Issue 1/2019
Content (40 Articles)
The Reporting on ERAS Compliance, Outcomes, and Elements Research (RECOvER) Checklist: A Joint Statement by the ERAS® and ERAS® USA Societies
Kevin M. Elias, Alexander B. Stone, Katharine McGinigle, Jo’An I. Tankou, Michael J. Scott, William J. Fawcett, Nicolas Demartines, Dileep N. Lobo, Olle Ljungqvist, Richard D. Urman, Kevin Elias, Maria Adamian, Frederic Bushnell, Arman Dagal, Chad Engan, Joseph Marcotte, Katharine McGinigle, Nicollete Pauksta, Venu Pillarisetty, Jo’An Tankou
Trends in Retention and Decay of Basic Surgical Skills: Evidence from Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia: A Prospective Case–Control Cohort Study
Abebe Bekele, Sahlu Wondimu, Naod Firdu, Mulat Taye, Amezene Tadesse
Safety Culture and Perioperative Quality at the Volta River Authority Hospital in Akosombo, Ghana
Katherine Smiley, Love Ofori, Cindy Spangler, Rebecca Acquaah-Arhin, Deborah Deh, Juliana Enos, Stephen Manortey, Frank Baiden, Samuel Finlayson, Raymond Price, Marta McCrum
The Situation of Safe Surgery and Anaesthesia in Tanzania: A Systematic Review
Karolina Nyberger, Desmond T. Jumbam, James Dahm, Sarah Maongezi, Ahmed Makuwani, Ntuli A. Kapologwe, Boniface Nguhuni, Swagoto Mukhopadhay, Katherine R. Iverson, Erastus Maina, Steve Kisakye, Patrick Mwai, Augustino Hellar, David Barash, Cheri Reynolds, John G. Meara, Isabelle Citron
General Thoracic Surgery in Rwanda: An Assessment of Surgical Volume and of Workforce and Material Resource Deficits
Adriana G. Ramirez, Nebil Nuradin, Fidele Byiringiro, Georges Ntakiyiruta, Andrew E. Giles, Robert Riviello
Assessing the Quality of Life of Patients with Breast Cancer Treated in a Tertiary Hospital in a Resource-Poor Country
Chinedu Okoli, S. N. C. Anyanwu, Amobi O. Ochomma, Chiemelu D. Emegoakor, Gabriel U. Chianakwana, Henry Nzeako, Eric Ihekwoaba
Challenges of Costing a Surgical Procedure in a Lower–Middle-Income Country
Chanil Ekanayake, Arunasalam Pathmeswaran, Sanjeewa Kularatna, Rasika Herath, Prasantha Wijesinghe
Sex Disparities in Access to Surgical Care at a Single Institution in Malawi
Trista D. Reid, Sherry M. Wren, Joanna Grudziak, Rebecca Maine, Chifundo Kajombo, Anthony G. Charles
Clinical Outcomes and Healthcare Costs Associated with Laparoscopic Appendectomy in a Middle-Income Country with Universal Health Coverage
Giancarlo Buitrago, Edgar Junca, Javier Eslava-Schmalbach, Ruben Caycedo, Pilar Pinillos, Luis Carlos Leal
Increasing and Retaining African Surgeons Working in Rural Hospitals: An Analysis of PAACS Surgeons with Twenty-Year Program Follow-Up
Caleb Van Essen, Bruce C. Steffes, Keir Thelander, Beryl Akinyi, Hsin-Fang Li, Margaret J. Tarpley
The Cost of Intramedullary Nailing Versus Skeletal Traction for Treatment of Femoral Shaft Fractures in Malawi: A Prospective Economic Analysis
Mohamed Mustafa Diab, David W. Shearer, James G. Kahn, Hao-Hua Wu, Brian Lau, Saam Morshed, Linda Chokotho
Health Literacy Among Surgical Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
Mélissa Roy, Joseph P. Corkum, David R. Urbach, Christine B. Novak, Herbert P. von Schroeder, Steven J. McCabe, Karen Okrainec
Assessment of Avoidable Readmissions in a Visceral Surgery Department with an Algorithm: Methodology, Analysis and Measures for Improvement
Fabio Agri, Anne-Claude Griesser, Estelle Lécureux, Pierre Allemann, Markus Schäfer, Yves Eggli, Nicolas Demartines
Implementation of the World Health Organization Surgical Safety Checklist Correlates with Reduced Surgical Mortality and Length of Hospital Admission in a High-Income Country
Elzerie de Jager, Ronny Gunnarsson, Yik-Hong Ho
Ten Years and Counting: Sustaining Effectiveness of the Surgical Safety Checklist Through Ongoing Implementation Efforts
Ian Solsky, Alex B. Haynes
Usability of Intraoperative Fluorescence Imaging with Indocyanine Green During Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy After Percutaneous Transhepatic Gallbladder Drainage
Shohei Yoshiya, Ryosuke Minagawa, Keisuke Kamo, Meidai Kasai, Kenji Taketani, Takafumi Yukaya, Yasue Kimura, Tadashi Koga, Masanori Kai, Kiyoshi Kajiyama, Tomoharu Yoshizumi
Preoperative Anxiety as a Predictor of Delirium in Cancer Patients: A Prospective Observational Cohort Study
Saho Wada, Hironobu Inoguchi, Ryoichi Sadahiro, Yutaka J. Matsuoka, Yosuke Uchitomi, Tetsufumi Sato, Kazuaki Shimada, Seichi Yoshimoto, Hiroyuki Daiko, Ken Shimizu
Cognitive Assessment of Surgeons During Surgical Procedures: Influence of Time and Intraoperative Complications
Juliana Beneduzzi, Fernando A. M. Herbella, Francisco Schlottmann, Marco G. Patti
Abdominal Wall Reconstruction Utilizing the Combination of Absorbable and Permanent Mesh in a Retromuscular Position: A Multicenter Prospective Study
Miguel Ángel García-Ureña, Javier López-Monclús, Diego Cuccurullo, Luis Alberto Blázquez Hernando, Providencia García-Pastor, Stefano Reggio, Elena Jiménez Cubedo, Carlos San Miguel Méndez, Arturo Cruz Cidoncha, Alvaro Robin Valle de Lersundi
Chronic Pain, Quality of Life and Functional Impairment After Emergency Laparotomy
Mai-Britt Tolstrup, Tine Thorup, Ismail Gögenur
Ostomy Usage for Colorectal Trauma in Combat Casualties
Luke R. Johnston, Matthew J. Bradley, Carlos J. Rodriguez, Michael P. Mcnally, Eric A. Elster, James E. Duncan
Implementation of Current ENETS Guidelines for Surgery of Small (≤2 cm) Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Neoplasms in the German Surgical Community: An Analysis of the Prospective DGAV StuDoQ|Pancreas Registry
Ioannis Mintziras, Tobias Keck, Jens Werner, Stefan Fichtner-Feigl, Uwe Wittel, Norbert Senninger, Thorsten Vowinkel, Jörg Köninger, Matthias Anthuber, Bernd Geißler, Detlef Klaus Bartsch, Michael Ghadimi, Stefan Post, Torsten J. Wilhelm, Christoph-Thomas Germer, Waldemar Uhl, Orlin Belyaev, Thomas Kraus, Helmut Witzigmann, Merten Hommann, Ernst Klar, Matthias Glanemann, Carsten Gutt, Thomas Manger, Hans-Jörg Krämling, Jörg C. Kalff, Tim R. Glowka, Natascha C. Nüssler, Jörg-Peter Ritz, Winfried Padberg, Anton J. Kroesen, Albrecht Stier, Dietmar Lorenz, Wolf Otto Bechstein, Karl-Jürgen Oldhafer, Sven Eisold, Ute Tröbs, Hans-Bernd Reith, Franz-Josef Schumacher, Elke Wagler, Stefan Farkas, Frank Klammer, Matthias Schwarzbach, Marco Niedergethmann, Norbert Runkel, Pompiliu Piso, Eric P. M. Lorenz, Christian Mönch, Steffanie Bieck, Robert Grützmann, Max Brunner, Helmut Friess
Understanding and Practices of Gynaecologists Related to Breast Cancer Screening, Detection, Treatment and Common Breast Diseases: A Study from India
Gitika N. Singh, Aastha Agarwal, Vinod Jain, Priti Kumar
Safety and Feasibility of Linear Stapling Device with Bioabsorbable Polyglycolic Acid Sheet for Duodenal Closure in Gastric Cancer Surgery: A Multi-institutional Phase II Study
Kazunari Misawa, Takaki Yoshikawa, Seiji Ito, Haruhiko Cho, Yuichi Ito, Takashi Ogata
Assessment of the Correlation Between Preoperative and Immediate Postoperative Gastric Volume and Weight Loss After Sleeve Gastrectomy Using Computed Tomography Volumetry
Hosam Elbanna, Sameh Emile, Galal El-Sayed El-Hawary, Noha Abdelsalam, Hossam Abdelhafiz Zaytoun, Haitham Elkaffas, Ahmed Ghanem
Hepatic Pedicle Occlusion with the Pringle Maneuver During Difficult Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy Reduces the Conversion Rate
Rongce Zhao, Fei Liu, Chenyang Jia, Kefei Chen, Yonggang Wei, Junhua Chen, Bo Li
Incidental Gallbladder Cancer: How Residual Disease Affects Outcome in Two Referral HPB Centers from South America
Luis Gil, Xabier de Aretxabala, Javier Lendoire, Fernando Duek, Juan Hepp, Oscar Imventarza
Liver Resection for Solitary Transplantable Hepatocellular Carcinoma: The Role of AFP-Score
Benjamin Menahem, Christophe Duvoux, Nathalie Ganne, Ariane Mallat, Olivier Seror, Julien Calderaro, Guy Launoy, Arnaud Alves, Daniel Cherqui, Alain Luciani, Alexis Laurent
Enhanced Recovery in Liver Transplantation: A Feasibility Study
Raffaele Brustia, Antoine Monsel, Filomena Conti, Eric Savier, Geraldine Rousseau, Fabiano Perdigao, Denis Bernard, Daniel Eyraud, Yann Loncar, Olivier Langeron, Olivier Scatton
Time to Readmission and Mortality Among Patients Undergoing Liver and Pancreatic Surgery
Qinyu Chen, Fabio Bagante, Griffin Olsen, Katiuscha Merath, Jay J. Idrees, Eliza W. Beal, Ozgur Akgul, Jordan Cloyd, Mary Dillhoff, Carl Schmidt, Susan White, Timothy M. Pawlik
The Predictive Value of Pulse Wave Velocity for Anastomotic Leakage After Colorectal Surgery
A. Venara, R. Jaouen, E. Lermite, P. Le Naoures, C. Casa, E. Mirallié, E. Duchalais, A. Hamy
Prognostic Impact of Perineural Invasion in Rectal Cancer After Neoadjuvant Chemoradiotherapy
Chang Hyun Kim, Seung-Seop Yeom, Soo Young Lee, Hyeong Rok Kim, Young Jin Kim, Kyung Hwa Lee, Jae Hyuk Lee
Outcomes Following Non-operative Management of Thoracic and Thoracoabdominal Aneurysms
Gabriele Piffaretti, Alessandro Bacuzzi, Andrea Gattuso, Gaddiel Mozzetta, Maria Cristina Cervarolo, Walter Dorigo, Patrizio Castelli, Matteo Tozzi
Predicting Survival of Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia on the First Day of Life
Chaeyoun Oh, Joong Kee Youn, Ji-Won Han, Hee-Byum Yang, Sanghoon Lee, Jeong-Meen Seo, In Geol Ho, Soo-Hong Kim, Yong Hoon Cho, Seung Han Shin, Hyun-Young Kim, Sung-Eun Jung
Letter to the Editor: A Prospective Comparative Study on Improvement of Hyperthyroid Cardiovascular Dysfunction in Patients Undergoing Total Thyroidectomy Versus Medical Management
M. Shreyamsa, V. Sasi Mouli, Kul Ranjan Singh, Pooja Ramakant, Anand Kumar Mishra
Letter to the Editor: Effect of Statin Therapy on Survival After Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
Kosmas I. Paraskevas
Authors’ Reply: Are American Surgical Residents Prepared for Humanitarian Deployment? A Comparative Analysis of Resident and Humanitarian Case Logs
David Kuwayama
Letter to the Editor: A Consensus-Based Criterion Standard for the Requirement of a Trauma Team
Christian Waydhas