World journal of emergency surgery : WJES

01 13 October 2026

DOI 10.1186/s13017-026-00737-4

Hybrid emergency room system (HERS): a system-based approach to CT-integrated resuscitation for trauma and non-trauma emergencies

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Hiroaki Watanabe, Ryo Matsumoto, Rui Kawaguchi et al.

Background: The hybrid emergency room system (HERS) integrates resuscitation, whole-body computed tomography (CT), surgery, and interventional radiology (IR) in a single space, eliminating intrahospital transport during early care. Over ...

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02 9 October 2026

DOI 10.1186/s13017-026-00739-2

Designing a hybrid surgical ICU to avoid intrahospital transport in selected critically Ill patients: the CUHK-SZ institutional concept

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Ban Chi-Ho Tsui, Howard Ho-Wai Chan, Mian Peng et al.

03 9 October 2026

DOI 10.1186/s13017-026-00738-3

Retrohepatic inferior vena cava injuries: surgical anatomy and operative maneuvers the trauma surgeon needs to know

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Marcelo A. F. Ribeiro, Eric J. Ley, David T. Efron et al.

04 8 October 2026

DOI 10.1186/s13017-026-00736-5

Personal watercraft-related perineal trauma: acute management and assessment of digestive, urological and sexual functional sequelae—a French multicenter retrospective case series

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Pauline Giraud, Martin M. Bertrand, Elsa Bey et al.

Background: The use of personal watercraft has increased substantially over the past decades. Although uncommon, personal watercraft accidents can result in severe perineal injuries. The mechanisms of injury, management strategies, and l...

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05 6 October 2026

DOI 10.1186/s13017-026-00735-6

Minimally invasive versus open emergency right-sided colectomy for malignant obstruction: a nationwide propensity score–matched cohort study

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Erik Agger, Peter Matthiessen, Tomas Vedin

Background: Minimally invasive surgery (MIS) improves short-term outcomes in elective colectomy, however, the choice of surgical approach in hemodynamically stable patients with obstructing right-sided colon cancer remains unclear in eme...

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06 30 September 2026

DOI 10.1186/s13017-026-00734-7

Joint trajectories of MAP and IAP define prognostic abdominal perfusion subphenotypes in severe acute pancreatitis: differential mortality and associations with early fluid exposure

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Maobin Kuang, Jianhua Wan, Shixuan Xiong et al.

07 22 September 2026

DOI 10.1186/s13017-026-00731-w

Effect of prehospital cervical spine immobilization on mortality and neurological outcome in trauma patients: an observational cohort study with propensity score matching based on the trauma registry of the German trauma society (TraumaRegister DGU®)

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David Häske, Björn Hossfeld, Rolf Lefering et al.

Background: Prehospital cervical spine immobilization is standard trauma care intended to prevent secondary spinal cord injury, yet evidence for its effectiveness is limited, and adverse effects are increasingly recognized. Large registr...

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08 16 September 2026

DOI 10.1186/s13017-026-00730-x

Same-day discharge appendicectomy protocol (SDAP): implementation and outcomes from an Australian prospective study

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Edgardo Solis, Evangeline Woodford, Matea Dominkovic et al.

09 11 September 2026

DOI 10.1186/s13017-026-00728-5

Executive summary of the joint consensus statement from the European association of neurosurgical societies (EANS) and the world society of emergency surgery (WSES) on the management of the pregnant women with severe isolated traumatic brain injury

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Edoardo Picetti, Andreas K. Demetriades, Bart Depreitere et al.

10 3 September 2026

DOI 10.1186/s13017-026-00729-4

Early inflammatory response is associated with antibiotic treatment outcomes in acute phlegmonous appendicitis: a retrospective cohort study

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Bowen Li, Ruochen Li, Guofeng Zhou et al.