Guidelines

Musculoskeletal injuries are common in polytraumatized patients, and determining the right treatment strategy and timing is crucial for their outcomes. Recently, several fracture fixation strategies like Safe Definitive Surgery (SDS), Early Appropriate Care (EAC), and Prompt Individualized and Safe Management (PRISM) have emerged, but they often vary regionally and are controversial. All these approaches aim to optimize surgical timing based on patient physiology and concomitant injuries.

Die internationale Konsensus-Guideline zur Behandlung von Inguinalhernien erschien erstmals 2018¹. Im Juli 2023 erschien das erste Update der Leitlinie, die von allen kontinentalen Herniengesellschaften, der Endo Hernia Society und der European Society for Endoscopic Surgery anerkannt wurde². 

The new German S3 guideline on polytrauma treatment was published in December 2022¹. The updated guideline entails 332 recommendations, including 139 amendments and led to exciting discussions regarding implementation in local and regional protocols. As co-authors of the 3^rd revision of the guideline, we report on the development, content and highlight some novelties of the evidence- and consensus-based S3-guidelines.

Aktuelle Konsensus-Empfehlungen der Peritoneal Surface Oncology Group International (PSOGI)

Die erste Version der S3-Leitlinie zum Ösophaguskarzinom ist 2015 erschienen und liegt nun in neuer Fassung vor. Wir haben die wesentlichen Neuerungen zusammengefasst.

The term pancreatic cystic neoplasms (PCN) summarizes a heterogenous group of pancreatic cysts such as intraductal papillary mucinous cystic neoplasms (IPMN), mucinous cystic neoplasm (MCN) and serous cystic neoplasm (SCN). They each show distinct biological behaviour with different risk of progression and risk for malignant transformation.