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author 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
author_facet 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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description Abstract Skin and soft-tissue infections (SSTIs) encompass a variety of pathological conditions that involve the skin and underlying subcutaneous tissue, fascia, or muscle, ranging from simple superficial infections to severe necrotizing infections. SSTIs are a frequent clinical problem in surgical departments. In order to clarify key issues in the management of SSTIs, a task force of experts met in Bertinoro, Italy, on June 28, 2018, for a specialist multidisciplinary consensus conference under the auspices of the World Society of Emergency Surgery (WSES) and the Surgical Infection Society Europe (SIS-E). The multifaceted nature of these infections has led to a collaboration among general and emergency surgeons, intensivists, and infectious disease specialists, who have shared these clinical practice recommendations.
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spelling doaj.art-c6555fac9b654d87ad497aee40386f422022-12-22T02:01:22ZengBMCWorld Journal of Emergency Surgery1749-79222018-12-0113112410.1186/s13017-018-0219-92018 WSES/SIS-E consensus conference: recommendations for the management of skin and soft-tissue infectionsMassimo Sartelli0Xavier Guirao1Timothy C. Hardcastle2Yoram Kluger3Marja. A. Boermeester4Kemal Raşa5Luca Ansaloni6Federico Coccolini7Philippe Montravers8Fikri M. Abu-Zidan9Michele Bartoletti10Matteo Bassetti11Offir Ben-Ishay12Walter L. Biffl13Osvaldo Chiara14Massimo Chiarugi15Raul Coimbra16Francesco Giuseppe De Rosa17Belinda De Simone18Salomone Di Saverio19Maddalena Giannella20George Gkiokas21Vladimir Khokha22Francesco M. Labricciosa23Ari Leppäniemi24Andrey Litvin25Ernest E. Moore26Ionut Negoi27Leonardo Pagani28Maddalena Peghin29Edoardo Picetti30Tadeja Pintar31Guntars Pupelis32Ines Rubio-Perez33Boris Sakakushev34Helmut Segovia-Lohse35Gabriele Sganga36Vishal Shelat37Michael Sugrue38Antonio Tarasconi39Cristian Tranà40Jan Ulrych41Pierluigi Viale42Fausto Catena43Department of Surgery, Macerata HospitalUnit of Endocrine, Head, and Neck Surgery and Unit of Surgical Infections Support, Department of General Surgery, Parc Taulí Hospital UniversitariTrauma Service, Inkosi Albert Luthuli Central Hospital and Department of Surgery, Nelson R Mandela School of Clinical MedicineDepartment of General Surgery, Division of Surgery, Rambam Health Care CampusDepartment of Surgery, Academic Medical CentreDepartment of Surgery, Anadolu Medical CenterGeneral Surgery Department, Bufalini HospitalGeneral Surgery Department, Bufalini HospitalAnesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Paris Diderot Sorbonne Cite University, Bichat-Claude Bernard University Hospital, HUPNSVDepartment of Surgery, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, UAE UniversityInfectious Diseases Unit, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Alma Mater Studiorum University of BolognaInfectious Diseases Division, Department of Medicine University of Udine and Azienda Sanitaria Universitaria Intergrata di UdineDepartment of General Surgery, Division of Surgery, Rambam Health Care CampusTrauma and Acute Care Surgery, Scripps Memorial Hospital La JollaGeneral Surgery-Trauma Team, State University of Milano, Niguarda Hospital MilanoEmergency Surgery Unit, State University of Pisa, Cisanello HospitalRiverside University Health System Medical Center and Loma Linda University School of MedicineDepartment of Medical Sciences, Infectious Diseases, University of TurinUnit of General, Emergency and Trauma Surgery, Regional Hospital of PerpignanDepartment of Surgery, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustInfectious Diseases Unit, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Alma Mater Studiorum University of BolognaSecond Department of Surgery, Aretaieion University Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of AthensDepartment of Emergency Surgery, City HospitalGlobal Alliance for Infections in SurgeryAbdominal Center, University Hospital MeilahtiDepartment of Surgical Disciplines, Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University, Regional Clinical HospitalDepartment of Surgery, University of Colorado, Denver Health Medical CenterDepartment of Surgery, Emergency Hospital of BucharestInfectious Diseases Unit, Bolzano Central HospitalInfectious Diseases Division, Department of Medicine University of Udine and Azienda Sanitaria Universitaria Intergrata di UdineDepartment of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria ParmaDepartment of Surgery, UMC LjubljanaDepartment of General and Emergency Surgery, Riga East University Hospital ‘Gailezers’General Surgery Department, Colorectal Surgery Unit, La Paz University HospitalGeneral Surgery Department, Medical University, University Hospital St GeorgeSecond Department of Surgery, Hospital de Clínicas, Universidad Nacional de AsuncionEmergency Surgery (or Division of Emergency Surgery), Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS – Università Cattolica del Sacro CuoreGeneral Surgery, Tan Tock Seng HospitalDepartment of Surgery, Letterkenny University Hospital and Donegal Clinical Research AcademyDepartment of Emergency Surgery, Parma Maggiore HospitalDepartment of Surgery, Macerata HospitalFirst Department of Surgery, Department of Abdominal, Thoracic Surgery and Traumatology, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and General University HospitalInfectious Diseases Unit, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Alma Mater Studiorum University of BolognaEmergency Surgery (or Division of Emergency Surgery), Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS – Università Cattolica del Sacro CuoreAbstract Skin and soft-tissue infections (SSTIs) encompass a variety of pathological conditions that involve the skin and underlying subcutaneous tissue, fascia, or muscle, ranging from simple superficial infections to severe necrotizing infections. SSTIs are a frequent clinical problem in surgical departments. In order to clarify key issues in the management of SSTIs, a task force of experts met in Bertinoro, Italy, on June 28, 2018, for a specialist multidisciplinary consensus conference under the auspices of the World Society of Emergency Surgery (WSES) and the Surgical Infection Society Europe (SIS-E). The multifaceted nature of these infections has led to a collaboration among general and emergency surgeons, intensivists, and infectious disease specialists, who have shared these clinical practice recommendations.http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13017-018-0219-9Soft-tissue infectionsNecrotizing infectionSurgical site infection
spellingShingle 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
2018 WSES/SIS-E consensus conference: recommendations for the management of skin and soft-tissue infections
World Journal of Emergency Surgery
Soft-tissue infections
Necrotizing infection
Surgical site infection
title 2018 WSES/SIS-E consensus conference: recommendations for the management of skin and soft-tissue infections
title_full 2018 WSES/SIS-E consensus conference: recommendations for the management of skin and soft-tissue infections
title_fullStr 2018 WSES/SIS-E consensus conference: recommendations for the management of skin and soft-tissue infections
title_full_unstemmed 2018 WSES/SIS-E consensus conference: recommendations for the management of skin and soft-tissue infections
title_short 2018 WSES/SIS-E consensus conference: recommendations for the management of skin and soft-tissue infections
title_sort 2018 wses sis e consensus conference recommendations for the management of skin and soft tissue infections
topic Soft-tissue infections
Necrotizing infection
Surgical site infection
url http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13017-018-0219-9
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