The LIFE TRIAD of emergency general surgery

Coccolini, F.; Sartelli, M.; Kluger, Y.; Osipov, A.; Cui, Y.; Beka, S. G.; Kirkpatrick, A.; Sall, I.; Moore, E. E.; Biffl, W. L.; Litvin, A.; Pisano, M.; Magnone, S.; Picetti, E.; de Angelis, N.; Stahel, P.; Ansaloni, L.; Tan, E.; Abu-Zidan, F.; Ceresoli, M.; Hecker, A.; Chiara, O.; Sganga, G.; Khokha, V.; di Saverio, S.; Sakakushev, B.; Campanelli, G.; Fraga, G.; Wani, I.; Broek, R.; Cicuttin, E.; Cremonini, C.; Tartaglia, D.; Soreide, K.; Galante, J.; de Moya, M.; Koike, K.; De Simone, B.; Balogh, Z.; Amico, F.; Shelat, V.; Pikoulis, E.; Di Carlo, I.; Bonavina, L.; Leppaniemi, A.; Marzi, I.; Ivatury, R.; Khan, J.; Maier, R. V.; Hardcastle, T. C.; Isik, A.; Podda, M.; Tolonen, M.; Rasa, K.; Navsaria, P. H.; Demetrashvili, Z.; Tarasconi, A.; Carcoforo, P.; Sibilla, M. G.; Baiocchi, G. L.; Pararas, N.; Weber, D.; Chiarugi, M.; Catena, F.

doi:10.1186/s13017-022-00447-7

Emergency General Surgery (EGS) was identified as multidisciplinary surgery performed for traumatic and non-traumatic acute conditions during the same admission in the hospital by general emergency surgeons and other specialists. It is the most diffused surgical discipline in the world. To live and grow strong EGS necessitates three fundamental parts: emergency and elective continuous surgical practice, evidence generation through clinical registries and data accrual, and indications and guidelines production: the LIFE TRIAD.