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  1. Impact of accidental hypothermia in trauma patients: A retrospective cohort study
  2. Source control in emergency general surgery: WSES, GAIS, SIS-E, SIS-A guidelines
  3. Prehospital Active and Passive Warming in Trauma Patients
  4. The new timing in acute care surgery (new TACS) classification: a WSES Delphi consensus study
  5. Interprofessional simulation of acute care for nursing and medical students: interprofessional competencies and transfer to the workplace
  6. Traction Splinting for midshaft femoral fractures in the pre-hospital and Emergency Department environment—A systematic review
  7. Self-efficacy and application of skills in the workplace after multidisciplinary trauma masterclass participation: a mixed methods survey and interview study
  8. Follow-up strategies for patients with splenic trauma managed non-operatively: the 2022 World Society of Emergency Surgery consensus document
  9. A shocking injury: A clinical review of lightning injuries highlighting pitfalls and a treatment protocol
  10. Three decades of hospital evacuations in the Netherlands: A scoping review
  11. Operative management of acute abdomen after bariatric surgery in the emergency setting: the OBA guidelines
  12. The haemostatic effect of deep-frozen platelets versus room temperature-stored platelets in the treatment of surgical bleeding: MAFOD—study protocol for a randomized controlled non-inferiority trial
  13. Postoperative pain management in non-traumatic emergency general surgery: WSES-GAIS-SIAARTI-AAST guidelines
  14. Correction: Minimally invasive surgery in emergency surgery: a WSES survey
  15. Diversity and ethics in trauma and acute care surgery teams: results from an international survey
  16. The LIFE TRIAD of emergency general surgery
  17. Two years later: Is the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic still having an impact on emergency surgery? An international cross-sectional survey among WSES members
  18. A multicentre cross-sectional survey study on acute wound classification in the emergency department and its interobserver variability
  19. Impact of severe necrotizing fasciitis on quality of life in the Netherlands
  20. Prehospital body temperature measurement in trauma patients: A literature review
  21. The acute phase management of spinal cord injury affecting polytrauma patients: the ASAP study
  22. The quality of pre-announcement communication and the accuracy of estimated arrival time in critically ill patients, a prospective observational study
  23. Minimally invasive surgery in emergency surgery: a WSES survey
  24. It’s time for a minimum synoptic operation template in patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy: a systematic review
  25. Self-perceived preparedness and training needs of healthcare personnel on humanitarian mission: a pre- and post-deployment survey
  26. WSES guidelines on blunt and penetrating bowel injury: diagnosis, investigations, and treatment
  27. Levels of Physical Activity in Children with Extremity Fractures a Dutch Observational Cross-Sectional Study
  28. Terrorist Attacks Against Emergency Medical Services: Secondary Attacks are an Emerging Risk
  29. Three decades of hospital evacuations in the Netherlands: a scoping review
  30. The WSES/SICG/ACOI/SICUT/AcEMC/SIFIPAC guidelines for diagnosis and treatment of acute left colonic diverticulitis in the elderly
  31. Robotic surgery in emergency setting: 2021 WSES position paper
  32. Terrorist Attacks against Hospitals: World-Wide Trends and Attack Types
  33. SARS-CoV-2 whole-genome sequencing using reverse complement PCR: For easy, fast and accurate outbreak and variant analysis.
  34. Anorectal emergencies: WSES-AAST guidelines
  35. When disasters strike the emergency department: a case series and narrative review
  36. Acute abdomen in the immunocompromised patient: WSES, SIS-E, WSIS, AAST, and GAIS guidelines
  37. Prognostic factors for mortality in 123 severe cases of necrotizing fasciitis in 5 hospitals in the Netherlands between 2003 and 2017
  38. A scoping review of internal hospital crises and disasters in the Netherlands, 2000–2020
  39. Instant intra-operative neutropenia despite the emergence of banded (CD16dim/CD62Lbright) neutrophils in peripheral blood - An observational study during extensive trauma-surgery in pigs
  40. The management and outcome of paediatric splenic injuries in the Netherlands
  41. Optimal Technical Factors During Operative Management of Low-Energy Femoral Neck Fractures
  42. Do young patients with high clinical suspicion of appendicitis really need cross-sectional imaging? Proceedings from a highly controversial debate among the experts’ panel of 2020 WSES Jerusalem guidelines
  43. Peer-led pediatric resuscitation training: effects on self-efficacy and skill performance
  44. Arthroplasty Versus Internal Fixation for the Treatment of Undisplaced Femoral Neck Fractures: A Retrospective Cohort Study
  45. Clockwise Torque of Sliding Hip Screws: Is There a Right Side?
  46. Factors Associated With Mortality After Surgical Management of Femoral Neck Fractures
  47. Predictors of Loss to Follow-up in Hip Fracture Trials: A Secondary Analysis of the FAITH and HEALTH Trials
  48. Study Summaries
  49. The FAITH and HEALTH Trials: Are We Studying Different Hip Fracture Patient Populations?
  50. Venous Thromboembolism in Hip Fracture Patients: A Subanalysis of the FAITH and HEALTH Trials
  51. Novel SARS-CoV-2 Whole-genome sequencing technique using Reverse Complement PCR enables easy, fast and accurate outbreak analysis in hospital and community settings
  52. Using the Red Cross wound classification to predict treatment needs in children with conflict-related limb injuries: a retrospective database study
  53. Radiologic discrepancies in diagnosis of fractures in a Dutch teaching emergency department: a retrospective analysis
  54. Diagnosis and treatment of acute appendicitis: 2020 update of the WSES Jerusalem guidelines
  55. Epidemiology of penetrating injury in an urban versus rural level 1 trauma center in the Netherlands
  56. Duodeno-pancreatic and extrahepatic biliary tree trauma: WSES-AAST guidelines
  57. Global surgery for paediatric casualties in armed conflict
  58. Kidney and uro-trauma: WSES-AAST guidelines
  59. Unpredictable Injectate Spread of the Erector Spinae Plane Block in Human Cadavers
  60. Not All Garden-I and II Femoral Neck Fractures in the Elderly Should Be Fixed
  61. Femoral Neck Shortening After Hip Fracture Fixation Is Associated With Inferior Hip Function: Results From the FAITH Trial
  62. Self-assessment of Skills by Surgeons and Anesthesiologists After a Trauma Surgery Masterclass
  63. Loss of Independence After Operative Management of Femoral Neck Fractures
  64. Is prehospital blood transfusion effective and safe in haemorrhagic trauma patients? A systematic review and meta-analysis
  65. The iTClamp in the treatment of prehospital craniomaxillofacial injury: a case series study
  66. Professionalizing peer instructor skills in basic life support training for medical students: A randomized controlled trial
  67. Ropivacaine Plasma Concentrations after 192-Hour High Dose Epidural Ropivacaine Infusion in a Pediatric Patient without Side Effects
  68. Prepared for Mission? A Survey of Medical Personnel Training Needs Within the International Committee of the Red Cross
  69. Factors Associated With Revision Surgery After Internal Fixation of Hip Fractures
  70. Factors associated with health-related quality of life, hip function, and health utility after operative management of femoral neck fractures
  71. The prehospital management of hypothermia — An up-to-date overview
  72. Vitamin D Use and Health Outcomes After Surgery for Hip Fracture
  73. Use of Hemostatic Nasal Plugs in Emergency Medical Services in the Netherlands: A Prospective Study of 33 Cases
  74. Malunion of Long-Bone Fractures in a Conflict Zone in the Democratic Republic of Congo
  75. Fracture fixation in the operative management of hip fractures (FAITH): an international, multicentre, randomised controlled trial
  76. Near-Infrared Spectroscopy: A Promising Prehospital Tool for Management of Traumatic Brain Injury
  77. Paediatric pelvic fractures: How do they differ from adults?
  78. Prehospital control of life-threatening truncal and junctional haemorrhage is the ultimate challenge in optimizing trauma care; a review of treatment options and their applicability in the civilian trauma setting
  79. The Radiographic Union Score for Hip (RUSH) Identifies Radiographic Nonunion of Femoral Neck Fractures
  80. Review of 58 patients with necrotizing fasciitis in the Netherlands
  81. Prehospital use of hemostatic dressings in emergency medical services in the Netherlands: A prospective study of 66 cases
  82. The iTClamp in the management of prehospital haemorrhage
  83. Combat related vascular injuries: Dutch experiences from a role 2 MTF in Afghanistan
  84. Implant Removal After Internal Fixation of a Femoral Neck Fracture
  85. Pediatric Surgical Care in a Dutch Military Hospital in Afghanistan
  86. Reliability, Validity, and Responsiveness of the Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index for Elderly Patients with a Femoral Neck Fracture
  87. Impact of combat events on first responders: Experiences of the armed conflict in Uruzgan, Afghanistan
  88. Indications and results of emergency surgical airways performed by a physician-staffed helicopter emergency service
  89. Coaching during a trauma surgery team training: perceptions versus structured observations
  90. Functional Outcome After Successful Internal Fixation Versus Salvage Arthroplasty of Patients With a Femoral Neck Fracture
  91. Systematic review of the prevalence and characteristics of battle casualties from NATO coalition forces in Iraq and Afghanistan
  92. Fixation using alternative implants for the treatment of hip fractures (FAITH): design and rationale for a multi-centre randomized trial comparing sliding hip screws and cancellous screws on revision surgery rates and quality of life in the treatment o...
  93. Challenges in the training of military surgeons: experiences from Dutch combat operations in southern Afghanistan
  94. Radiographic prevalence of CAM-type femoroacetabular impingement after open reduction and internal fixation of femoral neck fractures
  95. Incidence and Epidemiology of Casualties Treated at the Dutch Role 2 Enhanced Medical Treatment Facility at Multi National Base Tarin Kowt, Afghanistan in the Period 2006–2010
  96. Retention of first aid and basic life support skills in undergraduate medical students
  97. Feedback activities of instructors during a trauma surgery course
  98. The societal costs of femoral neck fracture patients treated with internal fixation
  99. Femoral Neck Shortening After Internal Fixation of a Femoral Neck Fracture
  100. Bias towards dementia: Are hip fracture trials excluding too many patients? A systematic review
  101. Impaired Oxygen Utilization in Skeletal Muscle of CRPS I Patients
  102. Central coordination as an alternative for local coordination in a multicenter randomized controlled trial: the FAITH trial experience
  103. Mitochondrial dysfunction in muscle tissue of complex regional pain syndrome type I patients
  104. Effect of a new pelvic stabilizer (T-POD®) on reduction of pelvic volume and haemodynamic stability in unstable pelvic fractures
  105. Hemobilia as a Late Complication After Blunt Abdominal Trauma: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
  106. Mannitol as salvage treatment for Complex Regional Pain Syndrome Type I
  107. Intra-arterial tert-Butyl-Hydroperoxide Infusion Induces an Exacerbated Sensory Response in the Rat Hind Limb and is Associated with an Impaired Tissue Oxygen Uptake
  108. First Aid and Basic Life Support: A Questionnaire Survey of Medical Schools in the Netherlands
  109. Quality of life in adults with childhood-onset of Complex Regional Pain Syndrome type I
  110. The Oxidative Response in the Chronic Constriction Injury Model of Neuropathic Pain
  111. Letters to the Editor
  112. Complex regional pain syndrome type I in children
  113. Medical education in first aid and basic life support in the Netherlands
  114. Leukocytes in Complex Regional Pain Syndrome Type I
  115. Diagnosis and Treatment of Acute Appendicitis in Children: A Survey Among Dutch Surgeons and Comparison with Evidence-based Practice
  116. First aid and basic life support of junior doctors: A prospective study in Nijmegen, the Netherlands
  117. Pericarditis as complication of appendicitis
  118. Capillary blood gas analysis in complex regional pain syndrome: a pilot study
  119. Portal Venous Air in an Adult Patient with Obstructive Small Bowel Volvulus
  120. A Comparison of Free Radical-Induced Vascular and Skeletal Muscle Damage in Immunocompetent and Neutropenic Rats
  121. Soft Tissue Repair Capacity after Oxygen-Derived Free Radical-Induced Damage in One Hindlimb of the Rat