Walter L. Biffl

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Mortality and pulmonary complications in patients undergoing surgery with perioperative SARS-CoV-2 infection: an international cohort study (2020) (980)
Interleukin-6 in the injured patient. Marker of injury or mediator of inflammation? (1996) (531)
Blunt carotid arterial injuries: implications of a new grading scale. (1999) (519)
Goal-directed Hemostatic Resuscitation of Trauma-induced Coagulopathy: A Pragmatic Randomized Clinical Trial Comparing a Viscoelastic Assay to Conventional Coagulation Assays (2016) (470)
Diagnosis and treatment of acute appendicitis: 2020 update of the WSES Jerusalem guidelines (2020) (407)
Postinjury life threatening coagulopathy: is 1:1 fresh frozen plasma:packed red blood cells the answer? (2008) (405)
The unrecognized epidemic of blunt carotid arterial injuries: early diagnosis improves neurologic outcome. (1998) (356)
Increased rate of infection associated with transfusion of old blood after severe injury. (2002) (356)
Treatment-Related Outcomes From Blunt Cerebrovascular Injuries: Importance of Routine Follow-Up Arteriography (2002) (355)
The devastating potential of blunt vertebral arterial injuries. (2000) (339)
The postischemic gut serves as a priming bed for circulating neutrophils that provoke multiple organ failure. (1994) (335)
Acute mesenteric ischemia: guidelines of the World Society of Emergency Surgery (2017) (333)
2019 WSES guidelines for the management of severe acute pancreatitis (2019) (328)
Male gender is a risk factor for major infections after surgery. (1999) (327)
Evolution of a Multidisciplinary Clinical Pathway for the Management of Unstable Patients With Pelvic Fractures (2001) (321)
Splenic embolization revisited: a multicenter review. (2004) (310)
WSES Jerusalem guidelines for diagnosis and treatment of acute appendicitis (2016) (299)
The management of intra-abdominal infections from a global perspective: 2017 WSES guidelines for management of intra-abdominal infections (2017) (272)
Staged Physiologic Restoration and Damage Control Surgery (1998) (272)
Anticoagulation is the gold standard therapy for blunt carotid injuries to reduce stroke rate. (2004) (264)
Optimizing screening for blunt cerebrovascular injuries. (1999) (255)
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 (2018) (249)
Primary Fibrinolysis Is Integral in the Pathogenesis of the Acute Coagulopathy of Trauma (2010) (246)
Pelvic trauma: WSES classification and guidelines (2017) (242)
2013 WSES guidelines for management of intra-abdominal infections (2013) (219)
Halo-vest immobilization increases early morbidity and mortality in elderly odontoid fractures. (2006) (215)
Complicated intra-abdominal infections worldwide: the definitive data of the CIAOW Study (2014) (213)
2016 WSES guidelines on acute calculous cholecystitis (2016) (213)
Western Trauma Association critical decisions in trauma: screening for and treatment of blunt cerebrovascular injuries. (2009) (213)
Postinjury coagulopathy management: goal directed resuscitation via POC thrombelastography. (2010) (206)
Splenic trauma: WSES classification and guidelines for adult and pediatric patients (2017) (205)
Noninvasive diagnosis of blunt cerebrovascular injuries: a preliminary report. (2002) (204)
Rapid thrombelastography (r-TEG) identifies hypercoagulability and predicts thromboembolic events in surgical patients. (2009) (202)
The abdominal compartment syndrome is a morbid complication of postinjury damage control surgery. (2001) (202)
Preperitoneal pelvic packing/external fixation with secondary angioembolization: optimal care for life-threatening hemorrhage from unstable pelvic fractures. (2011) (197)
Cervical spine fracture patterns predictive of blunt vertebral artery injury. (2003) (197)
The role of REBOA in the control of exsanguinating torso hemorrhage. (2015) (194)
Western Trauma Association Critical Decisions in Trauma: Resuscitative thoracotomy (2012) (193)
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 (2013) (192)
Avoidance of abdominal compartment syndrome in damage-control laparotomy after trauma. (2001) (190)
Emergency surgery during the COVID-19 pandemic: what you need to know for practice. (2020) (187)
Treatment for blunt cerebrovascular injuries: equivalence of anticoagulation and antiplatelet agents. (2009) (182)
Transfer Times to Definitive Care Facilities Are Too Long: A Consequence of an Immature Trauma System (2005) (181)
Silencing of Fas, but not caspase-8, in lung epithelial cells ameliorates pulmonary apoptosis, inflammation, and neutrophil influx after hemorrhagic shock and sepsis. (2005) (175)
2017 WSES guidelines on colon and rectal cancer emergencies: obstruction and perforation (2018) (173)
Halo vest immobilization in the elderly: a death sentence? (2004) (171)
Sixteen-slice computed tomographic angiography is a reliable noninvasive screening test for clinically significant blunt cerebrovascular injuries. (2006) (169)
WSES guidelines on acute calculous cholecystitis Ansaloni , L . 2016-06-14 (167)
Interleukin-6 delays neutrophil apoptosis. (1996) (164)
Responsible development and application of surgical innovations: a position statement of the Society of University Surgeons. (2008) (163)
Treatment of posttraumatic internal carotid arterial pseudoaneurysms with endovascular stents. (2000) (159)
The inflammatory profile of interleukin-6, interleukin-8, and soluble intercellular adhesion molecule-1 in postinjury multiple organ failure (1996) (159)
Bologna Guidelines for Diagnosis and Management of Adhesive Small Bowel Obstruction (ASBO): 2010 Evidence-Based Guidelines of the World Society of Emergency Surgery (2011) (158)
Injury in the aged: Geriatric trauma care at the crossroads (2015) (156)
The open abdomen in trauma and non-trauma patients: WSES guidelines (2018) (153)
Blunt cerebrovascular injuries: Redefining screening criteria in the era of noninvasive diagnosis (2012) (149)
Secondary abdominal compartment syndrome is a highly lethal event. (2001) (147)
Stored red blood cells selectively activate human neutrophils to release IL-8 and secretory PLA2. (2000) (146)
WSES Guidelines for the management of acute left sided colonic diverticulitis in the emergency setting (2016) (145)
Single-layer continuous versus two-layer interrupted intestinal anastomosis: a prospective randomized trial. (2000) (144)
A prospective, controlled clinical evaluation of surgical stabilization of severe rib fractures (2016) (143)
Management of intra-abdominal infections: recommendations by the WSES 2016 consensus conference (2017) (141)
The role of the open abdomen procedure in managing severe abdominal sepsis: WSES position paper (2015) (138)
Role of alveolar macrophage and migrating neutrophils in hemorrhage-induced priming for ALI subsequent to septic challenge. (2006) (138)
Plasma from aged stored red blood cells delays neutrophil apoptosis and primes for cytotoxicity: abrogation by poststorage washing but not prestorage leukoreduction. (2001) (135)
Implementation of a tertiary trauma survey decreases missed injuries. (2003) (129)
VALIDATION OF POSTINJURY MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE SCORES (2009) (129)
Interleukin-6 delays neutrophil apoptosis via a mechanism involving platelet-activating factor. (1996) (128)
Selective management of penetrating neck trauma based on cervical level of injury. (1997) (128)
Splanchnic ischaemia/reperfusion and multiple organ failure. (1996) (127)
Interleukin‐6 suppression of neutrophil apoptosis is neutrophil concentration dependent (1995) (124)
WSES guidelines for management of intra-abdominal infections Sartelli , Massimo 2013-01-08 (123)
Antimicrobials: a global alliance for optimizing their rational use in intra-abdominal infections (AGORA) (2016) (123)
Hypertonic saline attenuation of polymorphonuclear neutrophil cytotoxicity: timing is everything. (2000) (122)
Blunt Carotid and Vertebral Arterial Injuries (2001) (122)
TRANSFUSION OF THE INJURED PATIENT: PROCEED WITH CAUTION (2004) (120)
RibScore: A novel radiographic score based on fracture pattern that predicts pneumonia, respiratory failure, and tracheostomy (2016) (120)
Initial experiences with point‐of‐care rapid thrombelastography for management of life‐threatening postinjury coagulopathy (2012) (119)
NISS predicts postinjury multiple organ failure better than the ISS. (1999) (116)
Management of patients with anterior abdominal stab wounds: a Western Trauma Association multicenter trial. (2009) (114)
Perforated and bleeding peptic ulcer: WSES guidelines (2020) (112)
Cardiac enzymes are irrelevant in the patient with suspected myocardial contusion. (1994) (111)
One thousand bedside percutaneous tracheostomies in the surgical intensive care unit: time to change the gold standard. (2011) (110)
Decreased antibiotic utilization after implementation of a guideline for inpatient cellulitis and cutaneous abscess. (2011) (110)
2020 World Society of Emergency Surgery updated guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of acute calculus cholecystitis (2020) (108)
Western Trauma Association critical decisions in trauma: penetrating neck trauma. (2013) (108)
Esophageal emergencies: WSES guidelines (2019) (103)
Lessons learned from a nightclub fire: institutional disaster preparedness. (2005) (103)
Neutrophils are primed for cytotoxicity and resist apoptosis in injured patients at risk for multiple organ failure. (1999) (100)
2017 update of the WSES guidelines for emergency repair of complicated abdominal wall hernias (2017) (100)
2020 update of the WSES guidelines for the management of acute colonic diverticulitis in the emergency setting (2020) (99)
World Society of Emergency Surgery (WSES) guidelines for management of skin and soft tissue infections (2014) (99)
Expanded screening criteria for blunt cerebrovascular injury: a bigger impact than anticipated. (2016) (96)
Liver trauma: WSES 2020 guidelines (2020) (95)
Splenic artery embolization: Have we gone too far? (2005) (95)
2019 update of the WSES guidelines for management of Clostridioides (Clostridium) difficile infection in surgical patients (2019) (95)
WSES classification and guidelines for liver trauma (2016) (95)
Recombinant human activated protein C inhibits integrin-mediated neutrophil migration. (2009) (94)
2018 WSES/SIS-E consensus conference: recommendations for the management of skin and soft-tissue infections (2018) (92)
Western Trauma Association critical decisions in trauma: penetrating chest trauma. (2013) (90)
Current concept of abdominal sepsis: WSES position paper (2014) (89)
Western Trauma Association Critical Decisions in Trauma: Management of rib fractures. (2017) (89)
WSES guidelines for management of Clostridium difficile infection in surgical patients (2015) (84)
Predicting failure of outpatient laparoscopic cholecystectomy. (2002) (82)
Complicated intra-abdominal infections in a worldwide context: an observational prospective study (CIAOW Study) (2013) (82)
Routine intraoperative laparoscopic ultrasonography with selective cholangiography reduces bile duct complications during laparoscopic cholecystectomy. (2001) (79)
Lung-sparing techniques are associated with improved outcome compared with anatomic resection for severe lung injuries. (2002) (78)
Effect of blood products transfusion on the development of postinjury multiple organ failure. (2010) (77)
Western Trauma Association Critical Decisions in Trauma: Management of pelvic fracture with hemodynamic instability-2016 updates. (2016) (77)
Circulating postinjury neutrophils are primed for the release of proinflammatory cytokines. (1998) (76)
Are corticosteroids salvage therapy for refractory acute respiratory distress syndrome? (1995) (76)
The role of open abdomen in non-trauma patient: WSES Consensus Paper (2017) (76)
Management Guidelines for Penetrating Abdominal Trauma (2015) (76)
Surgical stabilization of severe rib fractures. (2015) (76)
Management guidelines for penetrating abdominal trauma. (2010) (75)
Interleukin-6 augments neutrophil cytotoxic potential via selective enhancement of elastase release. (1998) (75)
What is the effectiveness of the negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) in patients treated with open abdomen technique? A systematic review and meta-analysis (2016) (75)
Kidney and uro-trauma: WSES-AAST guidelines (2019) (75)
The injured child is resistant to multiple organ failure: a different inflammatory response? (2002) (74)
One hundred percent fascial approximation can be achieved in the postinjury open abdomen with a sequential closure protocol (2012) (73)
Defining the limits of resuscitative emergency department thoracotomy: a contemporary Western Trauma Association perspective. (2011) (70)
Noncitrated whole blood is optimal for evaluation of postinjury coagulopathy with point-of-care rapid thrombelastography. (2009) (69)
The why and how our trauma patients die: A prospective Multicenter Western Trauma Association study (2019) (69)
Rib fixation: Who, What, When? (2017) (68)
WSES consensus conference: Guidelines for first-line management of intra-abdominal infections (2011) (67)
Hypertonic saline attenuation of the neutrophil cytotoxic response is reversed upon restoration of normotonicity and reestablished by repeated hypertonic challenge. (2001) (67)
Interleukin‐6 stimulates neutrophil production of platelet‐activating factor (1996) (67)
Western Trauma Association critical decisions in trauma: management of pancreatic injuries. (2013) (67)
World society of emergency surgery study group initiative on Timing of Acute Care Surgery classification (TACS) (2013) (66)
Interleukin-8 increases endothelial permeability independent of neutrophils. (1995) (65)
Secondary abdominal compartment syndrome: a potential threat for all trauma clinicians. (2007) (64)
Nitric oxide reduces endothelial expression of intercellular adhesion molecule (ICAM)-1. (1996) (64)
Interleukin-6 potentiates neutrophil priming with platelet-activating factor. (1994) (63)
Hypertonic saline resuscitation abrogates neutrophil priming by mesenteric lymph. (2000) (62)
Acute appendicitis: A disease severity score for the acute care surgeon (2013) (61)
Reperfused gut elaborates PAF that chemoattracts and primes neutrophils. (1995) (61)
Western Trauma Association Critical Decisions in Trauma: Management of adult blunt splenic trauma-2016 updates. (2017) (61)
Liver trauma: WSES position paper (2015) (60)
COVID-19 the showdown for mass casualty preparedness and management: the Cassandra Syndrome (2020) (59)
Risk factors for delirium after major trauma. (2008) (59)
Validating the Western Trauma Association algorithm for managing patients with anterior abdominal stab wounds: a Western Trauma Association multicenter trial. (2011) (59)
The lipid fraction of post-hemorrhagic shock mesenteric lymph (PHSML) inhibits neutrophil apoptosis and enhances cytotoxic potential. (2000) (57)
Endovascular stenting is rarely necessary for the management of blunt cerebrovascular injuries. (2014) (57)
Nutrition support of the trauma patient. (2002) (55)
Hypertonic saline inhibits neutrophil (PMN) priming via attenuation of p38 MAPK signaling. (2000) (55)
Duodeno-pancreatic and extrahepatic biliary tree trauma: WSES-AAST guidelines (2019) (55)
Blunt cerebrovascular injuries in the child. (2012) (54)
Caustic ingestion management: world society of emergency surgery preliminary survey of expert opinion (2015) (54)
Bologna guidelines for diagnosis and management (2013) (53)
Changes in traumatic mechanisms of injury in Southern California related to COVID-19: Penetrating trauma as a second pandemic (2020) (53)
Release of anti-inflammatory mediators after major torso trauma correlates with the development of postinjury multiple organ failure. (1999) (53)
WSES guidelines for emergency repair of complicated abdominal wall hernias (2013) (53)
Selective clinical management of anterior abdominal stab wounds. (2004) (53)
Hypertonic saline alteration of the PMN cytoskeleton: implications for signal transduction and the cytotoxic response. (2001) (52)
Isolated brain injury as a cause of hypotension in the blunt trauma patient. (2003) (51)
Closed Or Open after Source Control Laparotomy for Severe Complicated Intra-Abdominal Sepsis (the COOL trial): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial (2018) (51)
Mesenteric lymph is responsible for post-hemorrhagic shock systemic neutrophil priming. (2001) (50)
Phospholipase A(2)--derived neutral lipids from posthemorrhagic shock mesenteric lymph prime the neutrophil oxidative burst. (2001) (50)
Intra-abdominal injury following blunt trauma becomes clinically apparent within 9 hours (2014) (50)
Western Trauma Association critical decisions in trauma: nonoperative management of adult blunt hepatic trauma. (2009) (50)
Primary repair of civilian colon injuries is safe in the damage control scenario. (2009) (49)
Complications of prone ventilation in patients with multisystem trauma with fulminant acute respiratory distress syndrome. (2000) (49)
Radiographic evaluation of surgical clips is better than ultrasound for defining the lumpectomy cavity in breast boost treatment planning: a prospective clinical study. (2000) (48)
REDUCED PAF‐ACETYLHYDROLASE ACTIVITY IS ASSOCIATED WITH POSTINJURY MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE (1997) (47)
Hypercoagulability following blunt solid abdominal organ injury: when to initiate anticoagulation. (2013) (47)
The station nightclub fire. (2005) (44)
The management of pneumothorax in patients with anorexia nervosa: A case report and review of the literature (2010) (44)
Evaluation and management of blunt cerebrovascular injury: A practice management guideline from the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma (2020) (43)
2017 WSES guidelines for the management of iatrogenic colonoscopy perforation (2018) (43)
Refractory postinjury thrombocytopenia is associated with multiple organ failure and adverse outcomes. (2011) (42)
ICAM-1-CD18 interaction mediates neutrophil cytotoxicity through protease release. (1998) (41)
Prophylactic Antibiotics in Open Fractures: A Pilot Randomized Clinical Safety Study (2013) (41)
Suboptimal compliance with surgical safety checklists in Colorado: A prospective observational study reveals differences between surgical specialties (2015) (40)
Western Trauma Association Critical Decisions in Trauma: Diagnosis and management of esophageal injuries. (2015) (39)
2020 WSES guidelines for the detection and management of bile duct injury during cholecystectomy (2021) (39)
Imaging for blunt carotid and vertebral artery injuries. (2011) (38)
Intraoperative surgical site infection control and prevention: a position paper and future addendum to WSES intra-abdominal infections guidelines (2020) (38)
Optimal management of complicated empyema. (2000) (38)
Hypertonic saline activation of p38 MAPK primes the PMN respiratory burst. (2001) (36)
WSES consensus conference guidelines: monitoring and management of severe adult traumatic brain injury patients with polytrauma in the first 24 hours (2019) (36)
Inhibition of neutrophil Apoptosis after severe trauma is NFκβ dependent. Discussion (2000) (35)
Soluble intercellular adhesion molecule-1 provokes polymorphonuclear leukocyte elastase release by CD18. (1996) (34)
Post-hemorrhagic shock mesenteric lymph lipids prime neutrophils for enhanced cytotoxicity via phospholipase A2. (2001) (33)
Progressive postinjury thrombocytosis is associated with thromboembolic complications. (2010) (33)
Blunt abdominal aortic injury: A Western Trauma Association multicenter study (2014) (33)
Venovenous bypass and hepatic vascular isolation as adjuncts in the repair of destructive wounds to the retrohepatic inferior vena cava. (1998) (33)
Beneficial versus detrimental effects of neutrophils are determined by the nature of the insult. (2007) (33)
Blunt cerebrovascular trauma (2010) (32)
A Global Declaration on Appropriate Use of Antimicrobial Agents across the Surgical Pathway. (2017) (32)
Western Trauma Association Critical Decisions in Trauma: Diagnosis and management of duodenal injuries. (2015) (31)
Hyperosmolarity Abrogates Neutrophil Cytotoxicity Provoked by Post-Shock Mesenteric Lymph (2002) (31)
Getting the invite list right: a discussion of sepsis severity scoring systems in severe complicated intra-abdominal sepsis and randomized trial inclusion criteria (2018) (30)
The management of surgical patients in the emergency setting during COVID-19 pandemic: the WSES position paper (2020) (30)
Effect of Educational Debt on Career and Quality of Life among Academic Surgeons (2009) (29)
Vascular injuries after minor blunt upper extremity trauma: pitfalls in the recognition and diagnosis of potential "near miss" injuries (2008) (28)
Predictors of the necessity for early tracheostomy in patients with acute cervical spinal cord injury: a 15-year experience. (2015) (28)
Legal prosecution of alcohol-impaired drivers admitted to a level I trauma center in Rhode Island. (2004) (28)
A cost-minimization analysis of phenytoin versus levetiracetam for early seizure pharmacoprophylaxis after traumatic brain injury (2012) (27)
Diagnosis of blunt cerebrovascular injuries (2003) (27)
Geriatric traumatic brain injury—What we know and what we don't (2018) (27)
Effect of damage control surgery on major abdominal vascular trauma. (2012) (26)
WSES worldwide emergency general surgery formation and evaluation project (2018) (26)
Oesophageal injuries: Position paper, WSES, 2013 (2014) (26)
Diagnostic peritoneal lavage remains a valuable adjunct to modern imaging techniques. (2009) (26)
Western Trauma Association Critical Decisions in Trauma: Management of abdominal vascular trauma. (2015) (26)
Motor vehicle crash fatalaties and undercompensated care associated with legalization of marijuana (2018) (26)
Is breast cancer in young Latinas a different disease? (2001) (25)
Local wound exploration remains a valuable triage tool for the evaluation of anterior abdominal stab wounds. (2009) (25)
Soluble ICAM-1 (sICAM-1) provokes PMN elastase release. (1996) (24)
A negative urinalysis rules out catheter-associated urinary tract infection in trauma patients in the intensive care unit. (2013) (23)
WSES/GAIS/SIS-E/WSIS/AAST global clinical pathways for patients with intra-abdominal infections (2021) (22)
Western Trauma Association critical decisions in trauma: management of complicated diverticulitis. (2012) (22)
Blunt cerebrovascular injuries. (2005) (22)
Blunt trauma induced splenic blushes are not created equal (2012) (22)
Proceedings of resources for optimal care of acute care and emergency surgery consensus summit Donegal Ireland (2017) (21)
ACR Appropriateness Criteria® Major Blunt Trauma. (2020) (21)
The evolution of trauma care at a level I trauma center. (2005) (21)
IROA: the International Register of Open Abdomen. (2015) (21)
Pancreaticojejunal stent migration resulting in "bezoar ileus". (2000) (21)
Establishing Benchmarks for Resuscitation of Traumatic Circulatory Arrest: Success-to-Rescue and Survival among 1,708 Patients. (2016) (21)
Early repeat imaging is not warranted for high-grade blunt cerebrovascular injuries (2014) (21)
Laparoscopic repair of traumatic lumbar hernia (2007) (20)
STudy of Alteplase for Respiratory failure in SARS-Cov2 COVID-19 (STARS): A Vanguard Multicenter, Rapidly Adaptive, Pragmatic, Randomized, Controlled Trial (2021) (20)
Routine preoperative laboratory analyses are unnecessary before elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy (2003) (19)
Jack A. Barney Resident Research Award winner. The inflammatory profile of interleukin-6, interleukin-8, and soluble intercellular adhesion molecule-1 in postinjury multiple organ failure. (1996) (19)
Establishing position papers by the WSES (2018) (19)
Individual versus significant-other-enhanced brief motivational intervention for alcohol in emergency care. (2014) (18)
Diagnosis and management of small bowel obstruction in virgin abdomen: a WSES position paper (2021) (17)
Intercellular adhesion molecule-1 promotes neutrophil-mediated cytotoxicity. (1995) (17)
Current Concepts in Resuscitation (2012) (17)
Study of Alteplase for Respiratory Failure in SARS-CoV-2 COVID-19 (2021) (17)
Video-assisted evacuation of empyema is the preferred procedure for management of pleural space infections (2000) (17)
"Leaning" the process of venous thromboembolism prophylaxis. (2011) (16)
Surgeons provide definitive care to patients with gallstone pancreatitis. (2011) (16)
WSES guidelines on blunt and penetrating bowel injury: diagnosis, investigations, and treatment (2022) (16)
The Outreach Trauma Program: a model for survival of the academic trauma center. (2002) (15)
WSES-AAST guidelines: management of inflammatory bowel disease in the emergency setting (2021) (15)
Early death and late morbidity after blood transfusion of injured children: a pilot study. (2012) (15)
Analytic Review: Mass-Casualty Incidents: How Does an ICU Prepare? (2008) (15)
ACR Appropriateness Criteria® Suspected Spine Trauma-Child. (2019) (15)
Emergent stenting of acute blunt carotid artery injuries: a cautionary note. (2001) (15)
Drug and alcohol positivity of traumatically injured patients related to COVID-19 stay-at-home orders (2021) (14)
ACR Appropriateness Criteria® Penetrating Neck Injury. (2017) (14)
Patterns of early and late ventilator-associated pneumonia due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a trauma population. (2010) (14)
The station nightclub fire and disaster preparedness in Rhode Island. (2003) (14)
An international effort to better understand the open abdomen: call for participants (2015) (14)
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 (2014) (13)
Blunt cerebrovascular injuries in children: broadened screening guidelines are warranted. (2012) (13)
Executive summary: WSES Guidelines for the management of severe acute pancreatitis. (2020) (12)
Computed tomographic angiography for blunt cerebrovascular injuries: don't throw out the baby with the bathwater. (2011) (12)
Breast conservation therapy in affiliated county, university, and private hospitals. (1999) (12)
Improving transitions of care for complex pediatric trauma patients from inpatient rehabilitation to home: an observational pilot study (2015) (11)
Patients with blunt carotid and vertebral artery injuries. (1999) (11)
Validation of peritoneal adhesion index as a standardized classification to universalize peritoneal adhesions definition (2017) (11)
Ethical considerations in conducting surgical research in severe complicated intra-abdominal sepsis (2019) (11)
The Operative management in Bariatric Acute abdomen (OBA) Survey: long-term complications of bariatric surgery and the emergency surgeon’s point of view (2020) (11)
ICAM-1-CD18 interaction mediates neutrophil cytotoxicity through protease release. (1998) (11)
Rehabilitation of the geriatric surgical patient: predicting needs and optimizing outcomes. (2015) (11)
WSES/GAIS/WSIS/SIS-E/AAST global clinical pathways for patients with skin and soft tissue infections (2022) (10)
Needle thoracostomy: a cautionary note. (2004) (10)
Gut-derived mediators of multiple organ failure: platelet-activating factor and interleukin-6. (1995) (10)
Trauma quality indicators: internationally approved core factors for trauma management quality evaluation (2021) (10)
What is the current role of laparoscopic lavage in perforated diverticulitis? (2017) (10)
Interleukin-6 intheInjured Patient Marker ofInjury orMediator ofInflammation? (1996) (10)
Management of colorectal injuries: A Western Trauma Association critical decisions algorithm. (2018) (9)
Pediatric trauma patients with isolated airway compromise or Glasgow Coma Scale less than 8: does immediate attending surgeon's presence upon arrival make a difference? (2005) (9)
Erratum to: 2016 WSES guidelines on acute calculous cholecystitis (2016) (9)
A pandemic recap: lessons we have learned (2021) (9)
Hey surgeons! It is time to lead and be a champion in preventing and managing surgical infections! (2020) (9)
American Association for the Surgery of Trauma-World Society of Emergency Surgery guidelines on diagnosis and management of abdominal vascular injuries. (2020) (9)
Expert witness testimony: the problem and recommendations for oversight and reform. (2005) (9)
Fatal gunshot wounds to the head: a critical appraisal of organ donation rates. (2010) (8)
A multicenter trial of current trends in the diagnosis and management of high-grade pancreatic injuries (2021) (8)
Acute abdomen in the immunocompromised patient: WSES, SIS-E, WSIS, AAST, and GAIS guidelines (2021) (8)
28 – Scoring Systems for Trauma Research (2001) (8)
Neutrophil apoptosis is delayed by trauma patients' plasma via a mechanism involving proinflammatory phospholipids and protein kinase C. (2001) (8)
A previously unrecognized connection between occipital condyle fractures and internal carotid artery injuries (carotid and condyles) (2006) (8)
WSES guidelines updates (2020) (8)
Management of abdominal vascular injuries. (1998) (8)
Erratum: The management of intra-abdominal infections from a global perspective: 2017 WSES guidelines for management of intra-abdominal infections. [World J Emerg Surg. 12, (2017) (29)] DOI: 10.1186/s13017-017-0141-6 (2017) (8)
Acute mesenteric ischemia: updated guidelines of the World Society of Emergency Surgery (2022) (8)
American Association for the Surgery of Trauma-World Society of Emergency Surgery guidelines on diagnosis and management of peripheral vascular injuries. (2020) (8)
Identifying the asymptomatic patient with blunt carotid arterial injury. (1999) (7)
Rural Level III centers in an inclusive trauma system reduce the need for interfacility transfer (2018) (7)
Femoral arterial graft failure caused by the secondary abdominal compartment syndrome. (2001) (7)
Evaluation of a new technique for bedside percutaneous tracheostomy. (2002) (7)
Postinjury torso ultrasound: FAST should be SLOH. (2000) (7)
COVID-19 in trauma: a propensity-matched analysis of COVID and non-COVID trauma patients (2021) (7)
Emergency general surgeons: the special forces of general surgery (the “navy seals paradigm”) (2020) (6)
BLOOD TRANSFUSION INDEPENDENTLY DELAYS NEUTROPHIL APOPTOSIS IN TRAUMA PATIENTS (1999) (6)
Clinically relevant hypertonicity prevents stored blood- and lipid-mediated delayed neutrophil apoptosis independent of p38 MAPK or caspase-3 activation. (2003) (6)
Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on pediatric trauma in Southern California (2021) (6)
Radiographic characteristics of postinjury splenic autotransplantation: avoiding a diagnostic dilemma. (2004) (6)
Multi-center validation of the Bowel Injury Predictive Score (BIPS) for the early identification of need to operate in blunt bowel and mesenteric injuries. (2021) (6)
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) stay-at-home order’s unequal effects on trauma volume by insurance status in Southern California (2021) (6)
Erratum: Antimicrobials: A global alliance for optimizing their rational use in intra-abdominal infections (AGORA). [World J Emerg Surg. 11, (2016) (33)] DOI: 10.1186/s13017-016-0089-y (2017) (6)
Syncope, "Mechanical Falls," and the Trauma Surgeon. (2020) (6)
Pediatric blunt vertebral artery injury: case report and treatment plan. (2009) (6)
Knowledge, attitude, and practice of artificial intelligence in emergency and trauma surgery, the ARIES project: an international web-based survey (2022) (5)
The management of intra abdominal-infections: 2017 WSES guidelines summary focused on remote areas and low-income nations. (2020) (5)
Two years later: Is the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic still having an impact on emergency surgery? An international cross-sectional survey among WSES members (2022) (5)
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 (2014) (5)
Does drainage or resection predict subsequent interventions and long-term quality of life in patients with Grade IV pancreatic injuries: A population-based analysis (2021) (5)
Prestorage leukoreduction prevents accumulation of matrix metalloproteinase 9 in stored blood. (2006) (5)
Acute Care Surgery in the Safety Net Hospital: Maintaining Referrals and Optimizing Outcomes (2010) (5)
Sexual Dimorphism in Hematocrit Response Following Red Blood Cell Transfusion of Critically Ill Surgical Patients (2012) (4)
Management of blunt traumatic abdominal wall hernias: A Western Trauma Association multicenter study (2021) (4)
AAST - WSES Guidelines on Diagnosis and Management of Peripheral Vascular Injuries. (2020) (4)
Erratum to: The management of intra-abdominal infections from a global perspective: 2017 WSES guidelines for management of intra-abdominal infections (2017) (4)
Erratum to: Antimicrobials: a global alliance for optimizing their rational use in intra-abdominal infections (AGORA) (2017) (4)
Assessing Awareness and Implementation of a Recommendation for Surgical Innovation Committees: A Survey of Academic Institutions (2015) (4)
Adolescent Trauma During the COVID Pandemic: Just Like Adults, Children, or Someone Else? (2022) (4)
Preserve encephalus in surgery of trauma: online survey. (P.E.S.T.O) (2019) (4)
WSES project on decision support systems based on artificial neural networks in emergency surgery (2021) (4)
WSES consensus conference guidelines: monitoring and management of severe adult traumatic brain injury patients with polytrauma in the first 24 hours. (2019) (4)
The evolving role of laparoscopic lavage and drainage. (2019) (4)
Blunt Cardiac Injury (2002) (3)
Re: Mandatory exploration is not necessary for patients with acute diverticulitis and free intraperitoneal air. (2013) (3)
Hypertonic saline alteration of the PMN cytoskeleton: implications for signal transduction and the cytotoxic response (2000) (3)
Driving under the influence: a multi-center evaluation of vehicular crashes in the era of cannabis legalization (2021) (3)
THERAPEUTIC IMPLICATIONS OF A NEW GRADING SCALE IN 100 BLUNT CAROTID ARTERIAL INJURIES (1999) (3)
Erratum to: caustic ingestion management: world society of emergency surgery preliminary survey of expert opinion (2015) (3)
Postinjury suppression of human neutrophil cytokine production results from the stabilization of inhibitory kappaB. (1999) (3)
The Operative management in Bariatric Acute abdomen (OBA) Survey: long-term complications of bariatric surgery and the emergency surgeon’s point of view (2020) (3)
Decreased hospital length of stay and intensive care unit admissions for non-COVID blunt trauma patients during the COVID-19 pandemic (2022) (3)
Medical disasters: are we really prepared? An analysis of the station fire. (2003) (3)
Neurovascular interventions in the trauma patient (2002) (3)
Minimally invasive surgery in emergency surgery: a WSES survey (2021) (3)
STudy of Alteplase for Respiratory Failure in SARS-CoV-2 COVID-19 (STARS): A Vanguard Multicenter, Rapidly Adaptive, Pragmatic, Randomized, Controlled Trial (2021) (2)
Re: REBOA and catheter-based technology in trauma. (2015) (2)
The LIFE TRIAD of emergency general surgery (2022) (2)
Postoperative pain management in non-traumatic emergency general surgery: WSES-GAIS-SIAARTI-AAST guidelines (2022) (2)
16-SLICE CT-ANGIOGRAPHY IS A RELIABLE NONINVASIVE TEST THAT ALLOWS LIBERAL SCREENING FOR BLUNT CEREBROVASCULAR INJURIES (2005) (2)
fi 2017 update of the WSES guidelines for emergency repair of complicated abdominal wall hernias (2)
Don’t mess with the pancreas! A multicenter analysis of the management of low-grade pancreatic injuries (2021) (2)
AAST - WSES Guidelines on Diagnosis and Management of Abdominal Vascular Injuries. (2020) (2)
The acute phase management of spinal cord injury affecting polytrauma patients: the ASAP study (2022) (2)
Excluding Hollow Viscus Injury for Abdominal Seat Belt Sign Using Computed Tomography. (2022) (2)
PRBC-derived plasma induces non-muscle myosin type IIA-mediated neutrophil migration and morphologic change (2012) (2)
Western Trauma Association critical decisions in trauma: management of parapneumonic effusion. (2012) (2)
Unique Epidemiology of Spinal Cord Injury in Hawai'i: Wave-related Incidents. (2019) (2)
Surgical Treatment of Liver and Biliary Tree Trauma (2014) (2)
Computed tomographic angiography for blunt cerebrovascular injuries: is it good enough? (2010) (2)
SEVERE INJURY DELAYS NEUTROPHIL APOPTOSIS AND PRIMES FOR ELASTASE RELEASE.: 10 (1998) (1)
A core outcome set for resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta: A consensus based approach using a modified Delphi method (2021) (1)
Screening for Surgical Site Infections by Applying Classification Trees to Electronic Data (2014) (1)
ROLE OF ALVEOLAR MACROPHAGE & MIGRATING (2005) (1)
Abdominal Trauma : Sensitivity and Specificity of Postmortem Noncontrast Imaging Findings Compared to Autopsy Findings (1)
Caustic ingestion management (1)
Session 3: Discussion (2005) (1)
Transfusion Alternatives in Trauma (1999) (1)
Early management of isolated severe traumatic brain injury patients in a hospital without neurosurgical capabilities: a consensus and clinical recommendations of the World Society of Emergency Surgery (WSES) (2023) (1)
Correction: Early management of isolated severe traumatic brain injury patients in a hospital without neurosurgical capabilities: a consensus and clinical recommendations of the World Society of Emergency Surgery (WSES) (2023) (1)
Control of pelvic fracture–related hemorrhage (2022) (1)
Operative management of acute abdomen after bariatric surgery in the emergency setting: the OBA guidelines (2022) (1)
Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of ARtificial Intelligence in Emergency and Trauma Surgery, the ARIES Project: An international web-based survey (2021) (1)
Surgical Quality Improvement (2014) (1)
Chapter 27 – Trauma to the Colon and Rectum (2009) (1)
Perceptions and practices surrounding the perioperative management of frail emergency surgery patients: a WSES-endorsed cross-sectional qualitative survey (2023) (1)
Position Statement : Surgical Innovations. Author's reply (2008) (1)
lnterleukin-6 stimulates neutrophilproductionof platelet-activatingfactor (1996) (1)
The Open Abdomen in Trauma (2018) (1)
Time to update the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma (AAST) pancreas injury grading lexicon? (2021) (1)
A comparison of management and outcomes following blunt versus penetrating pancreatic trauma: A secondary analysis from the Western Trauma Association Multicenter Trials Group on Pancreatic Injuries (2022) (1)
Disparities in triage and management of the homeless and the elderly trauma patient (2020) (1)
Risk factors for necrotic cholecystitis during the COVID-19 pandemic: the ChoCO-WSES prospective collaborative study's experience. (2021) (1)
Correction to: Intraoperative surgical site infection control and prevention: a position paper and future addendum to WSES intra-abdominal infections guidelines (2021) (1)
CHAPTER 72 – SCAPULOTHORACIC DISSOCIATION AND DEGLOVING INJURIES OF THE EXTREMITIES (2008) (0)
Dynamic Assessment Of Volume Responsiveness In The Surgical Intensive Care Unit (2011) (0)
Notification and Communication: Critical Initial Steps in Mass-Casualty Incident Drills (2010) (0)
COVID-19 pandemic: the second phase, are we ready now? An emergency surgeons' manifesto. (2021) (0)
LIPID PRIMING FOR PMN ELASTASE RELEASE REQUIRES p38 MAPK (1999) (0)
[Bite injuries]. (1979) (0)
Kortdurende motivationele alcoholinterventie op spoedeisende hulp, individueel of met steun van een belangrijke ander (2017) (0)
The WSES: what do we see in the future? (2021) (0)
Recombinant Activated Protein C Regulates Integrin‐Mediated Neutrophil Migration (2008) (0)
The new timing in acute care surgery (new TACS) classification: a WSES Delphi consensus study (2023) (0)
The new timing in acute care surgery (new TACS) classification: a WSES Delphi consensus study (2023) (0)
The management of pneumothorax in a patient with anorexia nervosa : case report and review of the literature (2009) (0)
Perforated and bleeding peptic ulcer: WSES guidelines. (2020) (0)
Delayed duodenal injury following abdominal gunshot wound. (2014) (0)
Improving length of stay on a trauma service (2021) (0)
Correction: Operative management of acute abdomen after bariatric surgery in the emergency setting: the OBA guidelines (2022) (0)
Reviewer Appreciation (2021) (0)
Percutaneous racheostomies in the Surgical Intensive Care Unit : ime to Change the Gold Standard (2011) (0)
Pelvic fractures and genitourinary trauma (2011) (0)
Pain management on a trauma service: a crisis reveals opportunities (2022) (0)
The Impact of Damage Control Surgery on Major Abdominal Vascular Trauma (2012) (0)
Risk factors for recurrence in blunt traumatic abdominal wall hernias: A secondary analysis of a Western Trauma association multicenter study. (2022) (0)
Targeted 1:1 FFP:RBC for life threatening pelvic trauma: Not achievable and not beneficial (2010) (0)
REDUCED PAF‐ACETYLHYDROLASE (PAF‐AC) ACTIVITY IS ASSOCIATED WITH POSTINJURY MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE (MOF).: 69 (1996) (0)
Diagnostic Tools in ACS: CT Scan, Diagnostic Laparoscopy, and Exploratory Laparotomy (2016) (0)
Patients with Acute Cholecystitis Should be Admitted to a Surgical Service. (2019) (0)
Self-inflicted injury and the older trauma patient: a 20 year review of suicide attempts and outcomes (2021) (0)
Abdominal Seat Belt Sign Is Associated with Similar Incidence of Hollow Viscus Injury but Increased Mortality in Trauma in Patients 65 Years and Older: A PCSA Multicenter Study (2022) (0)
Images for surgeons. Acute venous air embolism. (2000) (0)
COMPLICATIONS OF PRONE VENTILATION IN MULTISYSTEM TRAUMA PATIENTS WITH FULMINANT ARDS (1999) (0)
as a diagnostic modality for detecting (2018) (0)
PROINFLAMMATORY LIPIDS IN STORED BLOOD AND FROM INJURY DELAY NEUTROPHIL APOPTOSIS VIA MCL‐1 EXPRESSION.: 72 (2002) (0)
Correction to: Two years later: Is the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic still having an impact on emergency surgery? An international cross-sectional survey among WSES members (2022) (0)
Acute Care Surgery, 1st edition (2013) (0)
Live Victim Volunteers Enhance Performance Improvement (PI) in Mass Casualty Incident (MCI) Drills (2010) (0)
Chapter 34 – Burns (2009) (0)
Correction to: The Operative management in Bariatric Acute abdomen (OBA) Survey: long-term complications of bariatric surgery and the emergency surgeon’s point of view (2020) (0)
Classification and management recommendations for CT scan findings following penetrating flank / back injuries Risk CT findings Intervention Low No penetration Discharge from ED Penetration into subcutaneous tissue Moderate Penetration into muscle Serial clinical assessmentsRetroperitoneal hematoma (2010) (0)
Liver trauma: WSES 2020 guidelines. (2020) (0)
Acknowledgment of 2008 Reviewers (2009) (0)
Tracheal and Bronchial Injury (2020) (0)
PMN DEPLETION ATTENUATES LUNG INJURY RESULTANT FROM COMBINED INSULTS OF HEMORRHAGE FOLLOWED BY SEPSIS INDEPENDENT OF ICAM‐1 EXPRESSION.: 197 (2003) (0)
Evidence-based medicine in trauma/acute care surgery- what does that look like? (2019) (0)
Acute Biliary Disease (2017) (0)
Implementation of In-Hospital, Mass-Casualty Incident Plan based on the Israeli Model: Challenges of Shifting to the Battlefield Mentality in the Civilian Setting (2010) (0)
Pathophysiology of Hemorrhagic Shock and Resuscitation (2013) (0)
Chapter 12 – Blunt Cervical Vascular Injury (2004) (0)
Extracranial vertebral artery dissection. (2003) (0)
Title WSES Guidelines for the management of acute left sidedcolonic diverticulitis in the emergency setting (2019) (0)
International Association of Trauma and Surgical Intensive Care Symposium: Penetrating Trauma. Update on Penetrating Trauma (2015) (0)
Poc Rapid Thrombelastography (r-TEG) Identifies Hypercoagulability via Increased Thrombin Generation in Post-Splenectomy Thrombocytosis (2010) (0)
Blood Transfusion In Injured Children Is Associated With Early Death And Late Morbidity (2011) (0)
Featured Articles for CME Credit January 2016. (2016) (0)
Asthma Attack (2021) (0)
Featured Articles for CME Credit May 2019 (2019) (0)
Youth violence prevention can be enhanced by geospatial analysis of trauma registry data (2022) (0)
Patient evaluation and management with selective use of magnetic resonance cholangiography (MRC) and endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) before laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC). (2002) (0)
Live Victim Volunteers Enhance Performance Improvement in Mass-Casualty Incident Drills: Listen to the Patient! (2010) (0)
USE OF ANTIBODY ARRAYS TO IDENTIFY SIGNALING PATHWAYS FOR TRANSFUSION RELATED NEUTROPHIL (PMN) CYTOTOXICITY.: 32 (2004) (0)
CHAPTER 90 – Pediatric trauma (2011) (0)
COVID-19 the showdown for mass casualty preparedness and management: the Cassandra Syndrome. (2020) (0)
QS315. Hepatic Radiofrequency Ablation Elevates Pro-Cancer Cytokines (2009) (0)
HALO VEST IMMOBILIZATION INCREASES EARLY MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY IN ELDERLY PATIENTS WITH ODONTOID FRACTURES (2005) (0)
TWO HIT MODELS OF MOF: 268 (2004) (0)
The Impact of Damage Control on Major Abdominal Vascular Trauma (2012) (0)
A tribute to Ernest E. “Gene” Moore (2018) (0)
Current Use and Utility of MRCP, ERCP and Pancreatic Duct Stents: A Secondary Analysis from the WTA Multicenter Trials Group on Pancreatic Injuries. (2023) (0)
Re: Serial Clinical Assessments for Abdominal Stab Wounds (2009) (0)
INTERLEUKIN-8 (IL-8) INCREASES ENDOTHELIAL PREMEABILITY INDEPENDENT OF NEUTROPHILS (PMNʼs) (1994) (0)
POSTINJURY DOWNREGULATION OF PMN CYTOKINE PRODUCTION IS A RESULT OF STABILIZATION OF I&kgr;B.: 229 (1998) (0)
Injuries to the heart and thoracic great vessels (1999) (0)
Delayed arterial bleed 10 days after pelvic ring injury resulting in vaginal wall laceration. (2001) (0)
The role of the open abdomen procedure in managing severe abdominal sepsis Sartelli (0)
Chapter 37 – Gallbladder Disease (2009) (0)
Blood Therapy in the Acute Care Surgery Patient (2019) (0)
The image of trauma: left thoracoabdominal incision with medial visceral rotation. (2000) (0)
EARLY THROMBOCYTOPENIA FOLLOWING TRAUMA: BONE MARROW FAILURE OR RISK FACTOR FOR MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE (MOF)?: 212 (2001) (0)
Blunt pancreatic trauma: A Western Trauma Association critical decisions algorithm (2022) (0)
Trauma resource pit stop: increasing efficiency in the evaluation of lower severity trauma patients (2021) (0)
RELEASE OF ANTI‐INFLAMMATORY MEDIATORS AFTER MAJOR TORSO TRAUMA CORRELATES WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF POSTINJURY MOF.: 51 (1998) (0)
Diagnosis and Management of Esophageal Injuries: A Western Trauma Association Critical Decisions Algorithm (2015) (0)
CIAOW preliminary - WJES janv 13 (2013) (0)
STORED RED BLOOD CELLS SELECTIVELY ACTIVATE PMNs TO RELEASE IL-8 AND sPLA2 (1999) (0)
Chapter 102 – Metabolism and Nutrition (2010) (0)
Acute venous air embolism (2000) (0)
The ChoCO-W prospective observational global study: Does COVID-19 increase gangrenous cholecystitis? (2022) (0)
Correction: Minimally invasive surgery in emergency surgery: a WSES survey (2022) (0)
Rib Fracture Management Algorithm for the Traumatically Injured, Non-intubated Patient (2018) (0)
ANATOMY OF THE EXTRACRANIAL ANTERIOR AND POSTERIOR CIRCULATIONS SUPPLYING THE BRAIN (1999) (0)
The nuanced nature of grading pancreas injuries: Response to letter to the editor. (2022) (0)
Letter to the editorThe Reply (2002) (0)
Chapter 144 – Blunt Abdominal Trauma (2004) (0)
HYPEROSMOLARITY ABROGATES NEUTROPHIL PRIMING BY POST‐SHOCK MESENTERIC LYMPH: 17 (2001) (0)
104. Goal Directed Therapy of Postinjury Coagulopathy With POC Rapid Thromboelastography (2009) (0)

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