Issue 11/2012
Content (32 Articles)
Survey of Surgery and Anesthesia Infrastructure in Ethiopia
Tiffany E. Chao, MacKenzie Burdic, Karan Ganjawalla, Miliard Derbew, Christopher Keshian, John Meara, Kelly McQueen
Assessment of Pediatric Surgery Capacity at Government Hospitals in Sierra Leone
Adam L. Kushner, Reinou S. Groen, Thaim B. Kamara, Richmond Dixon-Cole, Kisito S. Daoh, T. Peter Kingham, Benedict C. Nwomeh
Surgical and Anesthesia Capacity in Bolivian Public Hospitals: Results from a National Hospital Survey
Drake G. LeBrun, Iracema Saavedra-Pozo, Fernando Agreda-Flores, MacKenzie L. Burdic, Michelle R. Notrica, K. A. Kelly McQueen
Intraoperative Local Insufflation of Warmed Humidified CO2 Increases Open Wound and Core Temperatures: A Randomized Clinical Trial
Joana M. K. Frey, Martin Janson, Monika Svanfeldt, Peter K. Svenarud, Jan A. van der Linden
Questionnaire Versus Telephone Follow-up to Detect Postdischarge Complications in Surgical Patients: Randomized Clinical Trial
Annelies Visser, Dirk T. Ubbink, Dirk J. Gouma, J. Carel Goslings
Routine Chest X-Ray Prior to Thyroid Surgery: Is It Always Necessary?
Brian W. Hong, Haggi Mazeh, Herbert Chen, Rebecca S. Sippel
Early Detection of Hypocalcemia After Total/Completion Thyroidectomy: Routinely Usable Algorithm Based on Serum Calcium Level
Diane S. Lazard, Gaëlle Godiris-Petit, Isabelle Wagner, Emile Sarfati, Frédéric Chabolle
Cryopreservation of Parathyroid Tissue after Parathyroid Surgery for Renal Hyperparathyroidism: Does it Really Make Sense?
Ralph Schneider, Annette Ramaswamy, Emily P. Slater, Detlef K. Bartsch, Katja Schlosser
Development of a Formula to Predict Parathyroid Carcinoma in Patients with Primary Hyperparathyroidism
Elias Karakas, Hans-Helge Müller, Vladimir K. Lyadov, Stephanie Luz, Ralph Schneider, Matthias Rothmund, Detlef K. Bartsch, Katja Schlosser
Influence of Young Age on Outcome After Esophagectomy for Cancer
Anna M. J. van Nistelrooij, Elrozy R. Andrinopoulou, Jan J. B. van Lanschot, Hugo W. Tilanus, Bas P. L. Wijnhoven
Antethoracic Pedicled Jejunum Reconstruction with the Supercharge Technique for Esophageal Cancer
Naoki Iwata, Masahiko Koike, Yuzuru Kamei, Chie Tanaka, Norifumi Ohashi, Goro Nakayama, Shuji Nomoto, Tsutomu Fujii, Hiroyuki Sugimoto, Michitaka Fujiwara, Yasuhiro Kodera
Survival Benefit of Palliative Gastrectomy in Gastric Cancer Patients with Peritoneal Metastasis
Masanori Tokunaga, Masanori Terashima, Yutaka Tanizawa, Etsuro Bando, Taiichi Kawamura, Hirofumi Yasui, Narikazu Boku
Single-Incision Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy Versus Conventional Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy: Meta-analysis and Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials
Muhammad S. Sajid, Nikhil Ladwa, Lorain Kalra, Kristian K. Hutson, Krishna K. Singh, Mazin Sayegh
Comparison of Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy for Acute Cholecystitis within and Beyond 72 h of Symptom Onset During Emergency Admissions
Bin Zhu, Zhanzhi Zhang, Yan Wang, Ke Gong, Yiping Lu, Nengwei Zhang
Role of Intraoperative Cholangiography in Patients Whose Biliary Tree Was Evaluated Preoperatively by Magnetic Resonance Cholangiopancreatography
Kimihiko Ueno, Tetsuo Ajiki, Hidehiro Sawa, Ippei Matsumoto, Takumi Fukumoto, Yonson Ku
Periampullary Diverticulum May Be an Important Factor for the Occurrence and Recurrence of Bile Duct Stones
Xun Li, Kexiang Zhu, Lei Zhang, Wenbo Meng, Wence Zhou, Xiangliang Zhu, Bo Li
Management of Spontaneously Ruptured Hepatocellular Carcinoma and Hemoperitoneum Manifested as Acute Abdomen in the Emergency Room
Kuan-Chun Hsueh, Hsiu-Lung Fan, Teng-Wei Chen, De-Chuan Chan, Jyh-Cherng Yu, Shung-Sheng Tsou, Tzu-Ming Chang, Chung-Bao Hsieh
Clinical Experience with Primary Hepatic Epithelioid Hemangioendothelioma: Retrospective Study of 33 Patients
Long-Rong Wang, Jia-Min Zhou, Yi-Ming Zhao, Hong-Wei He, Zong-Tao Chai, Miao Wang, Yuan Ji, Yi Chen, Chen Liu, Hui-Chuan Sun, Wei-Zhong Wu, Qing-Hai Ye, Jian Zhou, Jia Fan, Zhao-You Tang, Lu Wang
Long-term Outcomes Following Aggressive Management of Recurrent Hepatocellular Carcinoma After Upfront Liver Resection
Hadrien Tranchart, Mircea Chirica, Ailton Sepulveda, Pierre-Philippe Massault, Filomena Conti, Olivier Scatton, Olivier Soubrane
High Risk of Biliary Fistula After Isolated Segment VIII Liver Resection
Safi Dokmak, Julie Agostini, Alexandre Jacquin, François Cauchy, Olivier Farges, Jacques Belghiti
Prognostic MicroRNAs in Cancer Tissue from Patients Operated for Pancreatic Cancer—Five MicroRNAs in a Prognostic Index
Nicolai A. Schultz, Klaus K. Andersen, Anne Roslind, Hanni Willenbrock, Morten Wøjdemann, Julia S. Johansen
Surgical Outcomes After Resection of Both Hepatic and Pulmonary Metastases From Colorectal Cancer
Yasuo Sakamoto, Yoshihisa Sakaguchi, Eiji Oki, Kazuhito Minami, Yasushi Toh, Takeshi Okamura
Impact of Positive Intraabdominal Lavage Cytology on the Long-term Prognosis of Colorectal Cancer Patients
Rita Temesi, László Sikorszki, János Bezsilla, Ákos Botos, Judit Kovács, Tibor Tihanyi
Robotic versus Conventional Laparoscopic Surgery for Rectal Cancer: A Cost Analysis from A Single Institute in Korea
Se-Jin Baek, Seon-Hahn Kim, Jae-Sung Cho, Jae-Won Shin, Jin Kim
Randomized Controlled Trial of Tamsulosin for Prevention of Acute Voiding Difficulty After Rectal Cancer Surgery
Je-Ho Jang, Sung-Bum Kang, Sung-Min Lee, Jun-Seok Park, Duck-Woo Kim, Soyeon Ahn
Institutional Differences in Endovascular Aneurysm Repair and Aneurysm Morphology
Andrew L. Tambyraja, Julio A. Rodriguez-Lopez, Venkatesh Ramaiah, Edward B. Diethrich, Roderick T. Chalmers
Defining Optimal Cut-off Values and Research Methodology for Evaluating Systemic Inflammatory Markers in Clinical Outcome Prediction
Lye Mun Tho, Jae Huh, Ian Sanders, Ross Carruthers, Sai Han, Alexander McDonald
Defining the Optimal Cut-off Values and Research Methodology for Evaluating Systemic Inflammatory Markers in Clinical Outcome Prediction: Reply
Hiroshi Sato, Yasuhiro Tsubosa, Tatsuyuki Kawano