| | Case Reports Synchronous multiple small bowel intussusceptions in an adult with blue rubber bleb naevus syndrome: Report of a case and review of literature Clement Lee, Debasish Debnath, Tara Whitburn, Mark Farrugia, and Federico Gonzalez PMCID: PMC2259327 Laparoscopic assisted right hemicolectomy for caecal volvulus Michael D Kelly, John Bunni, and Anne M Pullyblank PMCID: PMC2244600 Transverse laparostomy is feasible and effective in the treatment of abdominal compartment syndrome in severe acute pancreatitis Ari Leppäniemi, Panu Mentula, Piia Hienonen, and Esko Kemppainen PMCID: PMC2266717 Postoperative gastric dilatation causing abdominal compartment syndrome Ahmad Mahajna, Sharon Mitkal, and Michael M Krausz PMCID: PMC2270814 Splenic rupture after colonoscopy: Report of a case and review of literature Alessandro Cappellani, Maria Di Vita, Antonio Zanghì, Andrea Cavallaro, Giovanni Alfano, Gaetano Piccolo, and Emanuele Lo Menzo PMCID: PMC2279110 Acute gallbladder torsion: an unexpected intraoperative finding Gnananandan Janakan, Abraham A Ayantunde, and Happy Hoque PMCID: PMC2266718 Perforated diverticulitis presenting as necrotising fasciitis of the leg Timothy J Underwood, Jeremy Southgate, Robert Talbot, and Guy F Nash PMCID: PMC2267165 Colonic perforation following mild abdominal trauma in a patient with Crohn's disease: a case report John Bunni, Simon JW Monkhouse, and Christopher P Armstrong PMCID: PMC2277435 Delayed rupture of common carotid artery following rugby tackle injury: a case report Nainoor Thakore, Saleh Abbas, and Peter Vanniasingham PMCID: PMC2277436 Metastatic Gas gangrene and Colonic Perforation: a case report Matthew J Powell, Kishore K Sasapu, and Christopher Macklin PMCID: PMC2311281 Cecal diverticulitis mimicking acute Appendicitis: a report of 4 cases Oguzhan Karatepe, Osman Bilgin Gulcicek, Gokhan Adas, Muharrem Battal, Yasar Ozdenkaya, Idris Kurtulus, Merih Altiok, and Servet Karahan PMCID: PMC2365938 Ileo-anal pouch necrosis secondary to small bowel volvulus: A case report Sandeep Patel, Gurcharan Salotera, Shashank Gurjar, Jim Hewes, Ibrahim Ahmed, and Brian Andrews PMCID: PMC2429904 Post-traumatic tension faecopneumothorax in a young male: case report J Kelly, ET Condon, WO Kirwan, and HP Redmond PMCID: PMC2475514 Severe bleeding from esophageal varices resistant to endoscopic treatment in a non cirrhotic patient with portal hypertension Roberto Caronna, Mario Bezzi, Monica Schiratti, Maurizio Cardi, Giampaolo Prezioso, Michele Benedetti, Federica Papini, Simona Mangioni, Gabriele Martino, and Piero Chirletti PMCID: PMC2516512 Ileocolic Intussusception - A rare cause of acute intestinal obstruction in adults; Case report and literature review Muhammad Najm Khan, Avi Agrawal, and Paul Strauss PMCID: PMC2529271 Intrathoracic drainage of a perforated prepyloric gastric ulcer with a type II paraoesophageal hernia Robert A Pol, Hiske W Wiersma, Bas JGL Zonneveld, and Marinus Eeftinck Schattenkerk PMCID: PMC2614979 Commentary Prosthetic abdominal wall hernia repair in emergency surgery: from polypropylene to biological meshes G Campanelli, F Catena, and L Ansaloni PMCID: PMC2614977 Editorial Felix Battistella, UC Davis Chief of Trauma and Emergency Surgery, Editorial Board member of World Journal of Emergency Surgery, dies at 48, January 22 2008 Cheryl Wraa RN, Fausto Catena, and Ernest Moore PMCID: PMC2270813 Research Articles Is it more dangerous to perform inadequate packing? Unal Aydin, Pinar Yazici, Murat Zeytunlu, and Ahmet Coker PMCID: PMC2263028 A benchmarking study of two trauma centres highlighting limitations when standardising mortality for comorbidity Henry R Budd, Laurence M Almond, Peter A Oakley, Gilbert McKenzie, and Peter Danne PMCID: PMC2254607 Complicated diverticular disease of the colon, do we need to change the classical approach, a retrospective study of 110 patients in southeast England Abdulzahra Hussain, Hind Mahmood, Gokulakkrishna Subhas, and Shamsi EL-Hasani PMCID: PMC2246106 Pelvic radiography in ATLS algorithms: A diminishing role? Matthias P Hilty, Isabelle Behrendt, Lorin M Benneker, Luca Martinolli, Christoforos Stoupis, Donald J Buggy, Heinz Zimmermann, and Aristomenis K Exadaktylos PMCID: PMC2311282 Emergency room surgical workload in an inner city UK teaching hospital Tuong A Mai-Phan, Bijendra Patel, Michael Walsh, Ajit T Abraham, and Hemant M Kocher PMCID: PMC2426680 Endocrine and metabolic response to trauma in hypovolemic patients treated at a trauma center in Brazil Luiz CV Bahten, Fernando HO Mauro, Maria F Domingos, Paula H Scheffer, Bruno H Pagnoncelli, and Marco AR Wille PMCID: PMC2572049 Decision making in patients with acute abdominal pain at a university and at a rural hospital: does the value of abdominal sonography differ? Aristomenis K Exadaktylos, Charlotte Sadowski-Cron, Paul Mäder, Monika Weissmann, Hans Peter Dinkel, Marco Negri, and Heinz Zimmermann PMCID: PMC2572586 Spectrum of perforation peritonitis in Pakistan: 300 cases Eastern experience Shahida Parveen Afridi, Faiza Malik, Shafiq Ur-Rahman, Shahid Shamim, and Khursheed A Samo PMCID: PMC2614978 Comparison of quality control for trauma management between Western and Eastern European trauma center Stefano Massimiliano Calderale, Raluca Sandru, Gregorio Tugnoli, Salomone Di Saverio, Mircea Beuran, Sergio Ribaldi, Massimo Coletti, Giorgio Gambale, Sorin Paun, Livio Russo, and Franco Baldoni PMCID: PMC2605738 Reviews An analysis of 13 patients with perforated gastric carcinoma: A surgeon's nightmare? Cetin Kotan, Aziz Sumer, Murat Baser, Remzi Kızıltan, and M Ali Carparlar PMCID: PMC2397385 Portal vein gas in emergency surgery Abdulzahra Hussain, Hind Mahmood, and Shamsi El-Hasani PMCID: PMC2490689 Emergency endovascular management of peripheral artery aneurysms and pseudoaneurysms – a review Umar Sadat, Peter J Kullar, Ayesha Noorani, Jonathan H Gillard, David G Cooper, and Jonathan R Boyle PMCID: PMC2494545 Videothoracoscopic surgical approach for spontaneous pneumothorax: review of the pertinent literature Hiroyuki Sakurai PMCID: PMC2494544 Delayed presentation of Subclavian venous thrombosis following undisplaced clavicle fracture Tony Kochhar, Chethan Jayadev, Jay Smith, Emmet Griffiths, and Kamaljit Seehra PMCID: PMC2494990 Emergency surgery for Meckel's diverticulum Raj Kumar Sharma and Vir Kumar Jain PMCID: PMC2533303 Simultaneous idiopathic segmental infarction of the great omentum and acute appendicitis: a rare association Luigi Battaglia, Filiberto Belli, Alberto Vannelli, Giuliano Bonfanti, Gianfrancesco Gallino, Elia Poiasina, Mario Rampa, Marco Vitellaro, and Ermanno Leo PMCID: PMC2605737 WSES SM (World Society of Emergency Surgery Summer Meeting) highlights, education in emergency surgery Michael D Kelly PMCID: PMC2639380 Correction An unusual and difficult diagnosis of intestinal obstruction: The abdominal cocoon. Case report and review of the literature Ali O Devay, Ismail Gomceli, Birol Korukluoglu, and Ahmet Kusdemir PMCID: PMC2615746 Corrects: Ali O Devay, et al. An unusual and difficult diagnosis of intestinal obstruction: The abdominal cocoon. Case report and review of the literature. World J Emerg Surg. 2006; 1: 8. |
