Editorial: Surgical outcomes in acute care surgery: should we introduce the concept of time-critical condition? by Pietro Fransvea, Antonio La Greca, Francesco Giovinazzo, Gianluca Costa, Gabriele Sganga

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Prediction of postoperative nausea and vomiting by point-of-care gastric ultrasound: can we improve complications and length of stay in emergency surgery? A cohort study by Valerio Cozza, Lorenzo Barberis, Gaia Altieri, Mario Donatelli, Gabriele Sganga, Antonio La Greca

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Pillars for prevention and control of healthcare-associated infections: an Italian expert opinion statement by Vincenzo Puro, Nicola Coppola, Andrea Frasca, Ivan Gentile, Francesco Luzzaro, Angela Peghetti, Gabriele Sganga

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Metabolic Syndrome (MetS), Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome (SIRS), and Frailty: Is There any Room for Good Outcome in the Elderly Undergoing Emergency Surgery? by Pietro Fransvea, Pietro Fransvea, Gianluca Costa, Luca Lepre, Gabriella Teresa Capolupo, Filippo Carannante, Caterina Puccioni, Alessandro Costa, Antonio La Greca, Antonio La Greca, Francesco Giovinazzo, Gabriele Sganga, Gabriele Sganga, on behalf of the IGo-GIPS study group

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Streptococcus pneumoniae primary peritonitis mimicking acute appendicitis in an immunocompetent patient: a case report and review of the literature by Francesco Cortese, Pietro Fransvea, Alessandra Saputelli, Milva Ballardini, Daniela Baldini, Aldo Gioffre, Roberto Marcello, Gabriele Sganga

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Vacuum-assisted closure (VAC®) systems and microbiological isolation of infected wounds by Valerio Cozza, Gilda Pepe, Marco Cintoni, Flavio De Maio, Giuseppe Tropeano, Sabina Magalini, Gabriele Sganga, Giovanni Delogu, Daniele Gui

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Management of acute diverticulitis in Stage 0-IIb: indications and risk factors for failure of conservative treatment in a series of 187 patients by Amedea L. Agnes, Annamaria Agnes, Marta Di Grezia, Mauro Giambusso, Eleonora Savia, Michele Grieco, Valerio Cozza, Sabina Magalini, Gabriele Sganga

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Laparoscopic Treatment of Perforated Peptic Ulcer: A Propensity Score-Matched Comparison of Interrupted Stitches Repair versus Knotless Barbed Suture by Gianluca Costa, Giovanni Maria Garbarino, Luca Lepre, Gianluca Liotta, Gianluca Mazzoni, Alice Gabrieli, Alessandro Costa, Mauro Podda, Gabriele Sganga, Pietro Fransvea

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Effect of liver transplantation on intestinal permeability and correlation with infection episodes. by Francesca Romana Ponziani, Venanzio Valenza, Erida Nure, Giuseppe Bianco, Giuseppe Marrone, Antonio Grieco, Maurizio Pompili, Antonio Gasbarrini, Salvatore Agnes, Gabriele Sganga

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Gastro-intestinal emergency surgery: Evaluation of morbidity and mortality. Protocol of a prospective, multicenter study in Italy for evaluating the burden of abdominal emergency s... by Gianluca Costa, Pietro Fransvea, Caterina Puccioni, Francesco Giovinazzo, Filippo Carannante, Gianfranco Bianco, Alberto Catamero, Gianluca Masciana, Valentina Miacci, Marco Caricato, Gabriella Teresa Capolupo, Gabriele Sganga

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Gastric emergencies in older adults: not always the same old story! A tertiary care emergency department observational cohort study by Antonio Gasbarrini, Guido Costamagna, Francesco Franceschi, Marcello Covino, Sergio Alfieri, Fausto Rosa, Pietro Fransvea, Valerio Cozza, Giuseppe Quero, Claudio Fiorillo, Benedetta Simeoni, Antonio La Greca, Gabriele Sganga

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The role of procalcitonin in reducing antibiotics across the surgical pathway by Massimo Sartelli, Luca Ansaloni, Michele Bartoletti, Fausto Catena, Maurizio Cardi, Francesco Cortese, Francesco Di Marzo, Federico Pea, Mario Plebani, Gian Maria Rossolini, Gabriele Sganga, Bruno Viaggi, Pierluigi Viale

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Operative management of acute abdomen after bariatric surgery in the emergency setting: the OBA guidelines by Belinda De Simone, Elie Chouillard, Almino C. Ramos, Gianfranco Donatelli, Tadeja Pintar, Rahul Gupta, Federica Renzi, Kamal Mahawar, Brijesh Madhok, Stefano Maccatrozzo, Fikri M. Abu-Zidan, Ernest E. Moore, Dieter G. Weber, Federico Coccolini, Salomone Di Saverio, Andrew Kirkpatrick, Vishal G. Shelat, Francesco Amico, Emmanouil Pikoulis, Marco Ceresoli, Joseph M. Galante, Imtiaz Wani, Nicola De’ Angelis, Andreas Hecker, Gabriele Sganga, Edward Tan, Zsolt J. Balogh, Miklosh Bala, Raul Coimbra, Dimitrios Damaskos, Luca Ansaloni, Massimo Sartelli, Nikolaos Parasas, Yoram Kluger, Elias Chahine, Vanni Agnoletti, Gustavo Fraga, Walter L. Biffl, Fausto Catena

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Correction: Operative management of acute abdomen after bariatric surgery in the emergency setting: the OBA guidelines by Belinda De Simone, Elie Chouillard, Almino C. Ramos, Gianfranco Donatelli, Tadeja Pintar, Rahul Gupta, Federica Renzi, Kamal Mahawar, Brijesh Madhok, Stefano Maccatrozzo, Fikri M. Abu-Zidan, Ernest E. Moore, Dieter G. Weber, Federico Coccolini, Salomone Di Saverio, Andrew Kirkpatrick, Vishal G. Shelat, Francesco Amico, Emmanouil Pikoulis, Marco Ceresoli, Joseph M. Galante, Imtiaz Wani, Nicola De’Angelis, Andreas Hecker, Gabriele Sganga, Edward Tan, Zsolt J. Balogh, Miklosh Bala, Raul Coimbra, Dimitrios Damaskos, Luca Ansaloni, Massimo Sartelli, Nikolaos Pararas, Yoram Kluger, Elias Chahine, Vanni Agnoletti, Gustavo Fraga, Walter L. Biffl, Fausto Catena

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WSES consensus guidelines on sigmoid volvulus management by Brian W. C. A. Tian, Gabriele Vigutto, Edward Tan, Harry van Goor, Cino Bendinelli, Fikri Abu-Zidan, Rao Ivatury, Boris Sakakushev, Isidoro Di Carlo, Gabriele Sganga, Ronald V. Maier, Raul Coimbra, Ari Leppäniemi, Andrey Litvin, Dimitrios Damaskos, Richard Ten Broek, Walter Biffl, Salomone Di Saverio, Belinda De Simone, Marco Ceresoli, Edoardo Picetti, Joseph Galante, Giovanni D. Tebala, Solomon Gurmu Beka, Luigi Bonavina, Yunfeng Cui, Jim Khan, Enrico Cicuttin, Francesco Amico, Inaba Kenji, Andreas Hecker, Luca Ansaloni, Massimo Sartelli, Ernest E. Moore, Yoram Kluger, Mario Testini, Dieter Weber, Vanni Agnoletti, Nicola De’ Angelis, Federico Coccolini, Ibrahima Sall, Fausto Catena

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2018 WSES/SIS-E consensus conference: recommendations for the management of skin and soft-tissue infections by Massimo Sartelli, Xavier Guirao, Timothy C. Hardcastle, Yoram Kluger, Marja. A. Boermeester, Kemal Raşa, Luca Ansaloni, Federico Coccolini, Philippe Montravers, Fikri M. Abu-Zidan, Michele Bartoletti, Matteo Bassetti, Offir Ben-Ishay, Walter L. Biffl, Osvaldo Chiara, Massimo Chiarugi, Raul Coimbra, Francesco Giuseppe De Rosa, Belinda De Simone, Salomone Di Saverio, Maddalena Giannella, George Gkiokas, Vladimir Khokha, Francesco M. Labricciosa, Ari Leppäniemi, Andrey Litvin, Ernest E. Moore, Ionut Negoi, Leonardo Pagani, Maddalena Peghin, Edoardo Picetti, Tadeja Pintar, Guntars Pupelis, Ines Rubio-Perez, Boris Sakakushev, Helmut Segovia-Lohse, Gabriele Sganga, Vishal Shelat, Michael Sugrue, Antonio Tarasconi, Cristian Tranà, Jan Ulrych, Pierluigi Viale, Fausto Catena

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The new timing in acute care surgery (new TACS) classification: a WSES Delphi consensus study by Belinda De Simone, Yoram Kluger, Ernest E. Moore, Massimo Sartelli, Fikri M. Abu-Zidan, Federico Coccolini, Luca Ansaloni, Giovanni D. Tebala, Salomone Di Saverio, Isidoro Di Carlo, Boris E. Sakakushev, Luigi Bonavina, Michael Sugrue, Joseph M. Galante, Rao Ivatury, Edoardo Picetti, Mircea Chirica, Imtiaz Wani, Miklosh Bala, Ibrahima Sall, Andrew W. Kirkpatrick, Vishal G. Shelat, Emmanouil Pikoulis, Ari Leppäniemi, Edward Tan, Richard P. G. ten Broek, Solomon Gurmu Beka, Andrey Litvin, Elie Chouillard, Raul Coimbra, Yunfeng Cui, Nicola De’ Angelis, Gabriele Sganga, Philip F. Stahel, Vanni Agnoletti, Alessia Rampini, WSES TACS panel of experts, Mario Testini, Francesca Bravi, Ronald V. Maier, Walter L. Biffl, Fausto Catena

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A proposal for a comprehensive approach to infections across the surgical pathway by Massimo Sartelli, Leonardo Pagani, Stefania Iannazzo, Maria Luisa Moro, Pierluigi Viale, Angelo Pan, Luca Ansaloni, Federico Coccolini, Marcello Mario D’Errico, Iris Agreiter, Giorgio Amadio Nespola, Francesco Barchiesi, Valeria Benigni, Raffaella Binazzi, Stefano Cappanera, Alessandro Chiodera, Valentina Cola, Daniela Corsi, Francesco Cortese, Massimo Crapis, Francesco Cristini, Alessandro D’Arpino, Belinda De Simone, Stefano Di Bella, Francesco Di Marzo, Abele Donati, Daniele Elisei, Massimo Fantoni, Anna Ferrari, Domitilla Foghetti, Daniela Francisci, Gianni Gattuso, Andrea Giacometti, Guido Cesare Gesuelli, Cristina Marmorale, Enrica Martini, Marcello Meledandri, Rita Murri, Daniela Padrini, Dalia Palmieri, Paola Pauri, Carla Rebagliati, Enrico Ricchizzi, Vittorio Sambri, Anna Maria Schimizzi, Walter Siquini, Loredana Scoccia, Giancarlo Scoppettuolo, Gabriele Sganga, Nadia Storti, Marcello Tavio, Giulio Toccafondi, Fabio Tumietto, Bruno Viaggi, Marco Vivarelli, Cristian Tranà, Melina Raso, Francesco Maria Labricciosa, Sameer Dhingra, Fausto Catena

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The LIFE TRIAD of emergency general surgery by Federico Coccolini, Massimo Sartelli, Yoram Kluger, Aleksei Osipov, Yunfeng Cui, Solomon Gurmu Beka, Andrew Kirkpatrick, Ibrahima Sall, Ernest E. Moore, Walter L. Biffl, Andrey Litvin, Michele Pisano, Stefano Magnone, Edoardo Picetti, Nicola de Angelis, Philip Stahel, Luca Ansaloni, Edward Tan, Fikri Abu-Zidan, Marco Ceresoli, Andreas Hecker, Osvaldo Chiara, Gabriele Sganga, Vladimir Khokha, Salomone di Saverio, Boris Sakakushev, Giampiero Campanelli, Gustavo Fraga, Imtiaz Wani, Richard ten Broek, Enrico Cicuttin, Camilla Cremonini, Dario Tartaglia, Kjetil Soreide, Joseph Galante, Marc de Moya, Kaoru Koike, Belinda De Simone, Zsolt Balogh, Francesco Amico, Vishal Shelat, Emmanouil Pikoulis, Isidoro Di Carlo, Luigi Bonavina, Ari Leppaniemi, Ingo Marzi, Rao Ivatury, Jim Khan, Ronald V. Maier, Timothy C. Hardcastle, Arda Isik, Mauro Podda, Matti Tolonen, Kemal Rasa, Pradeep H. Navsaria, Zaza Demetrashvili, Antonio Tarasconi, Paolo Carcoforo, Maria Grazia Sibilla, Gian Luca Baiocchi, Nikolaos Pararas, Dieter Weber, Massimo Chiarugi, Fausto Catena

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Diagnosis and treatment of acute appendicitis: 2020 update of the WSES Jerusalem guidelines by Salomone Di Saverio, Mauro Podda, Belinda De Simone, Marco Ceresoli, Goran Augustin, Alice Gori, Marja Boermeester, Massimo Sartelli, Federico Coccolini, Antonio Tarasconi, Nicola de’ Angelis, Dieter G. Weber, Matti Tolonen, Arianna Birindelli, Walter Biffl, Ernest E. Moore, Michael Kelly, Kjetil Soreide, Jeffry Kashuk, Richard Ten Broek, Carlos Augusto Gomes, Michael Sugrue, Richard Justin Davies, Dimitrios Damaskos, Ari Leppäniemi, Andrew Kirkpatrick, Andrew B. Peitzman, Gustavo P. Fraga, Ronald V. Maier, Raul Coimbra, Massimo Chiarugi, Gabriele Sganga, Adolfo Pisanu, Gian Luigi de’ Angelis, Edward Tan, Harry Van Goor, Francesco Pata, Isidoro Di Carlo, Osvaldo Chiara, Andrey Litvin, Fabio C. Campanile, Boris Sakakushev, Gia Tomadze, Zaza Demetrashvili, Rifat Latifi, Fakri Abu-Zidan, Oreste Romeo, Helmut Segovia-Lohse, Gianluca Baiocchi, David Costa, Sandro Rizoli, Zsolt J. Balogh, Cino Bendinelli, Thomas Scalea, Rao Ivatury, George Velmahos, Roland Andersson, Yoram Kluger, Luca Ansaloni, Fausto Catena

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