Source control in emergency general surgery: WSES, GAIS, SIS-E, SIS-A guidelines.

Intra-abdominal infections (IAI) are among the most common global healthcare challenges and they are usually precipitated by disruption to the gastrointestinal (GI) tract. Their successful management typically requires intensive resource utilization, and despite the best therapies, morbidity and mortality remain high. One of the main issues required to appropriately treat IAI that differs from the other etiologies of sepsis is the frequent requirement to provide physical source control.

Spark Plasma Sintering of WC-Based 10wt%Co Hard Alloy: A Study of Sintering Kinetics and Solid-Phase Processes.

The paper describes the method for producing WC-10wt%Co hard alloy with 99.6% of the theoretical density and a Vickers hardness of ~1400 HV 0.5.

[Resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta in haemodynamically unstable patients with bleeding (webinar review)].

This article reviews a webinar of the European Society for Vascular Surgery and the Endovascular Trauma and Resuscitation Management Society, dedicated to using endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta in haemodynamically unstable patients, briefly covering the main conclusions of the reports and underlining prospects of this method. Possibilities of using aortic balloon occlusion arise interest of various-specialty medical experts, and the number of scientific works in this field has increasingly been growing, thus explaining the need for measures and studies on the subject concerned.

Trauma quality indicators: internationally approved core factors for trauma management quality evaluation.

Introduction: Quality in medical care must be measured in order to be improved. Trauma management is part of health care, and by definition, it must be checked constantly. The only way to measure quality and outcomes is to systematically accrue data and analyze them.

Open versus endovascular REBOA control of blood loss during cesarean delivery in the placenta accreta spectrum: A single-center retrospective case control study.

Objective: The aim of this study was to compare two vascular control options for blood loss prevention and hysterectomy during cesarean delivery (CD): endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta (REBOA) and open bilateral common iliac artery occlusion (CIAO) in women with extensive placenta accreta spectrum (PAS).

Study Design: This was retrospective comparison of cases of PAS using either CIAO (October 2017 through October 2018) or REBOA (November 2018 through November 2019) to prevent pathologic hemorrhage during scheduled CD. Women with confirmed placenta increta/percreta underwent either CD then intraoperative post-delivery, pre-hysterectomy open vascular control of both CIA (CIAO group) or pre-operative, ultrasound-guided, fluoroscopy-free REBOA followed by standard CD and balloon inflation after fetal delivery (REBOA group).