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 …

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 …

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

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 of …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Objective To define the incidence, prophylaxis, and treatment of intra-abdominal
hypertension (IAH) and its relevance to gut mucosal pH (pHi), multiorgan dysfunction …