Textbook of Emergency General Surgery: Traumatic and Non-traumatic Surgical Emergencies - Softcover

Federico Coccolini M.D. is professor of surgery and consultant in general, emergency and trauma surgery working at the Pisa University Hospital (Pisa, Italy), one of the biggest Level I trauma centre in Italy. He teaches Emergency and Trauma Surgery at the University of Pisa. He has a deep and documented experience in managing post-traumatic and non-post-traumatic patients. His principal interests are emergency surgery, trauma surgery, advanced oncology, oncologic gastrointestinal surgery, laparoscopic and minimally invasive surgery, tissue engineering and experimental surgery, evidence-based medicine, and surgery. He is the principal investigator of multicentre studies and registers. He authored hundreds of papers and tens of book chapters. He edited several books and a book series. He served as reviewer for several journals. He is the Vice President of the World Society of Emergency Surgery (WSES) and of the World Journal of Emergency Surgery (WJES), head of the scientific committee of the EVTM Society, member of the Executive Committee of the Italian Society of Emergency Surgery and Trauma, Italian Society of Geriatric Surgery and of the Italian Society of Surgical Physiopathology. Prof. Coccolini is a recognized world opinion leader in emergency general surgery and trauma.

​Fausto Catena From 2000-2011 Consultant General Surgeon at the Dept. of General, Emergency and Transplant Surgery with at the St Orsola- Malpighi University Hospital Bologna Italy. From 2012 to 2020 Chief Department of Emergency and General Surgery Parma University Hospital ITALY. From 2021  up to now Chief Department of General and Emergency Surgery Bufalini Hospital  Cesena ITALY. Prof Catena  is Editor in Chief of the World Journal of Emergency Surgery  and General Secretary of the World Society of Emergency Surgery, Dr Catena is world opinion leader in emergency general surgery : he wrote all WSES guidelines- position papers  on this scientific field.