Dr. Walter Biffl, MD

• General Surgery

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• University Colo Health Scis Center

  Residency Hospital, 1997

• Denver Health Medical Center

  Fellowship Hospital, 1995

• University Colo Health Scis Center

  Internship Hospital, 1991

• English

• French

• Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on pediatric trauma in Southern California, 2021-12-01

• WSES/GAIS/WSIS/SIS-E/AAST global clinical pathways for patients with skin and soft tissue infections, 2022-01-15

• The WSES: what do we see in the future?, 2021-03-20

• WSES/GAIS/SIS-E/WSIS/AAST global clinical pathways for patients with intra-abdominal infections, 2021-09-25

• Blunt trauma induced splenic blushes are not created equal, 2012-03-30

• World society of emergency surgery study group initiative on Timing of Acute Care Surgery classification (TACS), 2013-05-01

• The new timing in acute care surgery (new TACS) classification: a WSES Delphi consensus study, 2023-04-28

• Suboptimal compliance with surgical safety checklists in Colorado: A prospective observational study reveals differences between surgical specialties, 2015-01-31

• 2020 World Society of Emergency Surgery updated guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of acute calculus cholecystitis, 2020-11-05

• WSES project on decision support systems based on artificial neural networks in emergency surgery, 2021-09-26

• WSES consensus conference guidelines: monitoring and management of severe adult traumatic brain injury patients with polytrauma in the first 24 hours, 2019-11-29

• The LIFE TRIAD of emergency general surgery, 2022-07-25

• Correction to: The Operative management in Bariatric Acute abdomen (OBA) Survey: long-term complications of bariatric surgery and the emergency surgeon's point of view, 2020-02-04

• Acute abdomen in the immunocompromised patient: WSES, SIS-E, WSIS, AAST, and GAIS guidelines, 2021-08-09

• "The Why & How Our Trauma Patients Die: A Prospective Multicenter Western Trauma Association Study.”, 2019-01-07

• Perceptions and practices surrounding the perioperative management of frail emergency surgery patients: a WSES-endorsed cross-sectional qualitative survey, 2023-01-18

• 2020 update of the WSES guidelines for the management of acute colonic diverticulitis in the emergency setting, 2020-05-07

• The Operative management in Bariatric Acute abdomen (OBA) Survey: long-term complications of bariatric surgery and the emergency surgeon's point of view, 2020-01-06

• 2020 WSES guidelines for the detection and management of bile duct injury during cholecystectomy, 2021-06-10

• Bologna Guidelines for Diagnosis and Management of Adhesive Small Bowel Obstruction (ASBO): 2010 Evidence-Based Guidelines of the World Society of Emergency Surgery, 2011-01-21

• WSES-AAST guidelines: management of inflammatory bowel disease in the emergency setting, 2021-05-11

• COVID-19 in trauma: a propensity-matched analysis of COVID and non-COVID trauma patients, 2021-05-25

• Operative management of acute abdomen after bariatric surgery in the emergency setting: the OBA guidelines, 2022-09-27

• A pandemic recap: lessons we have learned, 2021-09-10

• ECLAPTE:Effective Closure of LAParoTomy in Emergency-2023 World Society of Emergency Surgery guidelines for the closure of laparotomy in emergency settings, 2023-07-26

• The ChoCO-W prospective observational global study: Does COVID-19 increase gangrenous cholecystitis?, 2022-12-16

• Validation of Postinjury Multiple Organ Failure scores, 2015-01-29

• The acute phase management of spinal cord injury affecting polytrauma patients: the ASAP study, 2022-04-25

• Disparities in triage and management of the homeless and the elderly trauma patient, 2020-07-13

• WSES guidelines updates, 2020-06-10

• Perforated and bleeding peptic ulcer: WSES guidelines, 2020-01-07

• Bologna guidelines for diagnosis and management of adhesive small bowel obstruction (ASBO): 2013 update of the evidence-based guidelines from the world society of emergency surgery ASBO working group, 2013-10-10

• Acute mesenteric ischemia: updated guidelines of the World Society of Emergency Surgery, 2022-10-19

• Adolescent Trauma During the COVID Pandemic: Just Like Adults, Children, or Someone Else?, 2022-10-01

• The management of surgical patients in the emergency setting during COVID-19 pandemic: the WSES position paper, 2021-03-22

• 2019 update of the WSES guidelines for management ofClostridioides(Clostridium)difficileinfection in surgical patients, 2019-02-28

• Enhanced perioperative care in emergency general surgery: the WSES position paper, 2023-10-06

• Preserve encephalus in surgery of trauma: online survey. (P.E.S.T.O), 2019-03-04

• Self-inflicted injury and the older trauma patient: a 20 year review of suicide attempts and outcomes, 2021-09-20

• COVID-19 the showdown for mass casualty preparedness and management: the Cassandra Syndrome, 2020-04-09

• The unrestricted global effort to complete the COOL trial, 2023-05-11

• 2018 WSES/SIS-E consensus conference: recommendations for the management of skin and soft-tissue infections, 2018-12-14

• Goal-directed Hemostatic Resuscitation of Trauma-induced Coagulopathy A Pragmatic Randomized Clinical Trial Comparing a Viscoelastic Assay to Conventional Coagulation Assays, 2017-03-30

• Knowledge, attitude, and practice of artificial intelligence in emergency and trauma surgery, the ARIES project: an international web-based survey, 2022-02-10

• Establishing Benchmarks for Resuscitation of Traumatic Circulatory Arrest: Success-to-Rescue and Survival among 1,708 Patients, 2016-04-21

• The management of pneumothorax in patients with anorexia nervosa: A case report and review of the literature, 2010-02-01

• Correction: Operative management of acute abdomen after bariatric surgery in the emergency setting: the OBA guidelines, 2022-11-07