Issue 1/2020
Content (47 Articles)
Welcome New Associate Editor Sanziana Roman of the USA to the World Journal of Surgery
Julie Ann Sosa
Professor Masaki Kitajima (1941–2019): An Unparalleled International Surgeon Diplomat
Michael Sarr
Burden of Neonatal Surgical Conditions in Northern Ghana
Alhassan Abdul-Mumin, Theophilus T. K. Anyomih, Sheila A. Owusu, Naomi Wright, Janae Decker, Kelli Niemeier, Gabriel Benavidez, Francis A. Abantanga, Emily R. Smith, Stephen Tabiri
Appendectomy in Third Trimester of Pregnancy and Birth Outcomes: A Propensity Score Analysis of a 6-Year Cohort Study Using Administrative Claims Data
Giancarlo Buitrago, Kenndy Arevalo, Juan Sebastian Moyano, Ruben Caycedo, Hernando Gaitan
The Combined SIRS + qSOFA (qSIRS) Score is More Accurate Than qSOFA Alone in Predicting Mortality in Patients with Surgical Sepsis in an LMIC Emergency Department
S. L. Green, M. T. D. Smith, C. Cairns, D. L. Clarke, J. Bruce, W. Bekker, V. Kong, G. L. Laing
Curative Surgery Improves Survival for Colorectal Cancer in Rural Kenya
Robert K. Parker, Michael M. Mwachiro, Sinkeet S. Ranketi, Faith C. Mogambi, Hillary M. Topazian, Russell E. White
Barriers to Women Entering Surgical Careers: A Global Study into Medical Student Perceptions
I. H. Marks, A. Diaz, M. Keem, Seyedeh-Sanam Ladi-Seyedian, G. S. Philipo, H. Munir, T. I. Pomerani, H. M. Sughayer, N. Peter, C. Lavy, D. C. Chang
New Concept Air Conditioning System for the Operating Room to Minimize Patient Cooling and Surgeon Heating: A Historical Control Cohort Study
Hisashi Usuki, Hiroaki Kitamura, Yasuhisa Ando, Hironobu Suto, Eisuke Asano, Minoru Ohshima, Takayoshi Kishino, Kensuke Kumamoto, Keiichi Okano, Yasuyuki Suzuki
Open Abdomen in Obese Patients: Pay Attention! New Evidences from IROA, the International Register of Open Abdomen
Marco Ceresoli, Francesco Salvetti, Yoram Kluger, Marco Braga, Jacopo Viganò, Paola Fugazzola, Massimo Sartelli, Luca Ansaloni, Fausto Catena, Federico Coccolini, Ionut Negoi, Monica Zese, Savino Occhionorelli, Francesca Gubbiotti, Sergei Shlyapnikov, Christian Galatioto, Massimo Chiarugi, Zaza Demetrashvili, Daniele Dondossola, Orestis Ioannidis, Giuseppe Novelli, Mirco Nacoti, Desmond Khor, Kenji Inaba, Demetrios Demetriades, Torsten Kaussen, Asri Che Jusoh, Wagih Ghannam, Boris Sakakushev, Ohad Guetta, Agron Dogjani, Stefano Costa, Sandeep Singh, Dimitrios Damaskos, Arda Isik, Kuo-Ching Yuan, Francesco Trotta, Stefano Rausei, Aleix Martinez-Perez, Giovanni Bellanova, Vinicius Cordeiro Fonseca, Fernando Hernández, Athanasios Marinis, Wellington Fernandes, Martha Quiodettis, Miklosh Bala, Andras Vereczkei, Rafael Curado, Gustavo Pereira Fraga, Bruno M Pereira, Mahir Gachabayov, Guillermo Perez Chagerben, Miguel Leon Arellano, Sefa Ozyazici, Gianluca Costa, Tugan Tezcaner, Matteo Porta, Yousheng Li, Faruk Karateke, Dimitrios Manatakis, Federico Mariani, Federic Lora, Ivan Sahderov, Boyko Atanasov, Sergio Zegarra, Luca Fattori, Alice Nigro, Andrew Kirkpatrick, Anton Parfenov, Giulia Montori, Paolo Dionigi, Michael Sugrue, Vincent Dubuisson, Joel Noutakdie Tochie, Rao Ivatury
Cumulative Exposure to Ionizing Radiation Among Surgeons During Intraoperative Cholangiography
Arnold Barrios, Neil Vega, Jaime Martínez, Carolina Padua, Fredy Mendivelso, Diego Orejuela
O2 No Longer the Go2: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Comparing the Effects of Giving Perioperative Oxygen Therapy of 30% FiO2 to 80% FiO2 on Surgical Site Infection and Mortality
Brianna K. Smith, Ross H. Roberts, Frank A. Frizelle
Acronyms Use in Abdominal Wall Reconstruction: Introduction to a New Language
B. Ramana, Rudrajit Sinha, Brian Jacob, Shirin Towfigh, Danny Rosin
Association of Genetic Risk of Obesity with Postoperative Complications Using Mendelian Randomization
Jamie R. Robinson, Robert J. Carroll, Lisa Bastarache, Qingxia Chen, Zongyang Mou, Wei-Qi Wei, John J. Connolly, Frank Mentch, Patrick Sleiman, Paul K. Crane, Scott J. Hebbring, Ian B. Stanaway, David R. Crosslin, Adam S. Gordon, Elisabeth A. Rosenthal, David Carrell, M. Geoffrey Hayes, Wei Wei, Lynn Petukhova, Bahram Namjou, Ge Zhang, Maya S. Safarova, Nephi A. Walton, Christopher Still, Erwin P. Bottinger, Ruth J. F. Loos, Shawn N. Murphy, Gretchen P. Jackson, Iftikhar J. Kullo, Hakon Hakonarson, Gail P. Jarvik, Eric B. Larson, Chunhua Weng, Dan M. Roden, Joshua C. Denny
Suture-Tool: A Mechanical Needle Driver for Standardized Wound Closure
Gabriel Börner, Agneta Montgomery
Surgical Outcomes in Acute Mesenteric Ischemia: Has Anything Changed Over the Years?
María Asunción Acosta-Mérida, Joaquín Marchena-Gómez, Pedro Saavedra-Santana, José Silvestre-Rodríguez, Manuel Artiles-Armas, María Mar Callejón-Cara
Is Annual Preoperative Utilization an Indicator of Postoperative Surgical Outcomes? A Study in Medicare Expenditure
J. Madison Hyer, Diamantis I. Tsilimigras, Anghela Z. Paredes, Kota Sahara, Susan White, Timothy M. Pawlik
Transthyretin at Admission and Over Time as a Marker for Clinical Outcomes in Critically Ill Trauma Patients: A Prospective Single-Center Study
Tobias Haltmeier, Kenji Inaba, Joseph Durso, Moazzam Khan, Stefano Siboni, Vincent Cheng, Beat Schnüriger, Elizabeth Benjamin, Demetrios Demetriades
Self-assessment of Skills by Surgeons and Anesthesiologists After a Trauma Surgery Masterclass
Edward C. T. H. Tan, Tim W. H. Rijnhout, Marit Rensink, Alexander P. B. Alken, Chris P. Bleeker, Mark W. Bowyer
Health-Related Quality of Life and Cosmesis After Thyroidectomy: Long-Term Outcomes
Dimitrios Linos, Spyridon Christodoulou, Vassiliki Kitsou, Angeliki Karachaliou, Spyridon Ntelis, Athanassios Petralias
Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy in Thyroid Cancer
Max B. Albers, Erik Nordenström, Johan Wohlfahrt, Anders Bergenfelz, Martin Almquist
Intraoperative Neuromonitoring of Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve During Thyroidectomy with Adhesive Skin Electrodes
Hyoung Shin Lee, Jungho Oh, Sung Won Kim, Yeong Wook Jeong, Che-Wei Wu, Feng-Yu Chiang, Kang Dae Lee
Surgical Management of Diffuse Sclerosing Variant of Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma. Experience in 25 Patients
Claudio Spinelli, Silvia Strambi, Sohail Bakkar, Andrea Nosiglia, GianMarco Elia, Alessia Bertocchini, Chiara Calani, Matteo Leoni, Riccardo Morganti, Gabriele Materazzi
Racial and Socioeconomic Disparities in Access and Utilization of Adrenal Metastasectomy
Sarah S. Pearlstein, Marco Salerno, John A. Chabot, James A. Lee, Jennifer H. Kuo
Depth of Invasion into the Circular and Longitudinal Muscle Layers in T2 Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma Does Not Affect Prognosis or Lymph Node Metastasis: A Multicenter Retrospective Study
Dong Tian, Heng Huang, Yu-Shang Yang, Kai-Yuan Jiang, Xi He, Xiao-Guang Guo, Long-Qi Chen
Endoscopic Vacuum Therapy in the Management of Postoperative Leakage After Esophagectomy
Jae Hyun Jeon, Hyo Joon Jang, Ji Eun Han, Young Soo Park, Yong Won Seong, Sukki Cho, Sanghoon Jheon, Kwhanmien Kim
Ineffective Esophageal Motility in Patients with GERD is no Contraindication for Nissen Fundoplication
Milena Nikolic, Katrin Schwameis, Ivan Kristo, Matthias Paireder, Aleksa Matic, Georg Semmler, Lorenz Semmler, Sebastian F. Schoppmann
Tumor size ≥50 mm as an Independent Prognostic Factor for Patients with Stage II or III Gastric Cancer After Postoperative S-1 Monotherapy: Analysis of a Multi-institution Dataset
Masayuki Tsutsuyama, Mitsuro Kanda, Seiji Ito, Yoshinari Mochizuki, Hitoshi Teramoto, Kiyoshi Ishigure, Toshifumi Murai, Takahiro Asada, Akiharu Ishiyama, Hidenobu Matsushita, Chie Tanaka, Daisuke Kobayashi, Michitaka Fujiwara, Kenta Murotani, Yasuhiro Kodera
Hybrid Laparoscopic and Endoscopic Partial Gastrectomy for Ulcerated GIST: Surgical Technique with Video
Dimitrios Ntourakis, Adamantios Michalinos, Dimitrios Schizas
Prognostic Value of the Combined Index of Plasma Fibrinogen and the Neutrophil–Lymphocyte Ratio in Gastric Cancer
Masaaki Yamamoto, Yukinori Kurokawa, Noboru Kobayashi, Tsuyoshi Takahashi, Yasuhiro Miyazaki, Koji Tanaka, Tomoki Makino, Makoto Yamasaki, Kiyokazu Nakajima, Masaki Mori, Yuichiro Doki
Is Preoperative Fibrinogen Associated with the Survival Prognosis of Gastric Cancer Patients? A Multi-centered, Propensity Score-Matched Retrospective Study
Lin-Yong Zhao, Yong-Liang Zhao, Jun-Jiang Wang, Qi-Di Zhao, Wen-Qi Yi, Qing Yuan, Xin-Zu Chen, Yong Li, Kun Yang, Xiao-Long Chen, Wei-Han Zhang, Kai Liu, Hua-Yang Pang, Danil Galiullin, Hui Wang, Li-Fei Sun, Xiao-Hai Song, Jia-Bin Zheng, Xue-Qing Yao, Zong-Guang Zhou, Pei-Wu Yu, Jian-Kun Hu
Early Red Flags Associated with Delayed Discharge in Patients Undergoing Gastrectomy: Analysis of Perioperative Variables and ERAS Protocol Items
Paolo Parise, Lorenzo Cinelli, Carlo Ferrari, Andrea Cossu, Francesco Puccetti, Leonardo Garutti, Ugo Elmore, Riccardo Rosati
Liver Resection Versus Embolization for Recurrent Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Yutaka Midorikawa, Tadatoshi Takayama, Masamichi Moriguchi, Rempei Yagi, Shunsuke Yamagishi, Hisashi Nakayama, Osamu Aramaki, Shintaro Yamazaki, Shingo Tsuji, Tokio Higaki
A New Recalibrated Four-Category Child–Pugh Score Performs Better than the Original Child–Pugh and MELD Scores in Predicting In-Hospital Mortality in Decompensated Alcoholic Cirrhotic Patients with Acute Variceal Bleeding: a Real-World Cohort Analysis
Jake Krige, Richard T. Spence, Eduard Jonas, Marius Hoogerboord, James Ellsmere
The ALBI Grade is a Good Predictive Model for Very Late Recurrence in Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma Undergoing Primary Resection
Chun-Yu Lin, Chih-Che Lin, Chih-Chi Wang, Chao-Long Chen, Tsung-Hui Hu, Chao-Hung Hung, Pao-Yuan Huang, Ming-Chao Tsai
Prognostic Impact of Osteopenia in Patients Who Underwent Living Donor Liver Transplantation for Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Takeo Toshima, Tomoharu Yoshizumi, Yukiko Kosai-Fujimoto, Shoichi Inokuchi, Shohei Yoshiya, Kazuki Takeishi, Shinji Itoh, Noboru Harada, Toru Ikegami, Yuji Soejima, Masaki Mori
Repeat Hepatectomy for Early Recurrence of Colorectal Liver Metastases—Prognostic Impacts Assessed from the Recurrence Pattern
Genki Watanabe, Yoshihiro Mise, Hiromichi Ito, Yosuke Inoue, Takeaki Ishizawa, Yu Takahashi, Akio Saiura
Risk Factors Associated with In-Hospital Mortality for Patients with Acute Abdomen After Cardiac Surgery
I. Djordjevic, K. Eghbalzadeh, S. Heinen, G. Schlachtenberger, S. Gerfer, A. Sabashnikov, J. Merkle, C. Weber, E. Kuhn, M. Zeriouh, P. Rahmanian, N. Mader, O.-J. Liakopoulos, T. Wahlers
Pneumonectomy for Lung Cancer Treatment in The Netherlands: Between-Hospital Variation and Outcomes
Naomi Beck, Thomas J. van Brakel, Hans J. M. Smit, David van Klaveren, Michel W. J. M. Wouters, Wilhelmina H. Schreurs
Investigating Wilms’ Tumours Worldwide: A Report of the OxPLORE Collaboration—A Cross-Sectional Observational Study
K. Ford, S. Gunawardana, E. Manirambona, G. S. Philipoh, B. Mukama, A. Kanyamuhunga, P. Cartledge, M. J. Nyoni, D. Mwaipaya, J. Mpwaga, Z. Bokhary, T. Scanlan, T. Heinsohn, H. Hathaway, R. Mansfield, S. Wilson, K. Lakhoo
Prognostic Factors Associated with Clinical and Economic Outcomes of Appendectomies in Children: A Multilevel Analysis in a National Retrospective Cohort Study
Juan Valero, Giancarlo Buitrago, Javier Eslava-Schmalbach, Carlos J. Rincon
Authors’ Reply: Compliance with the ERAS Protocol and 3-Year Survival After Laparoscopic Surgery for Nonmetastatic Colorectal Cancer
Michał Pędziwiatr, Magdalena Pisarska, Olle Ljungqvist
Letter to the Editor: Prophylactic Intraperitoneal Onlay Mesh Following Midline Laparotomy—Long-Term Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial
M. C. Stott, M. Tarazi, A. Shaw, A. Summers, Z. M. Moinuddin, D. van Dellen
Author’s Reply: Prophylactic Intraperitoneal Onlay Mesh Following Midline Laparotomy: Long-Term Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial
Philippe M. Glauser
Letter to the Editor: Comparison of Outcomes with Semi-mechanical and Circular Stapled Intrathoracic Esophagogastric Anastomosis Following Esophagectomy
Victor D. Plat, Donald L. van der Peet
Correction to: Validation of the Aldosteronoma Resolution Score Within Current Clinical Practice
Wessel M. C. M. Vorselaars, Dirk-Jan van Beek, Emily L. Postma, Wilko Spiering, Inne H. M. Borel Rinkes, Gerlof D. Valk, Menno R. Vriens, Anton F. Engelsman, Els J. M. Nieveen van Dijkum