is one of the most common clinical conditions encountered by surgeons in the acute setting. An international multidisciplinary panel of experts from the World Society of Emergency Surgery (WSES) updated its guidelines for management of acute left-sided colonic diverticulitis (ALCD) according to the most recent available literature. The update includes recent changes introduced in the management of ALCD. The new update has been further integrated with advances in acute right-sided colonic diverticulitis (ARCD) that is more common than ALCD in select regions of the world.Item Open Access 2023 WSES guidelines for the prevention, detection, and management of iatrogenic urinary tract injuries (IUTIs) during emergency digestive surgery(2023-09-09) de’Angelis, Nicola; Schena, Carlo A.; Marchegiani, Francesco; Reitano, Elisa; De Simone, Belinda; Wong, Geoffrey Y. M.; Martínez-Pérez, Aleix; Abu-Zidan, Fikri M.; Agnoletti, Vanni; Aisoni, Filippo; Ammendola, Michele; Ansaloni, Luca; Bala, Miklosh; Biffl, Walter; Ceccarelli, Graziano; Ceresoli, Marco; Chiara, Osvaldo; Chiarugi, Massimo; Cimbanassi, Stefania; Coccolini, Federico; Coimbra, Raul; Di Saverio, Salomone; Diana, Michele; Dioguardi Burgio, Marco; Fraga, Gustavo; Gavriilidis, Paschalis; Gurrado, Angela; Inchingolo, Riccardo; Ingels, Alexandre; Ivatury, Rao; Kashuk, Jeffry L.; Khan, Jim; Kirkpatrick, Andrew W.; Kim, Fernando J.; Kluger, Yoram; Lakkis, Zaher; Leppäniemi, Ari; Maier, Ronald V.; Memeo, Riccardo; Moore, Ernest E.; Ordoñez, Carlos A.; Peitzman, Andrew B.; Pellino, Gianluca; Picetti, Edoardo; Pikoulis, Manos; Pisano, Michele; Podda, Mauro; Romeo, Oreste; Rosa, Fausto; Tan, Edward; Ten Broek, Richard P.; Testini, Mario; Tian Wei Cheng, Brian A.; Weber, Dieter; Sacco, Emilio; Sartelli, Massimo; Tonsi, Alfredo; Dal Moro, Fabrizio; Catena, FaustoAbstract Iatrogenic urinary tract injury (IUTI) is a severe complication of emergency digestive surgery. It can lead to increased postoperative morbidity and mortality and have a long-term impact on the quality of life. The reported incidence of IUTIs varies greatly among the studies, ranging from 0.3 to 1.5%. Given the high volume of emergency digestive surgery performed worldwide, there is a need for well-defined and effective strategies to prevent and manage IUTIs. Currently, there is a lack of consensus regarding the prevention, detection, and management of IUTIs in the emergency setting. The present guidelines, promoted by the World Society of Emergency Surgery (WSES), were developed following a systematic review of the literature and an international expert panel discussion. The primary aim of these WSES guidelines is to provide evidence-based recommendations to support clinicians and surgeons in the prevention, detection, and management of IUTIs during emergency digestive surgery. The following key aspects were considered: (1) effectiveness of preventive interventions for IUTIs during emergency digestive surgery; (2) intra-operative detection of IUTIs and appropriate management strategies; (3) postoperative detection of IUTIs and appropriate management strategies and timing; and (4) effectiveness of antibiotic therapy (including type and duration) in case of IUTIs.Item Open Access A pandemic recap: lessons we have learned(2021-09-10) Coccolini, Federico; Cicuttin, Enrico; Cremonini, Camilla; Tartaglia, Dario; Viaggi, Bruno; Kuriyama, Akira; Picetti, Edoardo; Ball, Chad; Abu-Zidan, Fikri; Ceresoli, Marco; Turri, Bruno; Jain, Sumita; Palombo, Carlo; Guirao, Xavier; Rodrigues, Gabriel; Gachabayov, Mahir; Machado, Fernando; Eftychios, Lostoridis; Kanj, Souha S.; Di Carlo, Isidoro; Di Saverio, Salomone; Khokha, Vladimir; Kirkpatrick, Andrew; Massalou, Damien; Forfori, Francesco; Corradi, Francesco; Delibegovic, Samir; Machain Vega, Gustavo M.; Fantoni, Massimo; Demetriades, Demetrios; Kapoor, Garima; Kluger, Yoram; Ansari, Shamshul; Maier, Ron; Leppaniemi, Ari; Hardcastle, Timothy; Vereczkei, Andras; Karamagioli, Evika; Pikoulis, Emmanouil; Pistello, Mauro; Sakakushev, Boris E.; Navsaria, Pradeep H.; Galeiras, Rita; Yahya, Ali I.; Osipov, Aleksei V.; Dimitrov, Evgeni; Doklestić, Krstina; Pisano, Michele; Malacarne, Paolo; Carcoforo, Paolo; Sibilla, Maria G.; Kryvoruchko, Igor A.; Bonavina, Luigi; Kim, Jae I.; Shelat, Vishal G.; Czepiel, Jacek; Maseda, Emilio; Marwah, Sanjay; Chirica, Mircea; Biancofiore, Giandomenico; Podda, Mauro; Cobianchi, Lorenzo; Ansaloni, Luca; Fugazzola, Paola; Seretis, Charalampos; Gomez, Carlos A.; Tumietto, Fabio; Malbrain, Manu; Reichert, Martin; Augustin, Goran; Amato, Bruno; Puzziello, Alessandro; Hecker, Andreas; Gemignani, Angelo; Isik, Arda; Cucchetti, Alessandro; Nacoti, Mirco; Kopelman, Doron; Mesina, Cristian; Ghannam, Wagih; Ben-Ishay, Offir; Dhingra, Sameer; Coimbra, Raul; Moore, Ernest E.; Cui, Yunfeng; Quiodettis, Martha A.; Bala, Miklosh; Testini, Mario; Diaz, Jose; Girardis, Massimo; Biffl, Walter L.; Hecker, Matthias; Sall, Ibrahima; Boggi, Ugo; Materazzi, Gabriele; Ghiadoni, Lorenzo; Matsumoto, Junichi; Zuidema, Wietse P.; Ivatury, Rao; Enani, Mushira A.; Litvin, Andrey; Al-Hasan, Majdi N.; Demetrashvili, Zaza; Baraket, Oussama; Ordoñez, Carlos A.; Negoi, Ionut; Kiguba, Ronald; Memish, Ziad A.; Elmangory, Mutasim M.; Tolonen, Matti; Das, Korey; Ribeiro, Julival; O’Connor, Donal B.; Tan, Boun K.; Van Goor, Harry; Baral, Suman; De Simone, Belinda; Corbella, Davide; Brambillasca, Pietro; Scaglione, Michelangelo; Basolo, Fulvio; De’Angelis, Nicola; Bendinelli, Cino; Weber, Dieter; Pagani, Leonardo; Monti, Cinzia; Baiocchi, Gianluca; Chiarugi, Massimo; Catena, Fausto; Sartelli, MassimoAbstract On January 2020, the WHO Director General declared that the outbreak constitutes a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. The world has faced a worldwide spread crisis and is still dealing with it. The present paper represents a white paper concerning the tough lessons we have learned from the COVID-19 pandemic. Thus, an international and heterogenous multidisciplinary panel of very differentiated people would like to share global experiences and lessons with all interested and especially those responsible for future healthcare decision making. With the present paper, international and heterogenous multidisciplinary panel of very differentiated people would like to share global experiences and lessons with all interested and especially those responsible for future healthcare decision making.Item Open Access Correction: ECLAPTE: Effective Closure of LAParoTomy in Emergency—2023 World Society of Emergency Surgery guidelines for the closure of laparotomy in emergency settings(2023-11-27) Frassini, Simone; Cobianchi, Lorenzo; Fugazzola, Paola; Biffl, Walter L.; Coccolini, Federico; Damaskos, Dimitrios; Moore, Ernest E.; Kluger, Yoram; Ceresoli, Marco; Coimbra, Raul; Davies, Justin; Kirkpatrick, Andrew; Di Carlo, Isidoro; Hardcastle, Timothy C.; Isik, Arda; Chiarugi, Massimo; Gurusamy, Kurinchi; Maier, Ronald V.; Segovia Lohse, Helmut A.; Jeekel, Hans; Boermeester, Marja A.; Abu-Zidan, Fikri; Inaba, Kenji; Weber, Dieter G.; Augustin, Goran; Bonavina, Luigi; Velmahos, George; Sartelli, Massimo; Di Saverio, Salomone; Ten Broek, Richard P. G.; Granieri, Stefano; Dal Mas, Francesca; Farè, Camilla N.; Peverada, Jacopo; Zanghì, Simone; Viganò, Jacopo; Tomasoni, Matteo; Dominioni, Tommaso; Cicuttin, Enrico; Hecker, Andreas; Tebala, Giovanni D.; Galante, Joseph M.; Wani, Imtiaz; Khokha, Vladimir; Sugrue, Michael; Scalea, Thomas M.; Tan, Edward; Malangoni, Mark A.; Pararas, Nikolaos; Podda, Mauro; De Simone, Belinda; Ivatury, Rao; Cui, Yunfeng; Kashuk, Jeffry; Peitzman, Andrew; Kim, Fernando; Pikoulis, Emmanouil; Sganga, Gabriele; Chiara, Osvaldo; Kelly, Michael D.; Marzi, Ingo; Picetti, Edoardo; Agnoletti, Vanni; De’Angelis, Nicola; Campanelli, Giampiero; de Moya, Marc; Litvin, Andrey; Martínez-Pérez, Aleix; Sall, Ibrahima; Rizoli, Sandro; Tomadze, Gia; Sakakushev, Boris; Stahel, Philip F.; Civil, Ian; Shelat, Vishal; Costa, David; Chichom-Mefire, Alain; Latifi, Rifat; Chirica, Mircea; Amico, Francesco; Pardhan, Amyn; Seenarain, Vidya; Boyapati, Nikitha; Hatz, Basil; Ackermann, Travis; Abeyasundara, Sandun; Fenton, Linda; Plani, Frank; Sarvepalli, Rohit; Rouhbakhshfar, Omid; Caleo, Pamela; Ho-Ching Yau, Victor; Clement, Kristenne; Christou, Erasmia; Castillo, Ana M. G.; Gosal, Preet K. S.; Balasubramaniam, Sunder; Hsu, Jeremy; Banphawatanarak, Kamon; Pisano, Michele; Toro, Adriana; Michele, Altomare; Cioffi, Stefano P. B.; Spota, Andrea; Catena, Fausto; Ansaloni, LucaItem Open Access COVID-19 the showdown for mass casualty preparedness and management: the Cassandra Syndrome(2020-04-09) Coccolini, Federico; Sartelli, Massimo; Kluger, Yoram; Pikoulis, Emmanouil; Karamagioli, Evika; Moore, Ernest E; Biffl, Walter L; Peitzman, Andrew; Hecker, Andreas; Chirica, Mircea; Damaskos, Dimitrios; Ordonez, Carlos; Vega, Felipe; Fraga, Gustavo P; Chiarugi, Massimo; Di Saverio, Salomone; Kirkpatrick, Andrew W; Abu-Zidan, Fikri; Mefire, Alain C; Leppaniemi, Ari; Khokha, Vladimir; Sakakushev, Boris; Catena, Rodolfo; Coimbra, Raul; Ansaloni, Luca; Corbella, Davide; Catena, FaustoAbstract Since December 2019, the world is potentially facing one of the most difficult infectious situations of the last decades. COVID-19 epidemic warrants consideration as a mass casualty incident (MCI) of the highest nature. An optimal MCI/disaster management should consider all four phases of the so-called disaster cycle: mitigation, planning, response, and recovery. COVID-19 outbreak has demonstrated the worldwide unpreparedness to face a global MCI. This present paper thus represents a call for action to solicitate governments and the Global Community to actively start effective plans to promote and improve MCI management preparedness in general, and with an obvious current focus on COVID-19.Item Open Access Duodeno-pancreatic and extrahepatic biliary tree trauma: WSES-AAST guidelines(2019-12-11) Coccolini, Federico; Kobayashi, Leslie; Kluger, Yoram; Moore, Ernest E; Ansaloni, Luca; Biffl, Walt; Leppaniemi, Ari; Augustin, Goran; Reva, Viktor; Wani, Imitiaz; Kirkpatrick, Andrew; Abu-Zidan, Fikri; Cicuttin, Enrico; Fraga, Gustavo P; Ordonez, Carlos; Pikoulis, Emmanuil; Sibilla, Maria G; Maier, Ron; Matsumura, Yosuke; Masiakos, Peter T; Khokha, Vladimir; Mefire, Alain C; Ivatury, Rao; Favi, Francesco; Manchev, Vassil; Sartelli, Massimo; Machado, Fernando; Matsumoto, Junichi; Chiarugi, Massimo; Arvieux, Catherine; Catena, Fausto; Coimbra, RaulAbstract Duodeno-pancreatic and extrahepatic biliary tree injuries are rare in both adult and pediatric trauma patients, and due to their anatomical location, associated injuries are very common. Mortality is primarily related to associated injuries, but morbidity remains high even in isolated injuries. Optimal management of duodeno-bilio-pancreatic injuries is dictated primarily by hemodynamic stability, clinical presentation, and grade of injury. Endoscopic and percutaneous interventions have increased the ability to non-operatively manage these injuries. Late diagnosis and treatment are both associated to increased morbidity and mortality. Sequelae of late presentations of pancreatic injury and complications of severe pancreatic trauma are also increasingly addressed endoscopically and with interventional radiology procedures. However, for moderate and severe extrahepatic biliary and severe duodeno-pancreatic injuries, immediate operative intervention is preferred as associated injuries are frequent and commonly present with hemodynamic instability or peritonitis. The aim of this paper is to present the World Society of Emergency Surgery (WSES) and American Association for the Surgery of Trauma (AAST) duodenal, pancreatic, and extrahepatic biliary tree trauma management guidelines.Item Open Access ECLAPTE: Effective Closure of LAParoTomy in Emergency—2023 World Society of Emergency Surgery guidelines for the closure of laparotomy in emergency settings(2023-07-26) Frassini, Simone; Cobianchi, Lorenzo; Fugazzola, Paola; Biffl, Walter L.; Coccolini, Federico; Damaskos, Dimitrios; Moore, Ernest E.; Kluger, Yoram; Ceresoli, Marco; Coimbra, Raul; Davies, Justin; Kirkpatrick, Andrew; Di Carlo, Isidoro; Hardcastle, Timothy C.; Isik, Arda; Chiarugi, Massimo; Gurusamy, Kurinchi; Maier, Ronald V.; Segovia Lohse, Helmut A.; Jeekel, Hans; Boermeester, Marja A.; Abu-Zidan, Fikri; Inaba, Kenji; Weber, Dieter G.; Augustin, Goran; Bonavina, Luigi; Velmahos, George; Sartelli, Massimo; Di Saverio, Salomone; Ten Broek, Richard P. G.; Granieri, Stefano; Dal Mas, Francesca; Farè, Camilla N.; Peverada, Jacopo; Zanghì, Simone; Viganò, Jacopo; Tomasoni, Matteo; Dominioni, Tommaso; Cicuttin, Enrico; Hecker, Andreas; Tebala, Giovanni D.; Galante, Joseph M.; Wani, Imtiaz; Khokha, Vladimir; Sugrue, Michael; Scalea, Thomas M.; Tan, Edward; Malangoni, Mark A.; Pararas, Nikolaos; Podda, Mauro; De Simone, Belinda; Ivatury, Rao; Cui, Yunfeng; Kashuk, Jeffry; Peitzman, Andrew; Kim, Fernando; Pikoulis, Emmanouil; Sganga, Gabriele; Chiara, Osvaldo; Kelly, Michael D.; Marzi, Ingo; Picetti, Edoardo; Agnoletti, Vanni; De’Angelis, Nicola; Campanelli, Giampiero; de Moya, Marc; Litvin, Andrey; Martínez-Pérez, Aleix; Sall, Ibrahima; Rizoli, Sandro; Tomadze, Gia; Sakakushev, Boris; Stahel, Philip F.; Civil, Ian; Shelat, Vishal; Costa, David; Chichom-Mefire, Alain; Latifi, Rifat; Chirica, Mircea; Amico, Francesco; Pardhan, Amyn; Seenarain, Vidya; Boyapati, Nikitha; Hatz, Basil; Ackermann, Travis; Abeyasundara, Sandun; Fenton, Linda; Plani, Frank; Sarvepalli, Rohit; Rouhbakhshfar, Omid; Caleo, Pamela; Ho-Ching Yau, Victor; Clement, Kristenne; Christou, Erasmia; Castillo, Ana M. G.; Gosal, Preet K. S.; Balasubramaniam, Sunder; Hsu, Jeremy; Banphawatanarak, Kamon; Pisano, Michele; Adriana, Toro; Michele, Altomare; Cioffi, Stefano P. B.; Spota, Andrea; Catena, Fausto; Ansaloni, LucaAbstract Laparotomy incisions provide easy and rapid access to the peritoneal cavity in case of emergency surgery. Incisional hernia (IH) is a late manifestation of the failure of abdominal wall closure and represents frequent complication of any abdominal incision: IHs can cause pain and discomfort to the patients but also clinical serious sequelae like bowel obstruction, incarceration, strangulation, and necessity of reoperation. Previous guidelines and indications in the literature consider elective settings and evidence about laparotomy closure in emergency settings is lacking. This paper aims to present the World Society of Emergency Surgery (WSES) project called ECLAPTE (Effective Closure of LAParoTomy in Emergency): the final manuscript includes guidelines on the closure of emergency laparotomy.Item Open Access Intraoperative surgical site infection control and prevention: a position paper and future addendum to WSES intra-abdominal infections guidelines(2020-02-10) De Simone, Belinda; Sartelli, Massimo; Coccolini, Federico; Ball, Chad G; Brambillasca, Pietro; Chiarugi, Massimo; Campanile, Fabio C; Nita, Gabriela; Corbella, Davide; Leppaniemi, Ari; Boschini, Elena; Moore, Ernest E; Biffl, Walter; Peitzmann, Andrew; Kluger, Yoram; Sugrue, Michael; Fraga, Gustavo; Di Saverio, Salomone; Weber, Dieter; Sakakushev, Boris; Chiara, Osvaldo; Abu-Zidan, Fikri M; ten Broek, Richard; Kirkpatrick, Andrew W; Wani, Imtiaz; Coimbra, Raul; Baiocchi, Gian L; Kelly, Micheal D; Ansaloni, Luca; Catena, FaustoAbstract Background Surgical site infections (SSI) represent a considerable burden for healthcare systems. They are largely preventable and multiple interventions have been proposed over past years in an attempt to prevent SSI. We aim to provide a position paper on Operative Room (OR) prevention of SSI in patients presenting with intra-abdominal infection to be considered a future addendum to the well-known World Society of Emergency Surgery (WSES) Guidelines on the management of intra-abdominal infections. Methods The literature was searched for focused publications on SSI until March 2019. Critical analysis and grading of the literature has been performed by a working group of experts; the literature review and the statements were evaluated by a Steering Committee of the WSES. Results Wound protectors and antibacterial sutures seem to have effective roles to prevent SSI in intra-abdominal infections. The application of negative-pressure wound therapy in preventing SSI can be useful in reducing postoperative wound complications. It is important to pursue normothermia with the available resources in the intraoperative period to decrease SSI rate. The optimal knowledge of the pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic characteristics of antibiotics helps to decide when additional intraoperative antibiotic doses should be administered in patients with intra-abdominal infections undergoing emergency surgery to prevent SSI. Conclusions The current position paper offers an extensive overview of the available evidence regarding surgical site infection control and prevention in patients having intra-abdominal infections.Item Open Access Kidney and uro-trauma: WSES-AAST guidelines(2019-12-02) Coccolini, Federico; Moore, Ernest E; Kluger, Yoram; Biffl, Walter; Leppaniemi, Ari; Matsumura, Yosuke; Kim, Fernando; Peitzman, Andrew B; Fraga, Gustavo P; Sartelli, Massimo; Ansaloni, Luca; Augustin, Goran; Kirkpatrick, Andrew; Abu-Zidan, Fikri; Wani, Imitiaz; Weber, Dieter; Pikoulis, Emmanouil; Larrea, Martha; Arvieux, Catherine; Manchev, Vassil; Reva, Viktor; Coimbra, Raul; Khokha, Vladimir; Mefire, Alain C; Ordonez, Carlos; Chiarugi, Massimo; Machado, Fernando; Sakakushev, Boris; Matsumoto, Junichi; Maier, Ron; di Carlo, Isidoro; Catena, FaustoAbstract Renal and urogenital injuries occur in approximately 10-20% of abdominal trauma in adults and children. Optimal management should take into consideration the anatomic injury, the hemodynamic status, and the associated injuries. The management of urogenital trauma aims to restore homeostasis and normal physiology especially in pediatric patients where non-operative management is considered the gold standard. As with all traumatic conditions, the management of urogenital trauma should be multidisciplinary including urologists, interventional radiologists, and trauma surgeons, as well as emergency and ICU physicians. The aim of this paper is to present the World Society of Emergency Surgery (WSES) and the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma (AAST) kidney and urogenital trauma management guidelines.Item Open Access Physiological parameters for Prognosis in Abdominal Sepsis (PIPAS) Study: a WSES observational study(2019-07-15) Sartelli, Massimo; Abu-Zidan, Fikri M; Labricciosa, Francesco M; Kluger, Yoram; Coccolini, Federico; Ansaloni, Luca; Leppäniemi, Ari; Kirkpatrick, Andrew W; Tolonen, Matti; Tranà, Cristian; Regimbeau, Jean-Marc; Hardcastle, Timothy; Koshy, Renol M; Abbas, Ashraf; Aday, Ulaş; Adesunkanmi, A. R K; Ajibade, Adesina; Akhmeteli, Lali; Akın, Emrah; Akkapulu, Nezih; Alotaibi, Alhenouf; Altintoprak, Fatih; Anyfantakis, Dimitrios; Atanasov, Boyko; Augustin, Goran; Azevedo, Constança; Bala, Miklosh; Balalis, Dimitrios; Baraket, Oussama; Baral, Suman; Barkai, Or; Beltran, Marcelo; Bini, Roberto; Bouliaris, Konstantinos; Caballero, Ana B; Calu, Valentin; Catani, Marco; Ceresoli, Marco; Charalampakis, Vasileios; Jusoh, Asri C; Chiarugi, Massimo; Cillara, Nicola; Cuesta, Raquel C; Cobuccio, Luigi; Cocorullo, Gianfranco; Colak, Elif; Conti, Luigi; Cui, Yunfeng; De Simone, Belinda; Delibegovic, Samir; Demetrashvili, Zaza; Demetriades, Demetrios; Dimova, Ana; Dogjani, Agron; Enani, Mushira; Farina, Federica; Ferrara, Francesco; Foghetti, Domitilla; Fontana, Tommaso; Fraga, Gustavo P; Gachabayov, Mahir; Gérard, Grelpois; Ghnnam, Wagih; Maurel, Teresa G; Gkiokas, Georgios; Gomes, Carlos A; Guner, Ali; Gupta, Sanjay; Hecker, Andreas; Hirano, Elcio S; Hodonou, Adrien; Hutan, Martin; Ilaschuk, Igor; Ioannidis, Orestis; Isik, Arda; Ivakhov, Georgy; Jain, Sumita; Jokubauskas, Mantas; Karamarkovic, Aleksandar; Kaushik, Robin; Kenig, Jakub; Khokha, Vladimir; Khokha, Denis; Kim, Jae I; Kong, Victor; Korkolis, Dimitris; Kruger, Vitor F; Kshirsagar, Ashok; Simões, Romeo L; Lanaia, Andrea; Lasithiotakis, Konstantinos; Leão, Pedro; Arellano, Miguel L; Listle, Holger; Litvin, Andrey; Lizarazu Pérez, Aintzane; Lopez-Tomassetti Fernandez, Eudaldo; Lostoridis, Eftychios; Luppi, Davide; Machain V, Gustavo M; Major, Piotr; Manatakis, Dimitrios; Reitz, Marianne M; Marinis, Athanasios; Marrelli, Daniele; Martínez-Pérez, Aleix; Marwah, Sanjay; McFarlane, Michael; Mesic, Mirza; Mesina, Cristian; Michalopoulos, Nickos; Misiakos, Evangelos; Moreira, Felipe G; Mouaqit, Ouadii; Muhtaroglu, Ali; Naidoo, Noel; Negoi, Ionut; Nikitina, Zane; Nikolopoulos, Ioannis; Nita, Gabriela-Elisa; Occhionorelli, Savino; Olaoye, Iyiade; Ordoñez, Carlos A; Ozkan, Zeynep; Pal, Ajay; Palini, Gian M; Papageorgiou, Kyriaki; Papagoras, Dimitris; Pata, Francesco; Pędziwiatr, Michał; Pereira, Jorge; Pereira Junior, Gerson A; Perrone, Gennaro; Pintar, Tadeja; Pisarska, Magdalena; Plehutsa, Oleksandr; Podda, Mauro; Poillucci, Gaetano; Quiodettis, Martha; Rahim, Tuba; Rios-Cruz, Daniel; Rodrigues, Gabriel; Rozov, Dmytry; Sakakushev, Boris; Sall, Ibrahima; Sazhin, Alexander; Semião, Miguel; Sharda, Taanya; Shelat, Vishal; Sinibaldi, Giovanni; Skicko, Dmitrijs; Skrovina, Matej; Stamatiou, Dimitrios; Stella, Marco; Strzałka, Marcin; Sydorchuk, Ruslan; Teixeira Gonsaga, Ricardo A; Tochie, Joel N; Tomadze, Gia; Ugoletti, Lara; Ulrych, Jan; Ümarik, Toomas; Uzunoglu, Mustafa Y; Vasilescu, Alin; Vaz, Osborne; Vereczkei, Andras; Vlad, Nutu; Walędziak, Maciej; Yahya, Ali I; Yalkin, Omer; Yilmaz, Tonguç U; Ünal, Ali E; Yuan, Kuo-Ching; Zachariah, Sanoop K; Žilinskas, Justas; Zizzo, Maurizio; Pattonieri, Vittoria; Baiocchi, Gian L; Catena, FaustoAbstract Background Timing and adequacy of peritoneal source control are the most important pillars in the management of patients with acute peritonitis. Therefore, early prognostic evaluation of acute peritonitis is paramount to assess the severity and establish a prompt and appropriate treatment. The objectives of this study were to identify clinical and laboratory predictors for in-hospital mortality in patients with acute peritonitis and to develop a warning score system, based on easily recognizable and assessable variables, globally accepted. Methods This worldwide multicentre observational study included 153 surgical departments across 56 countries over a 4-month study period between February 1, 2018, and May 31, 2018. Results A total of 3137 patients were included, with 1815 (57.9%) men and 1322 (42.1%) women, with a median age of 47 years (interquartile range [IQR] 28–66). The overall in-hospital mortality rate was 8.9%, with a median length of stay of 6 days (IQR 4–10). Using multivariable logistic regression, independent variables associated with in-hospital mortality were identified: age > 80 years, malignancy, severe cardiovascular disease, severe chronic kidney disease, respiratory rate ≥ 22 breaths/min, systolic blood pressure < 100 mmHg, AVPU responsiveness scale (voice and unresponsive), blood oxygen saturation level (SpO2) < 90% in air, platelet count < 50,000 cells/mm3, and lactate > 4 mmol/l. These variables were used to create the PIPAS Severity Score, a bedside early warning score for patients with acute peritonitis. The overall mortality was 2.9% for patients who had scores of 0–1, 22.7% for those who had scores of 2–3, 46.8% for those who had scores of 4–5, and 86.7% for those who have scores of 7–8. Conclusions The simple PIPAS Severity Score can be used on a global level and can help clinicians to identify patients at high risk for treatment failure and mortality.Item Open Access Source control in emergency general surgery: WSES, GAIS, SIS-E, SIS-A guidelines(2023-07-21) Coccolini, Federico; Sartelli, Massimo; Sawyer, Robert; Rasa, Kemal; Viaggi, Bruno; Abu-Zidan, Fikri; Soreide, Kjetil; Hardcastle, Timothy; Gupta, Deepak; Bendinelli, Cino; Ceresoli, Marco; Shelat, Vishal G.; Broek, Richard t.; Baiocchi, Gian L.; Moore, Ernest E.; Sall, Ibrahima; Podda, Mauro; Bonavina, Luigi; Kryvoruchko, Igor A.; Stahel, Philip; Inaba, Kenji; Montravers, Philippe; Sakakushev, Boris; Sganga, Gabriele; Ballestracci, Paolo; Malbrain, Manu L. N. G.; Vincent, Jean-Louis; Pikoulis, Manos; Beka, Solomon G.; Doklestic, Krstina; Chiarugi, Massimo; Falcone, Marco; Bignami, Elena; Reva, Viktor; Demetrashvili, Zaza; Di Saverio, Salomone; Tolonen, Matti; Navsaria, Pradeep; Bala, Miklosh; Balogh, Zsolt; Litvin, Andrey; Hecker, Andreas; Wani, Imtiaz; Fette, Andreas; De Simone, Belinda; Ivatury, Rao; Picetti, Edoardo; Khokha, Vladimir; Tan, Edward; Ball, Chad; Tascini, Carlo; Cui, Yunfeng; Coimbra, Raul; Kelly, Michael; Martino, Costanza; Agnoletti, Vanni; Boermeester, Marja A.; De’Angelis, Nicola; Chirica, Mircea; Biffl, Walt L.; Ansaloni, Luca; Kluger, Yoram; Catena, Fausto; Kirkpatrick, Andrew W.Abstract Intra-abdominal infections (IAI) are among the most common global healthcare challenges and they are usually precipitated by disruption to the gastrointestinal (GI) tract. Their successful management typically requires intensive resource utilization, and despite the best therapies, morbidity and mortality remain high. One of the main issues required to appropriately treat IAI that differs from the other etiologies of sepsis is the frequent requirement to provide physical source control. Fortunately, dramatic advances have been made in this aspect of treatment. Historically, source control was left to surgeons only. With new technologies non-surgical less invasive interventional procedures have been introduced. Alternatively, in addition to formal surgery open abdomen techniques have long been proposed as aiding source control in severe intra-abdominal sepsis. It is ironic that while a lack or even delay regarding source control clearly associates with death, it is a concept that remains poorly described. For example, no conclusive definition of source control technique or even adequacy has been universally accepted. Practically, source control involves a complex definition encompassing several factors including the causative event, source of infection bacteria, local bacterial flora, patient condition, and his/her eventual comorbidities. With greater understanding of the systemic pathobiology of sepsis and the profound implications of the human microbiome, adequate source control is no longer only a surgical issue but one that requires a multidisciplinary, multimodality approach. Thus, while any breach in the GI tract must be controlled, source control should also attempt to control the generation and propagation of the systemic biomediators and dysbiotic influences on the microbiome that perpetuate multi-system organ failure and death. Given these increased complexities, the present paper represents the current opinions and recommendations for future research of the World Society of Emergency Surgery, of the Global Alliance for Infections in Surgery of Surgical Infection Society Europe and Surgical Infection Society America regarding the concepts and operational adequacy of source control in intra-abdominal infections.Item Open Access Strategies to prevent blood loss and reduce transfusion in emergency general surgery, WSES-AAST consensus paper(2024-07-16) Coccolini, Federico; Shander, Aryeh; Ceresoli, Marco; Moore, Ernest; Tian, Brian; Parini, Dario; Sartelli, Massimo; Sakakushev, Boris; Doklestich, Krstina; Abu-Zidan, Fikri; Horer, Tal; Shelat, Vishal; Hardcastle, Timothy; Bignami, Elena; Kirkpatrick, Andrew; Weber, Dieter; Kryvoruchko, Igor; Leppaniemi, Ari; Tan, Edward; Kessel, Boris; Isik, Arda; Cremonini, Camilla; Forfori, Francesco; Ghiadoni, Lorenzo; Chiarugi, Massimo; Ball, Chad; Ottolino, Pablo; Hecker, Andreas; Mariani, Diego; Melai, Ettore; Malbrain, Manu; Agostini, Vanessa; Podda, Mauro; Picetti, Edoardo; Kluger, Yoram; Rizoli, Sandro; Litvin, Andrey; Maier, Ron; Beka, Solomon G.; De Simone, Belinda; Bala, Miklosh; Perez, Aleix M.; Ordonez, Carlos; Bodnaruk, Zenon; Cui, Yunfeng; Calatayud, Augusto P.; de Angelis, Nicola; Amico, Francesco; Pikoulis, Emmanouil; Damaskos, Dimitris; Coimbra, Raul; Chirica, Mircea; Biffl, Walter L.; Catena, FaustoAbstract Emergency general surgeons often provide care to severely ill patients requiring surgical interventions and intensive support. One of the primary drivers of morbidity and mortality is perioperative bleeding. In general, when addressing life threatening haemorrhage, blood transfusion can become an essential part of overall resuscitation. However, under all circumstances, indications for blood transfusion must be accurately evaluated. When patients decline blood transfusions, regardless of the reason, surgeons should aim to provide optimal care and respect and accommodate each patient’s values and target the best outcome possible given the patient’s desires and his/her clinical condition. The aim of this position paper was to perform a review of the existing literature and to provide comprehensive recommendations on organizational, surgical, anaesthetic, and haemostatic strategies that can be used to provide optimal peri-operative blood management, reduce, or avoid blood transfusions and ultimately improve patient outcomes.Item Open Access The LIFE TRIAD of emergency general surgery(2022-07-25) Coccolini, Federico; Sartelli, Massimo; Kluger, Yoram; Osipov, Aleksei; Cui, Yunfeng; Beka, Solomon G.; Kirkpatrick, Andrew; Sall, Ibrahima; Moore, Ernest E.; Biffl, Walter L.; Litvin, Andrey; Pisano, Michele; Magnone, Stefano; Picetti, Edoardo; de Angelis, Nicola; Stahel, Philip; Ansaloni, Luca; Tan, Edward; Abu-Zidan, Fikri; Ceresoli, Marco; Hecker, Andreas; Chiara, Osvaldo; Sganga, Gabriele; Khokha, Vladimir; di Saverio, Salomone; Sakakushev, Boris; Campanelli, Giampiero; Fraga, Gustavo; Wani, Imtiaz; Broek, Richard t.; Cicuttin, Enrico; Cremonini, Camilla; Tartaglia, Dario; Soreide, Kjetil; Galante, Joseph; de Moya, Marc; Koike, Kaoru; De Simone, Belinda; Balogh, Zsolt; Amico, Francesco; Shelat, Vishal; Pikoulis, Emmanouil; Di Carlo, Isidoro; Bonavina, Luigi; Leppaniemi, Ari; Marzi, Ingo; Ivatury, Rao; Khan, Jim; Maier, Ronald V.; Hardcastle, Timothy C.; Isik, Arda; Podda, Mauro; Tolonen, Matti; Rasa, Kemal; Navsaria, Pradeep H.; Demetrashvili, Zaza; Tarasconi, Antonio; Carcoforo, Paolo; Sibilla, Maria G.; Baiocchi, Gian L.; Pararas, Nikolaos; Weber, Dieter; Chiarugi, Massimo; Catena, FaustoAbstract Emergency General Surgery (EGS) was identified as multidisciplinary surgery performed for traumatic and non-traumatic acute conditions during the same admission in the hospital by general emergency surgeons and other specialists. It is the most diffused surgical discipline in the world. To live and grow strong EGS necessitates three fundamental parts: emergency and elective continuous surgical practice, evidence generation through clinical registries and data accrual, and indications and guidelines production: the LIFE TRIAD.Item Open Access The unrestricted global effort to complete the COOL trial(2023-05-11) Kirkpatrick, Andrew W.; Coccolini, Federico; Tolonen, Matti; Minor, Samuel; Catena, Fausto; Gois, Emanuel; Doig, Christopher J.; Hill, Michael D.; Ansaloni, Luca; Chiarugi, Massimo; Tartaglia, Dario; Ioannidis, Orestis; Sugrue, Michael; Colak, Elif; Hameed, S. M.; Lampela, Hanna; Agnoletti, Vanni; McKee, Jessica L.; Garraway, Naisan; Sartelli, Massimo; Ball, Chad G.; Parry, Neil G.; Voght, Kelly; Julien, Lisa; Kroeker, Jenna; Roberts, Derek J.; Faris, Peter; Tiruta, Corina; Moore, Ernest E.; Ammons, Lee A.; Anestiadou, Elissavet; Bendinelli, Cino; Bouliaris, Konstantinos; Carroll, Rosemarry; Ceresoli, Marco; Favi, Francesco; Gurrado, Angela; Rezende-Neto, Joao; Isik, Arda; Cremonini, Camilla; Strambi, Silivia; Koukoulis, Georgios; Testini, Mario; Trpcic, Sandy; Pasculli, Alessandro; Picariello, Erika; Abu-Zidan, Fikri; Adeyeye, Ademola; Augustin, Goran; Alconchel, Felipe; Altinel, Yuksel; Hernandez Amin, Luz A.; Aranda-Narváez, José M.; Baraket, Oussama; Biffl, Walter L.; Baiocchi, Gian L.; Bonavina, Luigi; Brisinda, Giuseppe; Cardinali, Luca; Celotti, Andrea; Chaouch, Mohamed; Chiarello, Maria; Costa, Gianluca; de’Angelis, Nicola; De Manzini, Nicolo; Delibegovic, Samir; Di Saverio, Salomone; De Simone, Belinda; Dubuisson, Vincent; Fransvea, Pietro; Garulli, Gianluca; Giordano, Alessio; Gomes, Carlos; Hayati, Firdaus; Huang, Jinjian; Ibrahim, Aini F.; Huei, Tan J.; Jailani, Ruhi F.; Khan, Mansoor; Luna, Alfonso P.; Malbrain, Manu L. N. G.; Marwah, Sanjay; McBeth, Paul; Mihailescu, Andrei; Morello, Alessia; Mulita, Francesk; Murzi, Valentina; Mohammad, Ahmad T.; Parmar, Simran; Pak, Ajay; Wong, Michael P.; Pantalone, Desire; Podda, Mauro; Puccioni, Caterina; Rasa, Kemal; Ren, Jianan; Roscio, Francesco; Gonzalez-Sanchez, Antonio; Sganga, Gabriele; Scheiterle, Maximilian; Slavchev, Mihail; Smirnov, Dmitry; Tosi, Lorenzo; Trivedi, Anand; Vega, Jaime A. G.; Waledziak, Maciej; Xenaki, Sofia; Winter, Desmond; Wu, Xiuwen; Zakaria, Andee D.; Zakaria, ZaidiAbstract Background Severe complicated intra-abdominal sepsis (SCIAS) has an increasing incidence with mortality rates over 80% in some settings. Mortality typically results from disruption of the gastrointestinal tract, progressive and self-perpetuating bio-mediator generation, systemic inflammation, and multiple organ failure. A further therapeutic option may be open abdomen (OA) management with negative peritoneal pressure therapy (NPPT) to remove inflammatory ascites and attenuate the systemic damage from SCIAS, although there are definite risks of leaving the abdomen open whenever it might possibly be closed. This potential therapeutic paradigm is the rationale being assessed in the Closed Or Open after Laparotomy (COOL trial) ( https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03163095 ). Initially, the COOL trial received Industry sponsorship; however, this funding mandated the use of a specific trademarked and expensive NPPT device in half of the patients allocated to the intervention (open) arm. In August 2022, the 3 M/Acelity Corporation without consultation but within the terms of the contract canceled the financial support of the trial. Although creating financial difficulty, there is now no restriction on specific NPPT devices and removing a cost-prohibitive intervention creates an opportunity to expand the COOL trial to a truly global basis. This document describes the evolution of the COOL trial, with a focus on future opportunities for global growth of the study. Methods The COOL trial is the largest prospective randomized controlled trial examining the random allocation of SCIAS patients intra-operatively to either formal closure of the fascia or the use of the OA with an application of an NPPT dressing. Patients are eligible if they have free uncontained intraperitoneal contamination and physiologic derangements exemplified by septic shock OR severely adverse predicted clinical outcomes. The primary outcome is intended to definitively inform global practice by conclusively evaluating 90-day survival. Initial recruitment has been lower than hoped but satisfactory, and the COOL steering committee and trial investigators intend with increased global support to continue enrollment until recruitment ensures a definitive answer. Discussion OA is mandated in many cases of SCIAS such as the risk of abdominal compartment syndrome associated with closure, or a planned second look as for example part of “damage control”; however, improved source control (locally and systemically) is the most uncertain indication for an OA. The COOL trial seeks to expand potential sites and proceed with the evaluation of NPPT agnostic to device, to properly examine the hypothesis that this treatment attenuates systemic damage and improves survival. This approach will not affect internal validity and should improve the external validity of any observed results of the intervention. Trial registration: National Institutes of Health ( https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03163095 ).Item Open Access Trauma quality indicators: internationally approved core factors for trauma management quality evaluation(2021-02-23) Coccolini, Federico; Kluger, Yoram; Moore, Ernest E.; Maier, Ronald V.; Coimbra, Raul; Ordoñez, Carlos; Ivatury, Rao; Kirkpatrick, Andrew W.; Biffl, Walter; Sartelli, Massimo; Hecker, Andreas; Ansaloni, Luca; Leppaniemi, Ari; Reva, Viktor; Civil, Ian; Vega, Felipe; Chiarugi, Massimo; Chichom-Mefire, Alain; Sakakushev, Boris; Peitzman, Andrew; Chiara, Osvaldo; Abu-Zidan, Fikri; Maegele, Marc; Miccoli, Mario; Chirica, Mircea; Khokha, Vladimir; Sugrue, Michael; Fraga, Gustavo P.; Otomo, Yasuhiro; Baiocchi, Gian L.; Catena, FaustoAbstract Introduction Quality in medical care must be measured in order to be improved. Trauma management is part of health care, and by definition, it must be checked constantly. The only way to measure quality and outcomes is to systematically accrue data and analyze them. Material and methods A systematic revision of the literature about quality indicators in trauma associated to an international consensus conference Results An internationally approved base core set of 82 trauma quality indicators was obtained: Indicators were divided into 6 fields: prevention, structure, process, outcome, post-traumatic management, and society integrational effects. Conclusion Present trauma quality indicator core set represents the result of an international effort aiming to provide a useful tool in quality evaluation and improvement. Further improvement may only be possible through international trauma registry development. This will allow for huge international data accrual permitting to evaluate results and compare outcomes.Item Open Access WSES-AAST guidelines: management of inflammatory bowel disease in the emergency setting(2021-05-11) De Simone, Belinda; Davies, Justin; Chouillard, Elie; Di Saverio, Salomone; Hoentjen, Frank; Tarasconi, Antonio; Sartelli, Massimo; Biffl, Walter L; Ansaloni, Luca; Coccolini, Federico; Chiarugi, Massimo; De’Angelis, Nicola; Moore, Ernest E; Kluger, Yoram; Abu-Zidan, Fikri; Sakakushev, Boris; Coimbra, Raul; Celentano, Valerio; Wani, Imtiaz; Pintar, Tadeja; Sganga, Gabriele; Di Carlo, Isidoro; Tartaglia, Dario; Pikoulis, Manos; Cardi, Maurizio; De Moya, Marc A; Leppaniemi, Ari; Kirkpatrick, Andrew; Agnoletti, Vanni; Poggioli, Gilberto; Carcoforo, Paolo; Baiocchi, Gian L; Catena, FaustoAbstract Background Despite the current therapeutic options for the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease, surgery is still frequently required in the emergency setting, although the number of cases performed seems to have decreased in recent years. The World Society of Emergency Surgery decided to debate in a consensus conference of experts, the main pertinent issues around the management of inflammatory bowel disease in the emergent situation, with the need to provide focused guidelines for acute care and emergency surgeons. Method A group of experienced surgeons and gastroenterologists were nominated to develop the topics assigned and answer the questions addressed by the Steering Committee of the project. Each expert followed a precise analysis and grading of the studies selected for review. Statements and recommendations were discussed and voted at the Consensus Conference of the 6th World Society of Emergency Surgery held in Nijmegen (The Netherlands) in June 2019. Conclusions Complicated inflammatory bowel disease requires a multidisciplinary approach because of the complexity of this patient group and disease spectrum in the emergency setting, with the aim of obtaining safe surgery with good functional outcomes and a decreasing stoma rate where appropriate.Item Open Access WSES/GAIS/SIS-E/WSIS/AAST global clinical pathways for patients with intra-abdominal infections(2021-09-25) Sartelli, Massimo; Coccolini, Federico; Kluger, Yoram; Agastra, Ervis; Abu-Zidan, Fikri M.; Abbas, Ashraf E. S.; Ansaloni, Luca; Adesunkanmi, Abdulrashid K.; Atanasov, Boyko; Augustin, Goran; Bala, Miklosh; Baraket, Oussama; Baral, Suman; Biffl, Walter L.; Boermeester, Marja A.; Ceresoli, Marco; Cerutti, Elisabetta; Chiara, Osvaldo; Cicuttin, Enrico; Chiarugi, Massimo; Coimbra, Raul; Colak, Elif; Corsi, Daniela; Cortese, Francesco; Cui, Yunfeng; Damaskos, Dimitris; de’ Angelis, Nicola; Delibegovic, Samir; Demetrashvili, Zaza; De Simone, Belinda; de Jonge, Stijn W.; Dhingra, Sameer; Di Bella, Stefano; Di Marzo, Francesco; Di Saverio, Salomone; Dogjani, Agron; Duane, Therese M.; Enani, Mushira A.; Fugazzola, Paola; Galante, Joseph M.; Gachabayov, Mahir; Ghnnam, Wagih; Gkiokas, George; Gomes, Carlos A.; Griffiths, Ewen A.; Hardcastle, Timothy C.; Hecker, Andreas; Herzog, Torsten; Kabir, Syed M. U.; Karamarkovic, Aleksandar; Khokha, Vladimir; Kim, Peter K.; Kim, Jae I.; Kirkpatrick, Andrew W.; Kong, Victor; Koshy, Renol M.; Kryvoruchko, Igor A.; Inaba, Kenji; Isik, Arda; Iskandar, Katia; Ivatury, Rao; Labricciosa, Francesco M.; Lee, Yeong Y.; Leppäniemi, Ari; Litvin, Andrey; Luppi, Davide; Machain, Gustavo M.; Maier, Ronald V.; Marinis, Athanasios; Marmorale, Cristina; Marwah, Sanjay; Mesina, Cristian; Moore, Ernest E.; Moore, Frederick A.; Negoi, Ionut; Olaoye, Iyiade; Ordoñez, Carlos A.; Ouadii, Mouaqit; Peitzman, Andrew B.; Perrone, Gennaro; Pikoulis, Manos; Pintar, Tadeja; Pipitone, Giuseppe; Podda, Mauro; Raşa, Kemal; Ribeiro, Julival; Rodrigues, Gabriel; Rubio-Perez, Ines; Sall, Ibrahima; Sato, Norio; Sawyer, Robert G.; Segovia Lohse, Helmut; Sganga, Gabriele; Shelat, Vishal G.; Stephens, Ian; Sugrue, Michael; Tarasconi, Antonio; Tochie, Joel N.; Tolonen, Matti; Tomadze, Gia; Ulrych, Jan; Vereczkei, Andras; Viaggi, Bruno; Gurioli, Chiara; Casella, Claudio; Pagani, Leonardo; Baiocchi, Gian L.; Catena, FaustoAbstract Intra-abdominal infections (IAIs) are common surgical emergencies and have been reported as major contributors to non-trauma deaths in hospitals worldwide. The cornerstones of effective treatment of IAIs include early recognition, adequate source control, appropriate antimicrobial therapy, and prompt physiologic stabilization using a critical care environment, combined with an optimal surgical approach. Together, the World Society of Emergency Surgery (WSES), the Global Alliance for Infections in Surgery (GAIS), the Surgical Infection Society-Europe (SIS-E), the World Surgical Infection Society (WSIS), and the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma (AAST) have jointly completed an international multi-society document in order to facilitate clinical management of patients with IAIs worldwide building evidence-based clinical pathways for the most common IAIs. An extensive non-systematic review was conducted using the PubMed and MEDLINE databases, limited to the English language. The resulting information was shared by an international task force from 46 countries with different clinical backgrounds. The aim of the document is to promote global standards of care in IAIs providing guidance to clinicians by describing reasonable approaches to the management of IAIs.Item Open Access WSES/GAIS/WSIS/SIS-E/AAST global clinical pathways for patients with skin and soft tissue infections(2022-01-15) Sartelli, Massimo; Coccolini, Federico; Kluger, Yoram; Agastra, Ervis; Abu-Zidan, Fikri M.; Abbas, Ashraf E. S.; Ansaloni, Luca; Adesunkanmi, Abdulrashid K.; Augustin, Goran; Bala, Miklosh; Baraket, Oussama; Biffl, Walter L.; Ceresoli, Marco; Cerutti, Elisabetta; Chiara, Osvaldo; Cicuttin, Enrico; Chiarugi, Massimo; Coimbra, Raul; Corsi, Daniela; Cortese, Francesco; Cui, Yunfeng; Damaskos, Dimitris; de’Angelis, Nicola; Delibegovic, Samir; Demetrashvili, Zaza; De Simone, Belinda; de Jonge, Stijn W.; Di Bella, Stefano; Di Saverio, Salomone; Duane, Therese M.; Fugazzola, Paola; Galante, Joseph M.; Ghnnam, Wagih; Gkiokas, George; Gomes, Carlos A.; Griffiths, Ewen A.; Hardcastle, Timothy C.; Hecker, Andreas; Herzog, Torsten; Karamarkovic, Aleksandar; Khokha, Vladimir; Kim, Peter K.; Kim, Jae I.; Kirkpatrick, Andrew W.; Kong, Victor; Koshy, Renol M.; Inaba, Kenji; Isik, Arda; Ivatury, Rao; Labricciosa, Francesco M.; Lee, Yeong Y.; Leppäniemi, Ari; Litvin, Andrey; Luppi, Davide; Maier, Ronald V.; Marinis, Athanasios; Marwah, Sanjay; Mesina, Cristian; Moore, Ernest E.; Moore, Frederick A.; Negoi, Ionut; Olaoye, Iyiade; Ordoñez, Carlos A.; Ouadii, Mouaqit; Peitzman, Andrew B.; Perrone, Gennaro; Pintar, Tadeja; Pipitone, Giuseppe; Podda, Mauro; Raşa, Kemal; Ribeiro, Julival; Rodrigues, Gabriel; Rubio-Perez, Ines; Sall, Ibrahima; Sato, Norio; Sawyer, Robert G.; Shelat, Vishal G.; Sugrue, Michael; Tarasconi, Antonio; Tolonen, Matti; Viaggi, Bruno; Celotti, Andrea; Casella, Claudio; Pagani, Leonardo; Dhingra, Sameer; Baiocchi, Gian L.; Catena, FaustoAbstract Skin and soft-tissue infections (SSTIs) encompass a variety of pathological conditions that involve the skin and underlying subcutaneous tissue, fascia, or muscle, ranging from simple superficial infections to severe necrotizing infections. Together, the World Society of Emergency Surgery, the Global Alliance for Infections in Surgery, the Surgical Infection Society-Europe, The World Surgical Infection Society, and the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma have jointly completed an international multi-society document to promote global standards of care in SSTIs guiding clinicians by describing reasonable approaches to the management of SSTIs. An extensive non-systematic review was conducted using the PubMed and MEDLINE databases, limited to the English language. The resulting evidence was shared by an international task force with different clinical backgrounds.