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Acute mesenteric ischemia: updated guidelines of the World Society of Emergency Surgery

  • Miklosh Bala
  • , Fausto Catena
  • , Jeffry Kashuk
  • , Belinda De Simone
  • , Carlos Augusto Gomes
  • , Dieter Weber
  • , Massimo Sartelli
  • , Federico Coccolini
  • , Yoram Kluger
  • , Fikri M. Abu-Zidan
  • , Edoardo Picetti
  • , Luca Ansaloni
  • , Goran Augustin
  • , Walter L. Biffl
  • , Marco Ceresoli
  • , Osvaldo Chiara
  • , Massimo Chiarugi
  • , Raul Coimbra
  • , Yunfeng Cui
  • , Dimitris Damaskos
  • Salomone Di Saverio, Joseph M. Galante, Vladimir Khokha, Andrew W. Kirkpatrick, Kenji Inaba, Ari Leppäniemi, Andrey Litvin, Andrew B. Peitzman, Vishal G. Shelat, Michael Sugrue, Matti Tolonen, Sandro Rizoli, Ibrahima Sall, Solomon G. Beka, Isidoro Di Carlo, Richard Ten Broek, Chirika Mircea, Giovanni Tebala, Michele Pisano, Harry van Goor, Ronald V. Maier, Hans Jeekel, Ian Civil, Andreas Hecker, Edward Tan, Kjetil Soreide, Matthew J. Lee, Imtiaz Wani, Luigi Bonavina, Mark A. Malangoni, Kaoru Koike, George C. Velmahos, Gustavo P. Fraga, Andreas Fette, Nicola de’Angelis, Zsolt J. Balogh, Thomas M. Scalea, Gabriele Sganga, Michael D. Kelly, Jim Khan, Philip F. Stahel, Ernest E. Moore
  • Hebrew University of Jerusalem
  • General Surgery Department
  • Tel Aviv University
  • Centre Hospitalier Intercommunal De Poissy/Saint Germain en Laye
  • Hospital Universitário Terezinha de Jesus
  • The University of Western Australia
  • Macerata Hospital
  • AziendaOspedaliero-Universitaria Pisana
  • Department of General Surgery
  • College of Medicine and Health Sciences United Arab Emirates University
  • Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care
  • University of Pavia
  • Clinical Hospital Center Zagreb
  • Scripps Clinic
  • University of Milano-Bicocca
  • Niguarda ca' Granda Hospital
  • Loma Linda University
  • Tianjin Medical University
  • Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh
  • General Surgery Department Hospital of San Benedetto del Tronto
  • University of California Davis
  • City Hospital
  • Regional Trauma Services Foothills Medical Centre
  • Keck School of Medicine of USC
  • Helsinki University Central Hospital
  • Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University
  • UPMC Presbyterian
  • Tan Tock Seng Hospital
  • Letterkenny University Hospital
  • Hamad General Hospital
  • Military Teaching Hospital
  • President of Ethiopian Emergency Surgery Association
  • University of Catania
  • Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center
  • Grenoble University Hospital
  • Azienda Ospedaliera S. Maria di Terni
  • ASST Papa Giovanni Hospital Bergamo
  • Department of Surgery
  • Erasmus MC
  • University of Auckland
  • General and Thoracic Surgery
  • Stavanger University Hospital
  • University of Sheffield
  • Government Gousia Hospital
  • University of Milan
  • Case Western Reserve University
  • National Hospital Organization Kyoto Medical Center
  • Massachusetts General Hospital
  • University of Campinas
  • SRH Klinikum Suhl
  • Université Paris Descartes-Sorbonne Paris Cité
  • John Hunter Hospital
  • Cowley Shock Trauma Center at the University of Maryland
  • Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A Gemelli IRCCS
  • Albury Hospital
  • University of Portsmouth
  • Rocky Vista University College of Osteopathic Medicine
  • University of Colorado Denver

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Abstract

Acute mesenteric ischemia (AMI) is a group of diseases characterized by an interruption of the blood supply to varying portions of the intestine, leading to ischemia and secondary inflammatory changes. If untreated, this process may progress to life-threatening intestinal necrosis. The incidence is low, estimated at 0.09–0.2% of all acute surgical admissions, but increases with age. Although the entity is an uncommon cause of abdominal pain, diligence is required because if untreated, mortality remains in the range of 50%. Early diagnosis and timely surgical intervention are the cornerstones of modern treatment to reduce the high mortality associated with this entity. The advent of endovascular approaches in parallel with modern imaging techniques is evolving and provides new treatment options. Lastly, a focused multidisciplinary approach based on early diagnosis and individualized treatment is essential. Thus, we believe that updated guidelines from World Society of Emergency Surgery are warranted, in order to provide the most recent and practical recommendations for diagnosis and treatment of AMI.

Original languageEnglish
Article number54
JournalWorld Journal of Emergency Surgery
Volume17
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Dec 2022
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Bowel ischemia
  • Guidelines
  • Mesenteric arterial occlusion
  • Mesenteric artery stenting
  • Mesenteric ischemia
  • Recommendations
  • World Society of Emergency Surgery

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