Point-of-care US for Acute Abdomen

“The images provided are of high quality … . there are some very good short video clips available in the online supplementary information, which accompanies every chapter. There are clips demonstrating good technique and further clips showing examples of typical pathology. Each clip is helpfully explained by an English commentary. … I would like to commend the editors on producing a useful guide to POCUS of the small and large bowel.” (Daniel Bell, RAD Magazine, August, 2024)

Mauro Zago  concluded his residencies in General and Vascular Surgery at the University of Milan, and is currently Head of the General and Emergency Surgery Unit, Department of General Surgery, at the Alessandro Manzoni Hospital, Lecco, Italy. 

He served as Board member in ESTES – European Society for Trauma and Emergency Surgery (as Chair of the Educational Committee and of the Advisory Council), SICUT – Italian Society for Trauma and Emergency Surgery (as President), and SIC - Italian Society of Surgery (as Chair of the Educational Committee). 

He is adjunct professor at the post-graduate School of Surgery of the University of Milan.

His experience on clinical and point-of-care US in surgery is long lasting, and has turned in a training activity for over 20 years.  He was creator and promoter of MUSEC ^® , a blended US modular course tailored for acute care surgeons.

Marina Troian  is a generalsurgeon currently working in the Cardiothoracic and Vascular Department of Trieste University Hospital. Her fields of interest include emergency and trauma surgery, thoracic surgery, and application of ultrasound imaging in critically ill and surgical patients.

Diego Mariani had his residency in General Surgery at the State University of Milan, working in a leading Emergency Surgery Department. From the beginning of his career, he explored the application of "point of care US"  in this field. He contributed to the formation of the Trauma Team at IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, but his curiosity also led him to try his hand at pre-hospital emergency, working on the 118-112 Team at IRCCS San Matteo (Pavia). He is now responsible for surgical emergencies at Legnano Hospital - Italy, also doing minimally invasive abdominal surgery. He is the current Chair of the Educational Committee of ESTES, the European Society of Emergency Surgery andTrauma.