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ECLAPTE: Effective Closure of LAParoTomy in Emergency-2023 World Society of Emergency Surgery guidelines for the closure of laparotomy in emergency settings

  • Simone Frassini*
  • , Lorenzo Cobianchi
  • , Paola Fugazzola
  • , Walter L. Biffl
  • , Federico Coccolini
  • , Dimitrios Damaskos
  • , Ernest E. Moore
  • , Yoram Kluger
  • , Marco Ceresoli
  • , Raul Coimbra
  • , Justin Davies
  • , Andrew Kirkpatrick
  • , Isidoro Di Carlo
  • , Timothy C. Hardcastle
  • , Arda Isik
  • , Massimo Chiarugi
  • , Kurinchi Gurusamy
  • , Ronald V. Maier
  • , Helmut A. Segovia Lohse
  • , Hans Jeekel
  • Marja A. Boermeester, Fikri Abu-Zidan, Kenji Inaba, Dieter G. Weber, Goran Augustin, Luigi Bonavina, George Velmahos, Massimo Sartelli, Salomone Di Saverio, Richard P.G. Ten Broek, Stefano Granieri, Francesca Dal Mas, Camilla Nikita Farè, Jacopo Peverada, Simone Zanghì, Jacopo Viganò, Matteo Tomasoni, Tommaso Dominioni, Enrico Cicuttin, Andreas Hecker, Giovanni D. Tebala, Joseph M. Galante, Imtiaz Wani, Vladimir Khokha, Michael Sugrue, Thomas M. Scalea, Edward Tan, Mark A. Malangoni, Nikolaos Pararas, Mauro Podda, Belinda De Simone, Rao Ivatury, Yunfeng Cui, Jeffry Kashuk, Andrew Peitzman, Fernando Kim, Emmanouil Pikoulis, Gabriele Sganga, Osvaldo Chiara, Michael D. Kelly, Ingo Marzi, Edoardo Picetti, Vanni Agnoletti, Nicola De'Angelis, Giampiero Campanelli, Marc de Moya, Andrey Litvin, Aleix Martínez-Pérez, Ibrahima Sall, Sandro Rizoli, Gia Tomadze, Boris Sakakushev, Philip F. Stahel, Ian Civil, Vishal Shelat, David Costa, Alain Chichom-Mefire, Rifat Latifi, Mircea Chirica, Francesco Amico, Amyn Pardhan, Vidya Seenarain, Nikitha Boyapati, Basil Hatz, Travis Ackermann, Sandun Abeyasundara, Linda Fenton, Frank Plani, Rohit Sarvepalli, Omid Rouhbakhshfar, Pamela Caleo, Victor Ho-Ching Yau, Kristenne Clement, Erasmia Christou, Ana María González Castillo, Preet K.S. Gosal, Sunder Balasubramaniam, Jeremy Hsu, Kamon Banphawatanarak, Michele Pisano, Toro Adriana, Altomare Michele, Stefano P.B. Cioffi, Andrea Spota, Fausto Catena, Luca Ansaloni
*Corresponding author for this work
  • University of Pavia
  • IRCCS Fondazione Policlinico San Matteo - Pavia
  • Scripps Clinic
  • University of Pisa
  • University of Edinburgh
  • Denver Health
  • Rambam Health Care Campus
  • Monza University Hospital
  • Riverside University Health System Medical Center
  • Addenbrooke's Hospital
  • University of Calgary
  • Azienda Ospedaliera Cannizzaro
  • University of KwaZulu-Natal
  • Inkosi Albert Luthuli Central Hospital
  • Istanbul Medeniyet University
  • University College London
  • University of Washington
  • Universidad Nacional de Asunción
  • Amsterdam UMC
  • United Arab Emirates University
  • University of Southern California
  • University of Western Australia
  • University of Zagreb
  • IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi - Milano
  • Massachusetts General Hospital
  • Macerata Hospital
  • San Benedetto del Tronto Hospital
  • Radboud University Medical Center
  • ASST Vimercate
  • Ca' Foscari University of Venice
  • Justus Liebig University Giessen
  • Azienda Ospedaliera S. Maria di Terni
  • University of California at Davis
  • Government Gousia Hospital
  • City Hospital
  • Mid-Western Regional Hospital Limerick
  • University of Maryland, Baltimore
  • Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
  • Attikon University Hospital
  • University of Cagliari
  • Centre Hospitalier Intercommunal de Villeneuve-Saint-Georges
  • Virginia Commonwealth University
  • Tianjin Medical University
  • Tel Aviv University
  • University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
  • University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
  • National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
  • Agostino Gemelli University Hospital Foundation IRCCS
  • Asst Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda
  • University of New South Wales
  • University Hospital Frankfurt am Main
  • University of Parma
  • Ospedale M. Bufalini
  • Université Paris-Est Créteil
  • University of Insubria
  • Medical College of Wisconsin
  • Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University
  • Valencian International University (VIU)
  • Military Teaching Hospital
  • Hamad Medical Corporation
  • David Tvildiani Medical University-AIETI Medical School
  • RIMU/University Hospital St George
  • University of Colorado School of Medicine
  • Auckland District Health Board
  • Tan Tock Seng Hospital
  • "Dr. Balmis" Alicante General University Hospital
  • University of Buea
  • University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson
  • CHU de Grenoble
  • University of Newcastle
  • Bunbury Hospital
  • Fiona Stanley Hospital
  • Royal Perth Hospital
  • Monash University
  • Logan Hospital
  • Maitland Private Hospital
  • Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital
  • Nambour Selangor Private Hospital
  • Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital
  • Nepean Hospital
  • Autonomous University of Barcelona
  • The University of Sydney
  • Mahidol University
  • Papa Giovanni XXIII Hospital
  • Augusta Hospital

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Abstract

Laparotomy incisions provide easy and rapid access to the peritoneal cavity in case of emergency surgery. Incisional hernia (IH) is a late manifestation of the failure of abdominal wall closure and represents frequent complication of any abdominal incision: IHs can cause pain and discomfort to the patients but also clinical serious sequelae like bowel obstruction, incarceration, strangulation, and necessity of reoperation. Previous guidelines and indications in the literature consider elective settings and evidence about laparotomy closure in emergency settings is lacking. This paper aims to present the World Society of Emergency Surgery (WSES) project called ECLAPTE (Effective Closure of LAParoTomy in Emergency): the final manuscript includes guidelines on the closure of emergency laparotomy.

Original languageEnglish
Article number42
JournalWorld journal of emergency surgery : WJES
Volume18
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Dec 2023

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