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2013 WSES guidelines for management of intra-abdominal infections

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2017 WSES and SICG guidelines on acute calcolous cholecystitis in elderly population

scientific article published on 04 March 2019

2017 WSES guidelines for the management of iatrogenic colonoscopy perforation

scientific article published on 24 January 2018

2017 WSES guidelines on colon and rectal cancer emergencies: obstruction and perforation

scientific article published on 13 August 2018

2017 update of the WSES guidelines for emergency repair of complicated abdominal wall hernias

scientific article published on 7 August 2017

2018 WSES/SIS-E consensus conference: recommendations for the management of skin and soft-tissue infections

scientific article published on 14 December 2018

2019 WSES guidelines for the management of severe acute pancreatitis.

scientific article published on 13 June 2019

2019 update of the WSES guidelines for management of () infection in surgical patients

scientific article published on 28 February 2019

2020 World Society of Emergency Surgery updated guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of acute calculus cholecystitis

scientific article published on 05 November 2020

2020 update of the WSES guidelines for the management of acute colonic diverticulitis in the emergency setting

scientific article published on 07 May 2020

A Global Declaration on Appropriate Use of Antimicrobial Agents across the Surgical Pathway

scientific article published on 01 November 2017

A focus on intra-abdominal infections

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A historical review of surgery for peritonitis secondary to acute colonic diverticulitis: from Lockhart-Mummery to evidence-based medicine

scientific article published on 09 March 2017

A proposal for a CT driven classification of left colon acute diverticulitis.

scientific article published on 19 February 2015

A proposal for a comprehensive approach to infections across the surgical pathway

scientific article published on 18 February 2020

A systematic review of the management and outcome of ERCP related duodenal perforations using a standardized classification system

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AAST - WSES Guidelines on Diagnosis and Management of Abdominal Vascular Injuries

scientific article published on 01 October 2020

AAST - WSES Guidelines on Diagnosis and Management of Peripheral Vascular Injuries

scientific article published on 01 October 2020

Abdominopelvic trauma: from anatomical to anatomo-physiological classification

scientific article published on 31 October 2018

Acute appendicitis: proposal of a new comprehensive grading system based on clinical, imaging and laparoscopic findings

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Acute calculous cholecystitis: Review of current best practices

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Acute mesenteric ischemia: guidelines of the World Society of Emergency Surgery

scientific article published on 7 August 2017

Adhesive small bowel adhesions obstruction: Evolutions in diagnosis, management and prevention

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Advanced gastric cancer: the value of surgery.

scientific article published on 17 December 2018

Advanced gastric cancer: the value of systemic and intraperitoneal chemotherapy

scientific article published on 17 December 2018

Advances in laparoscopy for acute care surgery and trauma

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Antibiotic Use in Low and Middle-Income Countries and the Challenges of Antimicrobial Resistance in Surgery

scientific article published on 09 August 2020

Antibiotic Use: A Cross-Sectional Study Evaluating the Understanding, Usage and Perspectives of Medical Students and Pathfinders of a Public Defence University in Malaysia

scientific article published on 19 September 2019

Antibiotic resistance evaluation and clinical analysis of acute appendicitis; report of 1431 consecutive worldwide patients: A cohort study.

scientific article published on 28 December 2015

Antibiotic resistance pattern and clinical outcomes in acute cholecystitis: 567 consecutive worldwide patients in a prospective cohort study

scientific article published on 17 July 2015

Antimicrobial Stewardship: A Call to Action for Surgeons.

scientific article published on 9 November 2016

Antimicrobial management of intra-abdominal infections: literature's guidelines

scientific article published on March 2012

Antimicrobials: a global alliance for optimizing their rational use in intra-abdominal infections (AGORA).

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Benefits of WSES guidelines application for the management of intra-abdominal infections

scientific article published on 18 March 2015

Bologna Guidelines for Diagnosis and Management of Adhesive Small Bowel Obstruction (ASBO): 2010 Evidence-Based Guidelines of the World Society of Emergency Surgery

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Bologna guidelines for diagnosis and management of adhesive small bowel obstruction (ASBO): 2013 update of the evidence-based guidelines from the world society of emergency surgery ASBO working group

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Bologna 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 group.

scientific article published on 19 June 2018

Bowel obstruction: a narrative review for all physicians

scientific article published on 29 April 2019

COVID-19 the showdown for mass casualty preparedness and management: the Cassandra Syndrome

scientific article published on 09 April 2020

Caustic ingestion management: world society of emergency surgery preliminary survey of expert opinion

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Cholecystectomy in Emilia-Romagna region (Italy): A retrospective cohort study based on a large administrative database

scientific article published on January 2017

Clinical controversies in abdominal sepsis. Insights for critical care settings

scientific article published on 03 June 2019

Closed Or Open after Source Control Laparotomy for Severe Complicated Intra-Abdominal Sepsis (the COOL trial): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.

scientific article published on 22 June 2018

Comment on: Abdominal fluid samples (negative for SARS-CoV-2) from a critically unwell patient with respiratory COVID-19

scientific article published on 19 September 2020

Complete mesocolic excision for colon cancer is technically challenging but the most oncological appealing

scientific article published on 22 October 2018

Complicated Intra-Abdominal Infections Observational European study (CIAO Study).

scientific article published on 9 December 2011

Complicated colorectal cancer in nonagenarian patients: is it better not to perform anastomosis in emergency?

scientific article published on January 2017

Complicated intra-abdominal infections in Europe: a comprehensive review of the CIAO study.

scientific article published on 29 November 2012

Complicated intra-abdominal infections in Europe: preliminary data from the first three months of the CIAO Study

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Complicated intra-abdominal infections in a worldwide context: an observational prospective study (CIAOW Study)

scientific article published on 3 January 2013

Complicated intra-abdominal infections worldwide: the definitive data of the CIAOW Study.

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Complicated intra-abdominal infections: a prospective validation study of the WSES Sepsis Severity Score

scientific article published on 10 October 2018

Conservative treatment of acute appendicitis.

scientific article published on 17 December 2018

Correction to: Ethical considerations in conducting surgical research in severe complicated intra-abdominal sepsis

scientific article published on 17 October 2019

Correction: emergency surgeon: "last of the mohicans" 2014-2016 editorial policy WSES-WJES: position papers, guidelines, courses, books and original research; from WJES impact factor to WSES congress impact factor.

scientific article published on 03 April 2014

Could resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta improve survival among severely injured patients with post-intubation hypotension?

scientific article published on 23 March 2018

Country Income Is Only One of the Tiles: The Global Journey of Antimicrobial Resistance among Humans, Animals, and Environment

scientific article published on 01 August 2020

Current concept of abdominal sepsis: WSES position paper.

scientific article published on 27 March 2014

Current management of acute left colon diverticulitis: What have Italian surgeons learned after the IPOD study?

scientific article published on 03 October 2020

Current status of laparoscopy for acute abdomen in Italy: a critical appraisal of 2012 clinical guidelines from two consecutive nationwide surveys with analysis of 271,323 cases over 5 years

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Dental Infection and Resistance-Global Health Consequences

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

scientific article published on 15 April 2020

Diagnosis and treatment of perforated or bleeding peptic ulcers: 2013 WSES position paper.

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Drivers of Antibiotic Resistance Transmissionin Low- and Middle-Income Countriesfrom a "One Health" Perspective-A Review

scientific article published on 01 July 2020

Duodeno-pancreatic and extrahepatic biliary tree trauma: WSES-AAST guidelines

scientific article published on 11 December 2019

Duration of Antimicrobial Therapy in Treating Complicated Intra-Abdominal Infections: A Comprehensive Review

scientific article published on 15 October 2015

Early goal-directed treatment versus standard care in management of early septic shock: Meta-analysis of randomized trials.

scientific article published on 3 September 2016

Emergency general surgeons: the special forces of general surgery (the "navy seals paradigm")

scientific article published on 12 February 2020

Emergency surgeon: " last of the mohicans" 2014-2016 editorial policy WSES- WJES: position papers, guidelines, courses, books and original research; from WJES impact factor to WSES congress impact factor

scientific article published on 03 February 2014

Emergency surgeons’ perceptions and attitudes towards antibiotic prescribing and resistance: a worldwide cross-sectional survey.

scientific article published on 28 June 2018

Epidemiology and Risk Factors for Isolation of Multi-Drug-Resistant Organisms in Patients with Complicated Intra-Abdominal Infections

scientific article published on 3 January 2018

Epidemiology and Risk Factors for Superficial Surgical Site Infections after Appendectomy for Acute Appendicitis: A Secondary Data Analysis

scientific article published on 08 June 2020

Erratum to: IROA: International Register of Open Abdomen, preliminary results.

scientific article published on 9 March 2017

Erratum to: caustic ingestion management: world society of emergency surgery preliminary survey of expert opinion

scientific article published on 19 November 2015

Esophageal emergencies: WSES guidelines

scientific article published on 31 May 2019

Establishing position papers by the WSES.

scientific article published on 15 January 2018

Ethical considerations in conducting surgical research in severe complicated intra-abdominal sepsis

scientific article published on 05 August 2019

Evaluation and management of abdominal sepsis

scientific article published on 01 April 2020

Executive summary: WSES Guidelines for the management of severe acute pancreatitis

scientific article published on 01 June 2020

Gangrenous cholecystitis in male patients: A study of prevalence and predictive risk factors

Getting the invite list right: a discussion of sepsis severity scoring systems in severe complicated intra-abdominal sepsis and randomized trial inclusion criteria.

scientific article published on 6 April 2018

Global validation of the WSES Sepsis Severity Score for patients with complicated intra-abdominal infections: a prospective multicentre study (WISS Study).

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Glycosylation alterations in acute pancreatitis and pancreatic cancer: CA19-9 expression is involved in pathogenesis and maybe targeted by therapy

scientific article published on 01 December 2019

Health care-associated infections - an overview

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Hey surgeons! It is time to lead and be a champion in preventing and managing surgical infections!

scientific article published on 19 April 2020

Highlighting the gaps in quantifying the economic burden of surgical site infections associated with antimicrobial-resistant bacteria

scientific article published on 21 November 2019

IPOD Study: Management of Acute Left Colonic Diverticulitis in Italian Surgical Departments

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IROA: International Register of Open Abdomen, preliminary results

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IROA: the International Register of Open Abdomen.: An international effort to better understand the open abdomen: call for participants.

scientific article published on 16 August 2015

Implications of Left-sided Gallbladder in the Emergency Setting: Retrospective Review and Top Tips for Safe Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy.

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Initiatives to reduce postoperative surgical site infections of the head and neck cancer surgery with a special emphasis on developing countries

Initiatives to reduce postoperative surgical site infections of the head and neck cancer surgery with a special emphasis on developing countries

scientific article published on 14 November 2018

Intraoperative surgical site infection control and prevention: a position paper and future addendum to WSES intra-abdominal infections guidelines

scientific article published on 10 February 2020

Is the risk of contrast-induced nephropathy a real contraindication to perform intravenous contrast enhanced Computed Tomography for non-traumatic acute abdomen in Emergency Surgery Department?

scientific article published on 17 December 2018

Italian Biological Prosthesis Work-Group (IBPWG): proposal for a decisional model in using biological prosthesis.

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Kidney and uro-trauma: WSES-AAST guidelines

scientific article published on 02 December 2019

Knowledge, awareness, and attitude towards infection prevention and management among surgeons: identifying the surgeon champion

scientific article published on 17 August 2018

Laparoscopic Approach has Benefits in Gynecological Emergencies - Even for Massive Hemoperitoneum

scientific article published on January 2016

Laparoscopic Management of Mobile Cecum

scientific article published on October 2016

Laparoscopic Transgastric versus Endoscopic Drainage of a Large Pancreatic Pseudocyst. A Case Report.

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Laparoscopic lavage in perforated purulent diverticulitis-is it time for definitive conclusions?

scientific article published on 6 October 2016

Laparoscopic lavage versus resection in perforated diverticulitis with purulent peritonitis: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

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Laparoscopic management of intra-abdominal infections: Systematic review of the literature

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Laparoscopic versus open approach for diffuse peritonitis from appendicitis ethiology: a subgroup analysis from the Physiological parameters for Prognosis in Abdominal Sepsis (PIPAS) study

scientific article published on 19 February 2020

Liver trauma: WSES 2020 guidelines

scientific article published on 30 March 2020

Liver trauma: WSES position paper

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Long-term oncologic outcomes of stent as a bridge to surgery versus emergency surgery in malignant left side colonic obstructions: a meta-analysis.

scientific article published in October 2017

Management of Appendicitis Globally Based on Income of Countries (MAGIC) Study

scientific article published on 01 December 2018

Management of intra-abdominal infections: recommendations by the WSES 2016 consensus conference

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Mass casualty incidents - time to engage

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MicroRNA-21 as a prognostic biomarker in patients with pancreatic cancer - A systematic review and meta-analysis.

scientific article published on 26 April 2017

Microbial Resistance Movements: An Overview of Global Public Health Threats Posed by Antimicrobial Resistance, and How Best to Counter

scientific article published on 04 November 2020

Mortality Rate and Antibiotic Resistance in Complicated Diverticulitis: Report of 272 Consecutive Patients Worldwide: A Prospective Cohort Study

scientific article published on 21 July 2017

Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infections: A Focused Review of Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, Operative Management, Antimicrobial Therapy, and Pediatrics

scientific article published on 04 October 2019

Non-Restrictive Antimicrobial Stewardship Program in a General and Emergency Surgery Unit

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Not all diverticulites are colonic: small bowel diverticulitis - A systematic review

scientific article published on 24 May 2018

Ongoing strategies to improve the management of upper respiratory tract infections and reduce inappropriate antibiotic use particularly among lower and middle-income countries: findings and implications for the future

scientific article published on 30 December 2019

Open Abdomen and Fluid Instillation in the Septic Abdomen: Results from the IROA Study

scientific article published on 24 August 2020

Open Abdomen in Obese Patients: Pay Attention! New Evidences from IROA, the International Register of Open Abdomen

scientific article published on 01 January 2020

Open abdomen and age; results from IROA (International Register of Open Abdomen)

scientific article published on 11 November 2019

Open abdomen and entero-atmospheric fistulae: An interim analysis from the International Register of Open Abdomen (IROA)

scientific article published on 24 September 2018

Open abdomen management for severe peritonitis in elderly. Results from the prospective International Register of Open Abdomen (IROA): Cohort study

scientific article published on 03 September 2020

Open versus laparoscopic cholecystectomy in acute cholecystitis. Systematic review and meta-analysis.

scientific article published on 06 May 2015

Pelvic trauma: WSES classification and guidelines.

scientific article published on 18 January 2017

Perforated and bleeding peptic ulcer: WSES guidelines

scientific article published on 07 January 2020

Peritoneal adhesion index (PAI): proposal of a score for the "ignored iceberg" of medicine and surgery.

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Physiological parameters for Prognosis in Abdominal Sepsis (PIPAS) Study: a WSES observational study

scientific article published on 15 July 2019

Post-operative abdominal infections: epidemiology, operational definitions, and outcomes

scientific article published on 07 November 2019

Pre-hospital plasma in haemorrhagic shock management: current opinion and meta-analysis of randomized trials

scientific article published on 15 February 2019

Procalcitonin-guided antibiotic therapy: an expert consensus

scientific article published on 01 July 2018

Prospective Observational Study on acute Appendicitis Worldwide (POSAW).

scientific article published on 16 April 2018

Raising concerns about the Sepsis-3 definitions

scientific article published on 25 January 2018

Renewed Interest in Acute Appendicitis: Are Antibiotics Non-Inferior to Surgery or Possibly Clinically Superior? What Is Long-Term Follow-Up and Natural Evolution of Appendicitis Treated Conservatively with "Antibiotics First"?

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Reply to Letter: "Nonoperative Management of Right Iliac Fossa Pain: What Does Really Matter?"

scientific article published on 01 March 2016

Risk stratification systems for surgically treated localized primary Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors (GIST). Review of literature and comparison of the three prognostic criteria: MSKCC Nomogramm, NIH-Fletcher and AFIP-Miettinen.

scientific article published on January 2015

SARS-CoV-2 pandemic: implications in the management of patients with colorectal cancer

scientific article published on 04 September 2020

Sarcopenia is a Predictive Factor for Postoperative Morbidity and Mortality in Patients Having Radical Gastrectomy for Cancer

scientific article published on 01 September 2018

Second WSES convention, WJES impact factor, and emergency surgery worldwide.

scientific article published on 16 April 2013

Short and Long-Term Stoma Rate in Laparoscopic Lavage Versus Resection in Perforated Diverticulitis: Different Outcomes, Same Results?

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Splenic trauma: WSES classification and guidelines for adult and pediatric patients.

scientific article published on 18 August 2017

Strategies to Prevent Healthcare-Associated Infections: A Narrative Overview

scientific article published on 28 September 2020

Surgery in COVID-19 patients: operational directives

scientific article published on 07 April 2020

T.E.A. Study: three-day ertapenem versus three-day Ampicillin-Sulbactam

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The ACTIVE (Acute Cholecystitis Trial Invasive Versus Endoscopic) Study: multicenter randomized, double-blind, controlled trial of laparoscopic versus open surgery for acute cholecystitis

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The Bolognese surgeon Giuseppe Ruggi: how and why the aseptic surgery was introduced in Bologna in the middle half of the XIX century.

scientific article published on 17 August 2014

The Challenge of Antimicrobial Resistance in Managing Intra-Abdominal Infections.

scientific article published on April 2015

The Congress Impact Factor: A proposal from board members of the World Society of Emergency Surgeons.it (WSES) and Academy of Emergency Medicine and Care (AcEMC)

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The Global Alliance for Infections in Surgery: defining a model for antimicrobial stewardship-results from an international cross-sectional survey.

scientific article published on August 2017

The HAC trial (harmonic for acute cholecystitis): a randomized, double-blind, controlled trial comparing the use of harmonic scalpel to monopolar diathermy for laparoscopic cholecystectomy in cases of acute cholecystitis.

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The Ladies Trial: Premature termination of the LOLA arm and increased adverse events incidence after laparoscopic lavage may be influenced by inter-hospital and inter-operator variability? Take-home messages from a center with laparoscopic colorecta

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The NOTA Study (Non Operative Treatment for Acute Appendicitis): prospective study on the efficacy and safety of antibiotics (amoxicillin and clavulanic acid) for treating patients with right lower quadrant abdominal pain and long-term follow-up of c

scientific article published on 01 July 2014

The Operative management in Bariatric Acute abdomen (OBA) Survey: long-term complications of bariatric surgery and the emergency surgeon's point of view

scientific article published on 06 January 2020

The SIFIPAC/WSES/SICG/SIMEU guidelines for diagnosis and treatment of acute appendicitis in the elderly (2019 edition)

scientific article published on 10 March 2020

The Video-Consulting Emergency protocol: a proposition from the World Society of Emergency Surgery members for the initial management of non-traumatic acute abdomen

scientific article published on 27 November 2018

The World Society of Emergency Surgery (WSES) spleen trauma classification: a useful tool in the management of splenic trauma.

scientific article published on 17 June 2019

The challenge of post-operative peritonitis after gastrointestinal surgery

scientific article published on 12 August 2015

The management of intra abdominal-infections: 2017 WSES guidelines summary focused on remote areas and low-income nations

scientific article published on 30 July 2020

The management of intra-abdominal infections from a global perspective: 2017 WSES guidelines for management of intra-abdominal infections

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The open abdomen in trauma and non-trauma patients: WSES guidelines.

scientific article published on 2 February 2018

The role of open abdomen in non-trauma patient: WSES Consensus Paper.

scientific article published on 14 August 2017

The role of the open abdomen procedure in managing severe abdominal sepsis: WSES position paper

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Timing of surgical intervention for compartment syndrome in different body region: systematic review of the literature

scientific article published on 21 October 2020

Transcatheter arterial embolization versus surgery for refractory non-variceal upper gastrointestinal bleeding: a meta-analysis

scientific article published on 01 February 2019

Trends in open abdomen management in Italy: a subgroup analysis from the IROA project

scientific article published on 16 October 2019

Use of floseal hemostatic matrix for control of hemostasis during laparoscopic cholecystectomy for acute cholecystitis: a multicenter historical control group comparison (the GLA study gelatin matrix for acute cholecystitis).

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WSES Guidelines for the management of acute left sided colonic diverticulitis in the emergency setting

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WSES Jerusalem guidelines for diagnosis and treatment of acute appendicitis

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WSES classification and guidelines for liver trauma

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WSES consensus conference guidelines: monitoring and management of severe adult traumatic brain injury patients with polytrauma in the first 24 hours

scientific article published on 29 November 2019

WSES consensus conference: Guidelines for first-line management of intra-abdominal infections

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WSES guidelines for emergency repair of complicated abdominal wall hernias.

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WSES guidelines for management of Clostridium difficile infection in surgical patients

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WSES guidelines updates

scientific article published on 10 June 2020

WSES position paper on vascular emergency surgery

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WSES worldwide emergency general surgery formation and evaluation project

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Water-soluble contrast agent in adhesive small bowel obstruction: a systematic review and meta-analysis of diagnostic and therapeutic value

scientific article published on 12 August 2015

Water-soluble contrast agent in adhesive small bowel obstruction: the game is still on

scientific article published on 28 February 2017

What is changing in the surgical treatment of gastrointestinal stromal tumors after multidisciplinary approach? A comprehensive literature's review

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World Society of Emergency Surgery (WSES) guidelines for management of skin and soft tissue infections

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World society of emergency surgery study group initiative on Timing of Acute Care Surgery classification (TACS).

scientific article published on May 2013