WSES guidelines for emergency repair of complicated abdominal wall hernias

• Published in: World journal of emergency surgery 2013-12, Vol.8 (1), p.50-50, Article 50
• Main Authors: Sartelli, Massimo, Coccolini, Federico, van Ramshorst, Gabrielle H, Campanelli, Giampiero, Mandalà, Vincenzo, Ansaloni, Luca, Moore, Ernest E, Peitzman, Andrew, Velmahos, George, Moore, Fredrick Alan, Leppaniemi, Ari, Burlew, Clay Cothren, Biffl, Walter, Koike, Kaoru, Kluger, Yoram, Fraga, Gustavo P, Ordonez, Carlos A, Di Saverio, Salomone, Agresta, Ferdinando, Sakakushev, Boris, Gerych, Igor, Wani, Imtiaz, Kelly, Michael D, Gomes, Carlos Augusto, Faro, Jr, Mario Paulo, Taviloglu, Korhan, Demetrashvili, Zaza, Lee, Jae Gil, Vettoretto, Nereo, Guercioni, Gianluca, Tranà, Cristian, Cui, Yunfeng, Kok, Kenneth Yy, Ghnnam, Wagih M, Abbas, Ashraf El-Sayed, Sato, Norio, Marwah, Sanjay, Rangarajan, Muthukumaran, Ben-Ishay, Offir, Adesunkanmi, Abdul Rashid K, Segovia Lohse, Helmut Alfredo, Kenig, Jakub, Mandalà, Stefano, Patrizi, Andrea, Scibé, Rodolfo, Catena, Fausto
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Care and treatment; Complications and side effects; Hernia; Patient outcomes; Review; Risk factors
• ISSN: 1749-7922; 1749-7922
• DOI: 10.1186/1749-7922-8-50

Emergency repair of complicated abdominal hernias is associated with poor prognosis and a high rate of post-operative complications.A World Society of Emergency Surgery (WSES) Consensus Conference was held in Bergamo in July 2013, during the 2nd Congress of the World Society of Emergency Surgery with the goal of defining recommendations for emergency repair of abdominal wall hernias in adults. This document represents the executive summary of the consensus conference approved by a WSES expert panel.