BACKGROUND Documentation of pregnancy status (PS) is an integral component of the assessment of women of reproductive age when admitted to hospital. Our aim was to determine how accurately PS was documented in a multicentre audit of female admissions to general surgery. METHODS A prospective multicentre audit of elective and emergency admissions was performed in 18 Scottish centres between 08...

Emergency surgery is performed in every hospital with a A and E unit all around the world. However it is organized in different ways with different results.Aim of this paper is to present history, current scope, current training program and new politics for training national program of 3 countries of different continents.Brazil, Finland and US emergency surgery models are presented discussing a...

Emergency laparoscopic surgery allows both the evaluation of acute abdominal pain and the treatment of many common acute abdominal disorders. This review critically evaluates the current evidence base for the use of laparoscopy, both diagnostic and interventional, in the emergency abdomen, and provides guidance for surgeons as to current best practise. Laparoscopic surgery is firmly established...

This paper records a study of 400 patients admitted for haematemesis and melaena. Emergency surgery was undertaken on selected patients but the overall mortality increased when more frequent emergency operations were performed in the latter half of the series.

We report a case of severe lower abdominal pain in a pregnant woman at 35 weeks and 4 days of gestation. Early diagnosis of an isolated left-sided tubal torsion was established by ultrasound and emergency magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Subsequent detorsion surgery was able to prevent the need for salpingectomy. The role of emergency imaging and conservative surgery in isolated tubal torsion ...

Published online 20 December 2013 Ann. Ital. Chir 1 Pervenuto in Redazione Gennaio 2012. Accettato per la pubblicazione Marzo 2012 Correspondence to: Nunzia Cinzia Paladino, MD, Department of General, Emergency and Transplant Surgery (GENURTO), Unit of General and Emergency Surgery, Via del Vespro 129, 90127 Palermo, Italy (E-mail: [email protected]). Nunzia Cinzia Paladino, Gregorio Scerri...

Introduction: Pediatric patients with abdominal solid malignant tumor may occasionally present with acute abdomen and required emergency surgery because of peritonitis. This report presents four cases of abdominal solid malignant tumor which are associated with rare emergency presentations. Methods: This study was carried out on four patients with rare pediatric abdominal malignant tumor who pr...

Findings Uncomplicated acute diverticulitis is treated with initial conservative therapy, while cases of recurrence are approached with surgery. Perforated acute diverticulitis (Hinchey I and II) it usually treated with apercutaneous drainage followed by elective colonic resection. Therapeutic failure of percutaneous drainage is an indication for emergency surgery. Acute diverticulitis with per...

Introduction Acute intestinal obstruction occurs in 7-30% of patients with colorectal carcinoma, especially if tumour is located at or distal to the splenic flexure. Traditionally, emergency surgical decompression is the treatment option, with the resection of obstructing tumour and often with the creation of defunctioning stoma. Emergency surgical decompression is very effective, but it is ass...