Background and aims Acute appendicitis (AA) is among the most common causes of acute
abdominal pain. Diagnosis of AA is still challenging and some controversies on its …

The abdominal compartment syndrome (ACS) has tremendous relevance in the practice of
surgery and the care of critically ill patients because of the effects of elevated pressure within …

Increased intra-abdominal pressure (IAP) occurs in a variety of clinical situations such as
accumulation of ascites, bowel distention from ileus or mechanical obstruction, and reduction …

Objective Intra-abdominal hypertension (IAH) and abdominal compartment syndrome (ACS)
have been increasingly recognized in the critically ill over the past decade. The variety of …

Purpose To update the World Society of the Abdominal Compartment Syndrome (WSACS)
consensus definitions and management statements relating to intra-abdominal hypertension (…

Objective Intra-abdominal hypertension (IAH) and abdominal compartment syndrome (ACS)
have been increasingly recognized in the critically ill over the past decade. In the absence …

Acute appendicitis (AA) is among the most common cause of acute abdominal pain. Diagnosis
of AA is challenging; a variable combination of clinical signs and symptoms has been …

Acute calculus cholecystitis is a very common disease with several area of uncertainty. The
World Society of Emergency Surgery developed extensive guidelines in order to cover grey …

… Ivatury and his colleagues have attempted to answer three important questions. First, what
is … Rao Ivatury (closing): I would like to thank the discussants for their interesting comments, …

Background: Although there is no debate that patients with peritonitis or hemodynamic
instability should undergo urgent laparotomy after penetrating injury to the abdomen, it is also …