ReviewWorld journal of emergency surgery : WJES2022
Acute mesenteric ischemia: updated guidelines of the World Society of Emergency Surgery.
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- Diagnostic accuracy of biomarkers to detect acute mesenteric ischaemia in adult patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis.World journal of emergency surgery : WJES · 2023Pooled it
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- Computed tomography predictors of failure of conservative management in isolated superior mesenteric artery dissection.Japanese journal of radiology · 2026Observational
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- Current Evidence on the Management of Non-occlusive Mesenteric Ischemia: A Comprehensive Narrative Review.Cureus · 2026Review
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- The Diagnostic Value of D-Dimer Testing in the Differential Diagnosis of Acute Abdomen in the Emergency Department.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Review
- Acute mesenteric ischemia complicated by short bowel syndrome: a rare case report from Syria.International journal of emergency medicine · 2026Article
- Current Evidence on the Use of Biomarkers for the Diagnosis of Acute Mesenteric Ischemia: A Narrative Review.Cureus · 2026Review
- A case of superior mesenteric artery embolism successfully treated by combined thrombus retrieval therapy using the CAPTIVE technique.BJR case reports · 2026Article
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62 authors at 20 institutions in 24 countries.
Miklosh BalaDirector of Acute Care Surgery and Trauma Unit, Department of General Surgery, Hadassah Medical Center and Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem Kiriat Hadassah, POB 12000, 91120, Jerusalem, Israel. rbalam@hadassah.org.il.
Fausto CatenaGeneral and Emergency Surgery Department, Bufalini Hospital, Cesena, Italy.
Jeffry KashukTel Aviv Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv, Israel.
Belinda De SimoneDepartment of General, Digestive and Metabolic Minimally Invasive Surgery, Centre Hospitalier Intercommunal De Poissy/St Germain en Laye, Poissy, France.
Carlos Augusto GomesDepartment of Surgery, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas e da Saúde de Juiz de Fora, Hospital Universitário Terezinha de Jesus, Juiz de Fora, Brazil.
Dieter WeberDepartment of General Surgery, Royal Perth Hospital, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia.
Massimo SartelliDepartment of Surgery, Macerata Hospital, Macerata, Italy.
Federico CoccoliniDepartment of General, Emergency and Trauma Surgery, Pisa University Hospital, Pisa, Italy.
Yoram KlugerDepartment of General Surgery, Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, Israel.
Fikri M Abu-ZidanDepartment of Surgery, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al-Ain, United Arab Emirates.
Edoardo PicettiDepartment of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Parma, Parma, Italy.
Luca AnsaloniDepartment of Surgery, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy.
Goran AugustinDepartment of Surgery, University Hospital Centre Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia.
Walter L BifflDivision of Trauma/Acute Care Surgery, Scripps Clinic Medical Group, La Jolla, CA, USA.
Marco CeresoliEmergency and General Surgery Department, School of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano-Bicocca, Monza, Italy.
Osvaldo ChiaraEmergency Department, Niguarda Ca'Granda Hospital, Milan, Italy.
Massimo ChiarugiDepartment of General, Emergency and Trauma Surgery, Pisa University Hospital, Pisa, Italy.
Raul CoimbraCECORC Research Center, Riverside University Health System, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, USA.
Yunfeng CuiDepartment of Surgery, Nankai Clinical School of Medicine, Tianjin Nankai Hospital, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China.
Dimitris DamaskosDepartment of Surgery, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
Salomone Di SaverioGeneral Surgery Department Hospital of San Benedetto del Tronto, Marche region, Italy.
Joseph M GalanteDivision of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of California Davis, Sacramento, CA, USA.
Vladimir KhokhaDepartment of Emergency Surgery, City Hospital, Mozyr, Belarus.
Andrew W KirkpatrickGeneral, Acute Care, Abdominal Wall Reconstruction, and Trauma Surgery, Foothills Medical Centre, Calgary, AB, Canada.
Kenji InabaDivision of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care, Department of Surgery, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Ari LeppäniemiAbdominal Center, Helsinki University Hospital and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
Andrey LitvinDepartment of Surgical Disciplines, Regional Clinical Hospital, Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University, Kaliningrad, Russia.
Andrew B PeitzmanDepartment of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, UPMC-Presbyterian, Pittsburgh, USA.
Vishal G ShelatDepartment of General Surgery, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Novena, Singapore.
Michael SugrueDonegal Clinical Research Academy Emergency Surgery Outcome Project, Letterkenny University Hospital, Donegal, Ireland.
Matti TolonenAbdominal Center, Helsinki University Hospital and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
Sandro RizoliSurgery Department, Section of Trauma Surgery, Hamad General Hospital (HGH), Doha, Qatar.
Ibrahima SallGeneral Surgery Department, Military Teaching Hospital, Dakar, Senegal.
Solomon G BekaEthiopian Air Force Hospital, Bishoftu, Ethiopia.
Isidoro Di CarloDepartment of Surgical Sciences and Advanced Technologies, General Surgery Cannizzaro Hospital, University of Catania, Catania, Italy.
Richard Ten BroekDepartment of Surgery, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Chirika MirceaCentre Hospitalier Universitaire Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble, France.
Giovanni TebalaDepartment of Digestive and Emergency Surgery, S.Maria Hospital Trust, Terni, Italy.
Michele PisanoGeneral and Emergency Surgery, ASST Papa Giovanni XXIII, Bergamo, Italy.
Harry van GoorDepartment of Surgery, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Ronald V MaierHarborview Medical Center, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, USA.
Hans JeekelDepartment of Surgery, Erasmus University Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Ian CivilFaculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.
Andreas HeckerEmergency Medicine Department of General and Thoracic Surgery, University Hospital of Giessen, Giessen, Germany.
Edward TanDepartment of Surgery, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Kjetil SoreideHPB Unit, Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Stavanger University Hospital, Stavanger, Norway.
Matthew J LeeDepartment of Oncology and Metabolism, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK.
Imtiaz WaniGovernment Gousia Hospital, Srinagar, India.
Luigi BonavinaDepartment of Surgery, IRCCS Policlinico San Donato, University of Milano, Milano, Italy.
Mark A MalangoniCase Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, USA.
Kaoru KoikeKyoto Medical Center, Kyoto, Japan.
George C VelmahosDivision of Trauma, Emergency Surgery and Surgical Critical Care, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, PA, USA.
Gustavo P FragaDivision of Trauma Surgery, School of Medical Sciences, University of Campinas (Unicamp), Campinas, Brazil.
Andreas FettePediatric Surgery, Children's Care Center, SRH Klinikum Suhl, Suhl, Thueringen, Germany.
Nicola de'AngelisUnit of Digestive and HPB Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Paris, Paris, France.
Zsolt J BaloghJohn Hunter Hospital and University of Newcastle, Newcastle, NSW, Australia.
Thomas M ScaleaCowley Shock Trauma Center at the University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Gabriele SgangaEmergency Surgery and Trauma, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy.
Michael D KellyDepartment of General Surgery, Albury Hospital, Albury, Australia.
Jim KhanUniversity of Portsmouth, Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust, Portsmouth, UK.
Philip F StahelCollege of Osteopathic Medicine, Rocky Vista University, Parker, CO, USA.
Ernest E MooreErnest E Moore Shock Trauma Center at Denver Health, University of Colorado, Denver, CO, USA.
Radboud University Nijmegen · NLUniversity of Helsinki · FI9th City Clinical Hospital · BYAlbury Wodonga Health · AUAzienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda · ITCentre Hospitalier Intercommunal de Poissy · FRCentre Hospitalier Universitaire de Grenoble · FRDenver Health Medical Center · USEdinburgh Royal Infirmary · GBErasmus University Rotterdam · NLFoothills Medical Centre · CAGovernment Medical College · INHamad General Hospital · QAHebrew University of Jerusalem · ILImmanuel Kant Baltic Federal University · RUJohn Hunter Hospital · AUKyoto Medical Center · JPLetterkenny University Hospital · IELoma Linda University · USMassachusetts General Hospital · US
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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.
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