Issue 10/2017
Content (38 Articles)
Patient Perspectives on Barriers to Surgical Care and the Impact of Mobile Surgery in Ecuador
Matthew D. Price, Haadi T. Shalabi, Blasco Guzhñay, Saggah T. Shalabi, Raymond R. Price, Edgar B. Rodas
Erratum to: Development of a Unifying Target and Consensus Indicators for Global Surgical Systems Strengthening: Proposed by the Global Alliance for Surgery, Obstetric, Trauma, and Anaesthesia Care (The G4 Alliance)
Adil Haider, John W. Scott, Colin D. Gause, Mira Meheš, Grace Hsiung, Albulena Prelvukaj, Dana Yanocha, Lauren M. Baumann, Faheem Ahmed, Na’eem Ahmed, Sara Anderson, Herve Angate, Lisa Arfaa, Horacio Asbun, Tigistu Ashengo, Kisembo Asuman, Ruben Ayala, Stephen Bickler, Saul Billingsley, Peter Bird, Matthijs Botman, Marilyn Butler, Jo Buyske, Angelo Capozzi, Kathleen Casey, Charles Clayton, James Cobey, Michael Cotton, Dan Deckelbaum, Miliard Derbew, Catherine deVries, Jeanne Dillner, Max Downham, Natalie Draisin, David Echinard, Sohier Elneil, Ahmed ElSayed, Abigail Estelle, Allen Finley, Erica Frenkel, Philip K. Frykman, Florin Gheorghe, Julian Gore-Booth, Richard Henker, Jaymie Henry, Orion Henry, Laura Hoemeke, David Hoffman, Iko Ibanga, Eric V. Jackson Jr., Pankaj Jani, Walter Johnson, Andrew Jones, Zeina Kassem, Asuman Kisembo, Abbey Kocan, Sanjay Krishnaswami, Robert Lane, Asad Latif, Barbara Levy, Dimitrios Linos, Peter Linz, Louis A. Listwa, Declan Magee, Emmanuel Makasa, Michael L. Marin, Claude Martin, Kelly McQueen, Jamie Morgan, Richard Moser, Robert Neighbor, William M. Novick, Stephen Ogendo, Akinyinka Omigbodun, Bisola Onajin-Obembe, Neil Parsan, Beverly K. Philip, Raymond Price, Shahnawaz Rasheed, Marjorie Ratel, Cheri Reynolds, Steven M. Roser, Jackie Rowles, Lubna Samad, John Sampson, Harshadkumar Sanghvi, Marchelle L. Sellers, David Sigalet, Bruce C. Steffes, Erin Stieber, Mamta Swaroop, John Tarpley, Asha Varghese, Julie Varughese, Richard Wagner, Benjamin Warf, Neil Wetzig, Susan Williamson, Joshua Wood, Anne Zeidan, Lewis Zirkle, Brendan Allen, Fizan Abdullah
Development of a Unifying Target and Consensus Indicators for Global Surgical Systems Strengthening: Proposed by the Global Alliance for Surgery, Obstetric, Trauma, and Anaesthesia Care (The G4 Alliance)
Adil Haider, John W. Scott, Colin D. Gause, Mira Meheš, Grace Hsiung, Albulena Prelvukaj, Dana Yanocha, Lauren M. Baumann, Faheem Ahmed, Na’eem Ahmed, Sara Anderson, Herve Angate, Lisa Arfaa, Horacio Asbun, Tigistu Ashengo, Kisembo Asuman, Ruben Ayala, Stephen Bickler, Saul Billingsley, Peter Bird, Matthijs Botman, Marilyn Butler, Jo Buyske, Angelo Capozzi, Kathleen Casey, Charles Clayton, James Cobey, Michael Cotton, Dan Deckelbaum, Miliard Derbew, Catherine deVries, Jeanne Dillner, Max Downham, Natalie Draisin, David Echinard, Sohier Elneil, Ahmed ElSayed, Abigail Estelle, Allen Finley, Erica Frenkel, Philip K. Frykman, Florin Gheorghe, Julian Gore-Booth, Richard Henker, Jaymie Henry, Orion Henry, Laura Hoemeke, David Hoffman, Iko Ibanga, Eric V. Jackson Jr., Pankaj Jani, Walter Johnson, Andrew Jones, Zeina Kassem, Asuman Kisembo, Abbey Kocan, Sanjay Krishnaswami, Robert Lane, Asad Latif, Barbara Levy, Dimitrios Linos, Peter Linz, Louis A. Listwa, Declan Magee, Emmanuel Makasa, Michael L. Marin, Claude Martin, Kelly McQueen, Jamie Morgan, Richard Moser, Robert Neighbor, William M. Novick, Stephen Ogendo, Akinyinka Omigbodun, Bisola Onajin-Obembe, Neil Parsan, Beverly K. Philip, Raymond Price, Shahnawaz Rasheed, Marjorie Ratel, Cheri Reynolds, Steven M. Roser, Jackie Rowles, Lubna Samad, John Sampson, Harshadkumar Sanghvi, Marchelle L. Sellers, David Sigalet, Bruce C. Steffes, Erin Stieber, Mamta Swaroop, John Tarpley, Asha Varghese, Julie Varughese, Richard Wagner, Benjamin Warf, Neil Wetzig, Susan Williamson, Joshua Wood, Anne Zeidan, Lewis Zirkle, Brendan Allen, Fizan Abdullah
Entry-Level Forward Surgical Team Training in 5th Grade Students of Second Military Medical University of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army
Shiguan Le, Wang Xi, Wei Li, Jian Xiao, Zhinong Wang
Safety of Anticoagulation Interruption in Patients Undergoing Surgery or Invasive Procedures: A Systematic Review and Meta-analyses of Randomized Controlled Trials and Non-randomized Studies
Frédérique Hovaguimian, Sabrina Köppel, Donat R. Spahn
Contemporary Approaches to Perioperative IV Fluid Therapy
Paul S. Myles, Sam Andrews, Jonathan Nicholson, Dileep N. Lobo, Monty Mythen
Enhanced Recovery After Surgery: Can We Rely on the Key Factors or Do We Need the Bel Ensemble?
Jonas Jurt, Juliette Slieker, Pierre Frauche, Valerie Addor, Josep Solà, Nicolas Demartines, Martin Hübner
Outpatient Appendectomy in an Emergency Outpatient Surgery Unit 24 h a Day: An Intention-to-Treat Analysis of 194 Patients
Adeline Aubry, Arnaud Saget, Gilles Manceau, Matthieu Faron, Mathilde Wagner, Christophe Tresallet, Bruno Riou, Olivier Lucidarme, Frédéric le Saché, Mehdi Karoui
Rives Technique for the Primary Larger Inguinal Hernia Repair: A Prospective Study of 1000 Repairs
Enrique J. Grau-Talens, Carlos D. Ibáñez, Jacob Motos-Micó, Francisco García-Olives, Martina Arribas-Jurado, Carlos Jordán-Chaves, José M. Aparicio-Gallego, José F. Salgado
Nomenclature in Abdominal Wall Hernias: Is It Time for Consensus?
Samuel G. Parker, Christopher P. J. Wood, David L. Sanders, Alastair C. J. Windsor
Biological Implant for Complex Abdominal Wall Reconstruction: A Single Institution Experience and Review of Literature
Elsa Limura, Pasquale Giordano
Management of Enterocutaneous Fistula: Outcomes in 276 Patients
Martha Quinn, Stuart Falconer, Ruth F. McKee
Perfusion Abnormalities are Frequently Detected by Early CT Perfusion and Predict Unfavourable Outcome Following Severe Traumatic Brain Injury
Cino Bendinelli, Shannon Cooper, Tiffany Evans, Andrew Bivard, Dianne Pacey, Mark Parson, Zsolt J. Balogh
The Identification, Preservation and Classification of the External Branch of the Superior Laryngeal Nerve in Thyroidectomy
Kun Wang, Huilan Cai, Deguang Kong, Qiuxia Cui, Dan Zhang, Gaosong Wu
Comparison of Mono- and Bipolar Radiofrequency Ablation in Benign Thyroid Disease
Yücel Korkusuz, Alexander Mader, Daniel Gröner, Shadi Ahmad, Oscar Maximilian Mader, Frank Grünwald, Christian Happel
Ultrasonographic Assessment of Differential Diagnosis Between Degenerating Cystic Thyroid Nodules and Papillary Thyroid Microcarcinomas
Yan Peng, Wei Zhou, Wei Wei Zhan, Shang Yan Xu
Early Timing of Thyroidectomy for Hyperthyroidism in Graves’ Disease Improves Biochemical Recovery
Domenic Vital, Grégoire B. Morand, Christian Meerwein, Roman D. Laske, Hans C. Steinert, Christoph Schmid, Michelle L. Brown, Gerhard F. Huber
Clinicopathological Significance and Prognosis of Medullary Thyroid Microcarcinoma: A Meta-analysis
Jin Hwa Kim, Jung-Soo Pyo, Won Jin Cho
Treatment of Implant Exposure due to Skin Necroses after Skin Sparing Mastectomy: Initial Experiences Using a Not Selective Random Epigastric Flap
Estíbaliz Echazarreta-Gallego, Guillermo Pola-Bandrés, María Dolores Arribas-Del Amo, Ismael Gil-Romea, Ramón Sousa-Domínguez, Antonio Güemes-Sánchez
Surgical Treatment of Extraesophageal Manifestations of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease
Feroze Sidwa, Alessandra L. Moore, Elaine Alligood, P. Marco Fisichella
Erratum to: Paraesophageal Hernia and Reflux Prevention: Is One Fundoplication Better than the Other?
Ciro Andolfi, Alejandro Plana, Sara Furno, Piero Marco Fisichella
Paraesophageal Hernia and Reflux Prevention: Is One Fundoplication Better than the Other?
Ciro Andolfi, Alejandro Plana, Sara Furno, Piero Marco Fisichella
Lymph Node Retrieval is Inferior in the Modified Merendino Resection for Early Barrett’s Carcinoma: A Matched-Pair Comparison with Ivor Lewis Resection
Thomas Haist, Markus Mann, Christina Oetzmann von Sochaczewski, Michael Pauthner, Annette Fisseler-Eckhoff, Dietmar Lorenz
Glycemic Status and Prognosis of Patients with Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Esophagus
Akihiko Okamura, Masayuki Watanabe, Yu Imamura, Masaru Hayami, Kotaro Yamashita, Takanori Kurogochi, Shinji Mine
Superior Thoracic Aperture Size is Significantly Associated with Cervical Anastomotic Leakage After Esophagectomy
Shinji Mine, Masayuki Watanabe, Akihiko Okamura, Yu Imamura, Yoshiaki Kajiyama, Takeshi Sano
Esophagojejunostomy Using the Purse-String Suturing Device After Laparoscopic Total or Proximal Gastrectomy for Gastric Cancer
Keisuke Okuno, Kentaro Gokita, Toshiro Tanioka, Norihito Ogawa, Sho Otsuki, Mikito Inokuchi, Toshio Takayama, Kazuyuki Kojima
Postoperative Prolonged Inflammatory Response as a Poor Prognostic Factor After Curative Resection for Gastric Cancer
Yasuhiro Okumura, Naoki Hiki, Koshi Kumagai, Satoshi Ida, Souya Nunobe, Manabu Ohashi, Takeshi Sano
Prognostic Scoring System for Patients Who Present with a Gastric Outlet Obstruction Caused by Advanced Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma
Teiichi Sugiura, Yukiyasu Okamura, Takaaki Ito, Yusuke Yamamoto, Ryo Ashida, Yukio Yoshida, Masaki Tanaka, Katsuhiko Uesaka
Caveolin-1 is Markedly Downregulated in Patients with Early-Stage Colorectal Cancer
Blanca Torrejón, Ion Cristóbal, Federico Rojo, Jesús García-Foncillas
Choledochal Malformation in Children: Lessons Learned from a Dutch National Study
Maria. H. A. van den Eijnden, Ruben H. J. de Kleine, Ivo de Blaauw, Paul G. J. M. Peeters, Bart P. G. Koot, Matthijs W. N. Oomen, Cornelius E. J. Sloots, W. G. van Gemert, David C. van der Zee, L. W. E. van Heurn, Henkjan J. Verkade, Jim C. H. Wilde, Jan B. F. Hulscher
The Impact of Healthcare Privatization on Access to Surgical Care: Cholecystectomy as a Model
Abdulwahab A. Alkhamis
The Impact of Healthcare Privatization on Access to Surgical Care: Cholecystectomy as a Model: Reply
Ayman Al-Jazaeri
Black or Brown Pigment and Cholesterol Gallstones Formation Among Patients that Underwent Gastrectomy for Cancer
A. Cariati, E. Piromalli, F. Cetta, E. Andorno
Is Routine Prophylactic Cholecystectomy Necessary During Gastrectomy for Gastric Cancer? Reply
Jun Kimura, Chikara Kunisaki, Ryo Takagawa, Hirochika Makino, Michio Ueda, Mitsuyoshi Ota, Mari Oba, Takashi Kosaka, Hirotoshi Akiyama, Itaru Endo
Prognostic Significance of the Proportion of Tall Cell Components in Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma
Sapana Bothra, Aromal Chekavar, Sabaretnam Mayilvaganan
Letter to the Editor: Reply
Yasuhiro Ito, Akira Miyauchi, Mitsuyoshi Hirokawa
A Great Variation in the Reported Incidence of Postoperative Subcutaneous Emphysema in Trans-oral Vestibular Endoscopic Thyroidectomy
Chia-Ming Chen, I-Yin Hung, Wei-Chang Liu, Li-Kai Wang, Kuo-Mao Lan, Yao-Tsung Lin, Jen-Yin Chen
Strategy to Prevent Subcutaneous Emphysema and Gas Insufflation-Related Complications in Transoral Endoscopic Thyroidectomy Vestibular Approach: Reply
Angkoon Anuwong