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Why We Speak Up
What is Acute Care Surgery? Why is it so important? Why did we feel the need to start talking about it? Here you can find all the answers...
How to See like Bats
Ultrasound is a simple and useful tool that allows improving the management of patients. Let's find out the basis and how it works.
Straightening the Roller Coaster
Sigmoid volvulus is quite a frequent event in elderly patients. However, its management is not always clear, and sometimes acting without a clear plan may lead to avoidable complications. Here, we try to retrace the management of a frail patient presenting with a sigmoid volvulus.
The Feeling of Having Another Pit in the Stomach – Part 2
Surgery is usually required in the case of duodenal perforations. Many different surgical techniques and approaches have been described along the years... Let's analyze them...
The Feeling of Having Another Pit in the Stomach – Part 1
Duodenal perforations may happen because various possible causes, and they are encountered quite often in the life of an acute care surgeon. Knowing how to correctly manage them improve significantly the patients' outcomes.
Tug of War
The short bowel syndrome is a complex and fearsome consequence of extensive intestinal resection. In some cases, this disease becomes inevitable in order to save the life of a patient. However, it is mandatory to manage this condition in the best possible way to decrease long-term mortality and increase the quality of life of these patients.
