Epidemiology of paediatric injury in low income environment: Value of hospital based data prior to the institution of a formal registration system by Alain Chichom-Mefire, Marcus Fokou

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Retrospective Analysis of Clinical Features, Treatment and Outcome of Coital Injuries of the Female Genital Tract Consecutive to Consensual Sexual Intercourse in the Limbe Regional... by Robert Tchounzou, MD, Alain Chichom‐Mefire, MD

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Exploring the role of obesity and overweight in predicting postoperative outcome of abdominal surgery in a sub-Saharan African setting: a prospective cohort study by Benjamin Momo Kadia, Alain Chichom-Mefire, Gregory Edie Halle-Ekane

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Key findings from a prospective trauma registry at a regional hospital in Southwest Cameroon. by Alain Chichom-Mefire, Obieze C Nwanna-Nzewunwa, Vincent Verla Siysi, Isabelle Feldhaus, Rochelle Dicker, Catherine Juillard

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Thoracolumbar spine injury in Cameroon: etiology, management, and outcome by Paul Chinonso Shu, Mathieu Motah, Daniel Gams Massi, Yannick Lechedem Ngunyi, Ngenge Michael Budzi, Alain Chichom Mefire

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Too serious to ignore: The epidemiologic and economic burden of home injuries in the Southwest Region of Cameroon-A community-based study. by Eunice Oben Bessem Cole, S Ariane Christie, Rasheedat Oke, Girish Motwani, Drusia Dickson, William Chendjou, Mbiarikai Mbianyor, Rochelle Dicker, Catherine Juillard, Alain Chichom-Mefire

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Feasibility and acceptability of mobile phone-based triage tool to identify discharged trauma patients in need of further care in Cameroon by Melissa Carvalho, Alain Chichom-Mefire, Sabrinah Ariane Christie, Catherine Juillard, Rasheedat Oke, Shannon Richardson, Mbiarikai A Mbianyor, Florentine Yakue, Frank Essomba, Golda E Mbuh

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Antibiotic Use in Low and Middle-Income Countries and the Challenges of Antimicrobial Resistance in Surgery by Massimo Sartelli, Timothy C. Hardcastle, Fausto Catena, Alain Chichom-Mefire, Federico Coccolini, Sameer Dhingra, Mainul Haque, Adrien Hodonou, Katia Iskandar, Francesco M. Labricciosa, Cristina Marmorale, Ibrahima Sall, Leonardo Pagani

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Crystalloid resuscitation is associated with decreased treatment delays and improved systolic blood pressures in a blood-constrained setting by Melissa Carvalho, Alain Chichom-Mefire, Catherine Juillard, S Ariane Christie, Rasheedat Oke, Thompson Kinge, Jean-Gustave Tsiagadigui, Mbiarikai A Mbianyor, Mark T Yost, Matt Driban, Fanny Nadia Dissak Delon, Richard Njock, Daniel Nkusu

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Back to the basics: Clinical assessment yields robust mortality prediction and increased feasibility in low resource settings. by Mark T Yost, Melissa M Carvalho, Lidwine Mbuh, Fanny N Dissak-Delon, Rasheedat Oke, Debora Guidam, Rene M Nlong, Mbengawoh M Zikirou, David Mekolo, Louis H Banaken, Catherine Juillard, Alain Chichom-Mefire, S Ariane Christie

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Failure to receive prescribed imaging is associated with increased early mortality after injury in Cameroon. by Matthew Driban, Fanny N Dissak-Delon, Melissa Carvalho, Mbiarikai Mbianyor, Georges A Etoundi-Mballa, Thompson Kingue, Richard L Njock, Daniel N Nkusu, Jean-Gustave Tsiagadigui, Juan C Puyana, Catherine Juillard, Alain Chichom-Mefire, S Ariane Christie

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Association between measures of adiposity and blood pressure levels in adult Cameroonians by Anastase Dzudie, Nelson Njedock, Jerome Boombhi, Hamadou Ba, Sylvie Ndongo Amougou, Felicite Kamdem, Blaise Barche, Archange Nzali, Armel Njomou, Calypse Ngwasiri, Meh Martin Geh, Marcel Azabji, Alain Chichom Mefire, Alfred K. Njamnshi, Samuel Kingue, Jean Philippe Empana, Eugene Sobngwi, Laurent Serges Etoundi Ngoa, Andre Pascal Kengne

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Trauma quality indicators: internationally approved core factors for trauma management quality evaluation by Federico Coccolini, Yoram Kluger, Ernest E. Moore, Ronald V. Maier, Raul Coimbra, Carlos Ordoñez, Rao Ivatury, Andrew W. Kirkpatrick, Walter Biffl, Massimo Sartelli, Andreas Hecker, Luca Ansaloni, Ari Leppaniemi, Viktor Reva, Ian Civil, Felipe Vega, Massimo Chiarugi, Alain Chichom-Mefire, Boris Sakakushev, Andrew Peitzman, Osvaldo Chiara, Fikri Abu-Zidan, Marc Maegele, Mario Miccoli, Mircea Chirica, Vladimir Khokha, Michael Sugrue, Gustavo P. Fraga, Yasuhiro Otomo, Gian Luca Baiocchi, Fausto Catena, and the WSES Trauma Quality Indicators Expert Panel

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Kidney and uro-trauma: WSES-AAST guidelines by Federico Coccolini, Ernest E. Moore, Yoram Kluger, Walter Biffl, Ari Leppaniemi, Yosuke Matsumura, Fernando Kim, Andrew B. Peitzman, Gustavo P. Fraga, Massimo Sartelli, Luca Ansaloni, Goran Augustin, Andrew Kirkpatrick, Fikri Abu-Zidan, Imitiaz Wani, Dieter Weber, Emmanouil Pikoulis, Martha Larrea, Catherine Arvieux, Vassil Manchev, Viktor Reva, Raul Coimbra, Vladimir Khokha, Alain Chichom Mefire, Carlos Ordonez, Massimo Chiarugi, Fernando Machado, Boris Sakakushev, Junichi Matsumoto, Ron Maier, Isidoro di Carlo, Fausto Catena, WSES-AAST Expert Panel

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Duodeno-pancreatic and extrahepatic biliary tree trauma: WSES-AAST guidelines by Federico Coccolini, Leslie Kobayashi, Yoram Kluger, Ernest E. Moore, Luca Ansaloni, Walt Biffl, Ari Leppaniemi, Goran Augustin, Viktor Reva, Imitiaz Wani, Andrew Kirkpatrick, Fikri Abu-Zidan, Enrico Cicuttin, Gustavo Pereira Fraga, Carlos Ordonez, Emmanuil Pikoulis, Maria Grazia Sibilla, Ron Maier, Yosuke Matsumura, Peter T. Masiakos, Vladimir Khokha, Alain Chichom Mefire, Rao Ivatury, Francesco Favi, Vassil Manchev, Massimo Sartelli, Fernando Machado, Junichi Matsumoto, Massimo Chiarugi, Catherine Arvieux, Fausto Catena, Raul Coimbra, WSES-AAST Expert Panel

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Management of intra-abdominal-infections: 2017 World Society of Emergency Surgery guidelines summary focused on remote areas and low-income nations by Gennaro Perrone, Massimo Sartelli, Giuffrida Mario, Alain Chichom-Mefire, Francesco Maria Labricciosa, Fikri M. Abu-Zidan, Luca Ansaloni, Walter L. Biffl, Marco Ceresoli, Federico Coccolini, Raul Coimbra, Zaza Demetrashvili, Salomone Di Saverio, Gustavo Pereira Fraga, Vladimir Khokha, Andrew W. Kirkpatrick, Yoram Kluger, Ari Leppaniemi, Ronald V. Maier, Ernest Eugene Moore, Ionut Negoi, Carlos A. Ordonez, Boris Sakakushev, Helmut A. Segovia Lohse, George C. Velmahos, Imtaz Wani, Dieter G. Weber, Elena Bonati, Fausto Catena

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Anorectal emergencies: WSES-AAST guidelines by Antonio Tarasconi, Gennaro Perrone, Justin Davies, Raul Coimbra, Ernest Moore, Francesco Azzaroli, Hariscine Abongwa, Belinda De Simone, Gaetano Gallo, Giorgio Rossi, Fikri Abu-Zidan, Vanni Agnoletti, Gianluigi de’Angelis, Nicola de’Angelis, Luca Ansaloni, Gian Luca Baiocchi, Paolo Carcoforo, Marco Ceresoli, Alain Chichom-Mefire, Salomone Di Saverio, Federica Gaiani, Mario Giuffrida, Andreas Hecker, Kenji Inaba, Michael Kelly, Andrew Kirkpatrick, Yoram Kluger, Ari Leppäniemi, Andrey Litvin, Carlos Ordoñez, Vittoria Pattonieri, Andrew Peitzman, Manos Pikoulis, Boris Sakakushev, Massimo Sartelli, Vishal Shelat, Edward Tan, Mario Testini, George Velmahos, Imtiaz Wani, Dieter Weber, Walter Biffl, Federico Coccolini, Fausto Catena

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Management of complicated diaphragmatic hernia in the acute setting: a WSES position paper by Mario Giuffrida, Gennaro Perrone, Fikri Abu-Zidan, Vanni Agnoletti, Luca Ansaloni, Gian Luca Baiocchi, Cino Bendinelli, Walter L. Biffl, Luigi Bonavina, Francesca Bravi, Paolo Carcoforo, Marco Ceresoli, Alain Chichom-Mefire, Federico Coccolini, Raul Coimbra, Nicola de’Angelis, Marc de Moya, Belinda De Simone, Salomone Di Saverio, Gustavo Pereira Fraga, Joseph Galante, Rao Ivatury, Jeffry Kashuk, Michael Denis Kelly, Andrew W. Kirkpatrick, Yoram Kluger, Kaoru Koike, Ari Leppaniemi, Ronald V. Maier, Ernest Eugene Moore, Andrew Peitzmann, Boris Sakakushev, Massimo Sartelli, Michael Sugrue, Brian W. C. A. Tian, Richard Ten Broek, Carlo Vallicelli, Imtaz Wani, Dieter G. Weber, Giovanni Docimo, Fausto Catena

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2017 WSES guidelines for the management of iatrogenic colonoscopy perforation by Nicola de’Angelis, Salomone Di Saverio, Osvaldo Chiara, Massimo Sartelli, Aleix Martínez-Pérez, Franca Patrizi, Dieter G. Weber, Luca Ansaloni, Walter Biffl, Offir Ben-Ishay, Miklosh Bala, Francesco Brunetti, Federica Gaiani, Solafah Abdalla, Aurelien Amiot, Hany Bahouth, Giorgio Bianchi, Daniel Casanova, Federico Coccolini, Raul Coimbra, Gian Luigi de’Angelis, Belinda De Simone, Gustavo P. Fraga, Pietro Genova, Rao Ivatury, Jeffry L. Kashuk, Andrew W. Kirkpatrick, Yann Le Baleur, Fernando Machado, Gustavo M. Machain, Ronald V. Maier, Alain Chichom-Mefire, Riccardo Memeo, Carlos Mesquita, Juan Carlos Salamea Molina, Massimiliano Mutignani, Ramiro Manzano-Núñez, Carlos Ordoñez, Andrew B. Peitzman, Bruno M. Pereira, Edoardo Picetti, Michele Pisano, Juan Carlos Puyana, Sandro Rizoli, Mohammed Siddiqui, Iradj Sobhani, Richard P. ten Broek, Luigi Zorcolo, Maria Clotilde Carra, Yoram Kluger, Fausto Catena

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The management of intra-abdominal infections from a global perspective: 2017 WSES guidelines for management of intra-abdominal infections by Massimo Sartelli, Alain Chichom-Mefire, Francesco M. Labricciosa, Timothy Hardcastle, Fikri M. Abu-Zidan, Abdulrashid K. Adesunkanmi, Luca Ansaloni, Miklosh Bala, Zsolt J. Balogh, Marcelo A. Beltrán, Offir Ben-Ishay, Walter L. Biffl, Arianna Birindelli, Miguel A. Cainzos, Gianbattista Catalini, Marco Ceresoli, Asri Che Jusoh, Osvaldo Chiara, Federico Coccolini, Raul Coimbra, Francesco Cortese, Zaza Demetrashvili, Salomone Di Saverio, Jose J. Diaz, Valery N. Egiev, Paula Ferrada, Gustavo P. Fraga, Wagih M. Ghnnam, Jae Gil Lee, Carlos A. Gomes, Andreas Hecker, Torsten Herzog, Jae Il Kim, Kenji Inaba, Arda Isik, Aleksandar Karamarkovic, Jeffry Kashuk, Vladimir Khokha, Andrew W. Kirkpatrick, Yoram Kluger, Kaoru Koike, Victor Y. Kong, Ari Leppaniemi, Gustavo M. Machain, Ronald V. Maier, Sanjay Marwah, Michael E. McFarlane, Giulia Montori, Ernest E. Moore, Ionut Negoi, Iyiade Olaoye, Abdelkarim H. Omari, Carlos A. Ordonez, Bruno M. Pereira, Gerson A. Pereira Júnior, Guntars Pupelis, Tarcisio Reis, Boris Sakakushev, Norio Sato, Helmut A. Segovia Lohse, Vishal G. Shelat, Kjetil Søreide, Waldemar Uhl, Jan Ulrych, Harry Van Goor, George C. Velmahos, Kuo-Ching Yuan, Imtiaz Wani, Dieter G. Weber, Sanoop K. Zachariah, Fausto Catena

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