Issue 12/2015
Content (28 Articles)
Documentation of Pregnancy Status, Gynaecological History, Date of Last Menstrual Period and Contraception Use in Emergency Surgical Admissions: Time for a Change in Practice?
M. Powell-Bowns, M. S. J. Wilson, A. Mustafa
Emergency Abdominal Operations in the Elderly: A Multivariate Regression Analysis of 430 Consecutive Patients with Acute Abdomen
Mika Ukkonen, Antti Kivivuori, Tuomo Rantanen, Hannu Paajanen
A Comparison of Laparoscopy and Laparotomy for the Management of Abdominal Trauma: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
Yueli Li, Ying Xiang, Na Wu, Long Wu, Zubin Yu, Mengxuan Zhang, Minghao Wang, Jun Jiang, Yafei Li
Complications in Laparoscopic Versus Open Incisional Ventral Hernia Repair. A Retrospective Comparative Study
Mirella Ahonen-Siirtola, Tero Rautio, Jaana Ward, Jyrki Kössi, Pasi Ohtonen, Jyrki Mäkelä
Feasibility of Catheter Placement Under Ultrasound Guidance for Progressive Preoperative Pneumoperitoneum for Large Incisional Hernia with Loss of Domain
M. Alyami, G. Passot, E. Voiglio, P. W. Lundberg, P. J. Valette, A. Muller, J. L. Caillot
Surgical Treatment of Genital Manifestations of Lymphatic Filariasis: A Systematic Review
Kah Heng Alexander Lim, Rick Speare, Gail Thomas, Patricia Graves
Surgeons OverSeas Assessment of Surgical Need (SOSAS) Uganda: Update for Household Survey
Anthony T. Fuller, Elissa K. Butler, Tu M. Tran, Fredrick Makumbi, Samuel Luboga, Christine Muhumza, Jeffrey G. Chipman, Reinou S. Groen, Shailvi Gupta, Adam L. Kushner, Moses Galukande, Michael M. Haglund
Are Medical Students Who Want to Become Surgeons Different? An International Cross-Sectional Study
Dominik Baschera, Erin O’Donnell Taylor, Taolo Masilonyane-Jones, Patrick Isenegger, René Zellweger
Predicting Non-sentinel Lymph Node Metastasis in a Chinese Breast Cancer Population with 1–2 Positive Sentinel Nodes: Development and Assessment of a New Predictive Nomogram
Jia-ying Chen, Jia-jian Chen, Jing-yan Xue, Ying Chen, Guang-yu Liu, Qi-xia Han, Wen-tao Yang, Zhen-zhou Shen, Zhi-min Shao, Jiong Wu
A Bedside Risk Calculator to Preoperatively Distinguish Follicular Thyroid Carcinoma from Follicular Variant of Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma
Brian R. Englum, John Pura, Shelby D. Reed, Sanziana A. Roman, Julie A. Sosa, Randall P. Scheri
Risk of New-Onset Dyslipidemia After Laparoscopic Adrenalectomy in Patients with Primary Aldosteronism
Mayuko Kaga, Takanobu Utsumi, Tomoaki Tanaka, Takashi Kono, Hidekazu Nagano, Koji Kawamura, Naoto Kamiya, Takashi Imamoto, Naoki Nihei, Yukio Naya, Hiroyoshi Suzuki, Tomohiko Ichikawa
Clinical Significance of Sentinel Node Positivity in Patients with Superficial Esophageal Cancer
Hiroya Takeuchi, Hirofumi Kawakubo, Rieko Nakamura, Kazumasa Fukuda, Tsunehiro Takahashi, Norihito Wada, Yuko Kitagawa
Relationship Between the Size of Metastatic Lymph Nodes and Positron Emission Tomographic/Computer Tomographic Findings in Patients with Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma
Seong Yong Park, Dae Joon Kim, Hee Suk Jung, Mi Jin Yun, Jeong Won Lee, Cheol Keun Park
Prevention of Esophageal Stricture After Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection: A Systematic Review
Jiang-Ping Yu, Yong-Jun Liu, Ya-Li Tao, Rong-Wei Ruan, Zhao Cui, Shu-Wen Zhu, Wang Shi
Can Positive Resection Margin of Intra-hepatic Cholangiocarcinoma Still Provide a Survival Benefit over Systemic Chemotherapy?
Alessandro Cucchetti, Valentina Bertuzzo, Antonio Daniele Pinna
Pathologic Assessment of Pancreatic Fibrosis for Objective Prediction of Pancreatic Fistula and Management of Prophylactic Drain Removal After Pancreaticoduodenectomy
Hidenori Kiyochi, Shouichi Matsukage, Taro Nakamura, Naoki Ishida, Yasutsugu Takada, Shinsuke Kajiwara
Prognostic Significance of Muscle Attenuation in Pancreatic Cancer Patients Treated with Neoadjuvant Chemoradiotherapy
Takahiro Akahori, Masayuki Sho, Shoichi Kinoshita, Minako Nagai, Satoshi Nishiwada, Toshihiro Tanaka, Tetsuro Tamamoto, Chiho Ohbayashi, Masatoshi Hasegawa, Kimihiko Kichikawa, Yoshiyuki Nakajima
Surgical and Radiological Studies on the Length of the Hepatic Ducts
Tomoaki Hirose, Tsuyoshi Igami, Tomoki Ebata, Yukihiro Yokoyama, Gen Sugawara, Takashi Mizuno, Kensaku Mori, Masahiko Ando, Masato Nagino
Preoperative Sequential Portal and Hepatic Vein Embolization in Patients with Hepatobiliary Malignancy
Shin Hwang, Tae-Yong Ha, Gi-Young Ko, Dong-Il Kwon, Gi-Won Song, Dong-Hwan Jung, Myung-Hwan Kim, Sung-Koo Lee, Sung-Gyu Lee
Wound Disruption Following Colorectal Operations
Zhobin Moghadamyeghaneh, Mark H. Hanna, Joseph C. Carmichael, Steven Mills, Alessio Pigazzi, Ninh T. Nguyen, Michael J. Stamos
Prognostic Impact of Distribution of Lymph Node Metastases in Stage III Colon Cancer
Toshiya Nagasaki, Takashi Akiyoshi, Yoshiya Fujimoto, Tsuyoshi Konishi, Satoshi Nagayama, Yosuke Fukunaga, Masami Arai, Masashi Ueno
Extensive Necrotising Enterocolitis: Objective Evaluation of the Role of Second-Look Laparotomy in Bowel Salvage and Survival
Yew-Wei Tan, Julia Merchant, Videha Sharma, Brian Davies, Shailinder Singh, Richard Stewart, Bharat More
Variation on a Theme: Alternative to Plastic Bag in ALPPS Procedures: Feasibility and Clinical Safety of COVA+™ Membrane in ALPPS Procedures
Raffaele Brustia, Olivier Scatton, Olivier Soubrane
What are the True Advantages of Devices for Hepatic Parenchymal Transection in Open Surgery?
Isidoro Di Carlo, Adriana Toro, Annalisa Ardiri, Gaetano Bertino
What are the True Advantages of Devices for Hepatic Parenchymal Transection in Open Surgery? Reply
Naoto Gotohda, Takeharu Yamanaka, Akio Saiura, Katsuhiko Uesaka, Masaji Hashimoto, Masaru Konishi, Kazuaki Shimada
Classification of Intraoperative Complications
Haytham M. A. Kaafarani, George C. Velmahos
Classification of Intraoperative Complications: Reply
Salome Dell-Kuster, Pierre-Alain Clavien, Heiner C. Bucher, Rachel Rosenthal