Issue 4/2014
Content (36 Articles)
Impact of Intraoperative Distractions on Patient Safety: A Prospective Descriptive Study Using Validated Instruments
Nick Sevdalis, Shabnam Undre, James McDermott, Jasdeep Giddie, Lila Diner, Gillian Smith
Fatal Surgical or Procedure-Related Complications: A Finnish Registry-Based Study
Tapio Hakala, Jaana Vironen, Sari Karlsson, Jarkko Pajarinen, Eero Hirvensalo, Hannu Paajanen
General and Acute Care Surgical Procedures in Patients with Left Ventricular Assist Devices
George J. Arnaoutakis, Gregory J. Bittle, Jeremiah G. Allen, Eric S. Weiss, Jennifer Alejo, William A. Baumgartner, Ashish S. Shah, Christopher L. Wolfgang, David T. Efron, John V. Conte
Outcome of Negative-Pressure Wound Therapy for Open Abdomen Treatment After Nontraumatic Lower Gastrointestinal Surgery: Analysis of Factors Affecting Delayed Fascial Closure in 101 Patients
Claus Anders Bertelsen, Rasmus Fabricius, Jakob Kleif, Bent Kristensen, Ismail Gögenur
Tissue Expander-Assisted Ventral Hernia Repair for the Skin-Grafted Damage Control Abdomen
Hannu Kuokkanen
Significance of Serum Potassium Level Monitoring during the Course of Post-Operative Rehabilitation in Patients with Hypokalemia
Guanzhen Lu, Lingfang Xu, Yan Zhong, Ping Shi, Xuhui Shen
A Case-matched Series of Immediate Total-body CT Scanning Versus the Standard Radiological Work-up in Trauma Patients
Joanne C. Sierink, Teun Peter Saltzherr, Ludo F. M. Beenen, Marjolein J. A. M. Russchen, Jan S. K. Luitse, Marcel G. W. Dijkgraaf, J. Carel Goslings
Perioperative Immunonutrition in Surgical Cancer Patients: A Summary of a Decade of Research
Stanislaw Klek, Piotr Szybinski, Kinga Szczepanek
Electrochemotherapy Treatment of Locally Advanced and Metastatic Soft Tissue Sarcomas: Results of a Non-Comparative Phase II Study
Luca G. Campana, Giuseppe Bianchi, Simone Mocellin, Sara Valpione, Laura Campanacci, Antonella Brunello, Davide Donati, Elisabetta Sieni, Carlo R. Rossi
Surgical Conditions Account for the Majority of Admissions to Three Primary Referral Hospitals in Rural Mozambique
Jamie E. Anderson, Anne Erickson, Carlos Funzamo, Peter Bendix, Americo Assane, John Rose, Fernando Vaz, Emilia Virginia Noormahomed, Stephen W. Bickler
Teaching the Management of Surgical Emergencies Through a Short Course to Surgical Residents in East/Central Africa Delivers Excellent Educational Outcomes
Jacob Dreyer, Jonathan Hannay, Robert Lane
Clubfoot Care in Low-Income and Middle-Income Countries: From Clinical Innovation to a Public Health Program
Luke Harmer, Joseph Rhatigan
Orthopedic Surgery in the Developing World: Workforce and Operative Volumes in Ghana Compared to Those in the United States
Mark A. Brouillette, Scott P. Kaiser, Peter Konadu, Raphael A. Kumah-Ametepey, Alfred J. Aidoo, Richard C. Coughlin
Prognostic Significance of the Number of Metastatic Lymph Nodes to Stratify the Risk of Recurrence
Jeonghun Lee, Youngpeck Song, Euy Young Soh
Candidates for Limited Lateral Neck Dissection among Patients with Metastatic Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma
Byung Chul Kang, Jong-Lyel Roh, Jeong Hyun Lee, Kyung-Ja Cho, Gyungyub Gong, Seung-Ho Choi, Soon Yuhl Nam, Sang Yoon Kim
Lobectomy and Prophylactic Central Neck Dissection for Papillary Thyroid Microcarcinoma: Do Involved Lymph Nodes Mandate Completion Thyroidectomy?
Cho Rok Lee, Haiyoung Son, Sohee Lee, Sang-Wook Kang, Jong Ju Jeong, Kee-Hyun Nam, Woong Youn Chung, Cheong Soo Park
Thyroid Surgery without Antibiotic Prophylaxis: Experiences with 1,030 Patients from a Teaching Hospital in China
Qian Qin, Hong Li, Li-Bin Wang, Ai-Hui Li, Li-Ju Chen, Qiang Lu
Endoscopic Evaluation of Laparoscopic Nissen Fundoplication: 89 % Success Rate 10 Years After Surgery
Perttu Neuvonen, Mauri Iivonen, Tuomo Rantanen
Ratio Between Proximal/Distal Gastroesophageal Reflux Does Not Discriminate Abnormal Proximal Reflux
Sebastião Carlos Pannocchia Neto, Fernando A. M. Herbella, Luciana C. Silva, Marco G. Patti
Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve Monitoring during Thoracoscopic Esophagectomy
Yoshifumi Ikeda, Taisuke Inoue, Estushi Ogawa, Masahiro Horikawa, Tsuyoshi Inaba, Ryoji Fukushima
Outcome of Patients with Esophageal Perforations: A Multicenter Study
Fausto Biancari, Juha Saarnio, Ari Mennander, Linda Hypén, Paulina Salminen, Kari Kuttila, Mikael Victorzon, Camilla Böckelman, Enrico Tarantino, Olivier Tiffet, Vesa Koivukangas, Jon Arne Søreide, Asgaut Viste, Luigi Bonavina, Halla Vidarsdóttir, Tomas Gudbjartsson
SIRT3 Expression as a Biomarker for Better Prognosis in Gastric Cancer
Kuo-Hung Huang, Chia-Chi Hsu, Wen-Liang Fang, Chin-Wen Chi, Ming-Ta Sung, Hwa-Li Kao, Anna Fen-Yau Li, Pen-Hui Yin, Muh-Hwa Yang, Hsin-Chen Lee
Advanced Age Remains an Achilles Heel for Liver Resections
Laurent Sulpice, Michel Rayar, Boris Campillo, Claire Pery, Antoine Guillaud, Bernard Meunier, Karim Boudjema
Stroke Volume Response to Liver Graft Reperfusion Stress in Cirrhotic Patients
Bibiana Escobar, Pilar Taurá, Graciela Martínez-Palli, Constatino Fondevila, Jaume Balust, Joan Beltrán, Javier Fernández, Juan Carlos García-Pagán, Juan Carlos García-Valdecasas
Does “Conversion Chemotherapy” Really Improve Survival in Metastatic Colorectal Cancer Patients with Liver-Limited Disease?
K. Kataoka, A. Kanazawa, S. Iwamoto, T. Kato, A. Nakajima, A. Arimoto
Tumor Size Does Not Independently Affect Long-Term Survival after Curative Resection of Solitary Hepatocellular Carcinoma Without Macroscopic Vascular Invasion
Han Zhang, Shou-Xin Yuan, Shu-Yang Dai, Jin-Min Zhang, Xing Huang, Chong-De Lu, Jun-Hua Lu, Fu-Quan Wu, Wan Yee Lau, Meng-Chao Wu, Tian Yang, Feng Shen
Impact of Surgery on Quality of Life in Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Yoshihiro Mise, Shouichi Satou, Takeaki Ishizawa, Junichi Kaneko, Taku Aoki, Kiyoshi Hasegawa, Yasuhiko Sugawara, Masatoshi Makuuchi, Norihiro Kokudo
Factors Influencing Clinically Significant Delayed Gastric Emptying After Subtotal Stomach-Preserving Pancreatoduodenectomy
Go Sato, Yoichi Ishizaki, Jiro Yoshimoto, Hiroyuki Sugo, Hiroshi Imamura, Seiji Kawasaki
Postoperative Portomesenteric Venous Thrombosis: Lessons Learned From 1,069 Consecutive Laparoscopic Colorectal Resections
Marco E. Allaix, Mukta K. Krane, Marco Zoccali, Konstantin Umanskiy, Roger Hurst, Alessandro Fichera
Management of Anastomotic Leak: Lessons Learned from a Large Colon and Rectal Surgery Training Program
Jennifer Blumetti, Vivek Chaudhry, Jose R. Cintron, John J. Park, Slawomir Marecik, Jacqueline L. Harrison, Leela M. Prasad, Herand Abcarian
Influence of Intraoperative Radiotherapy (IORT) on Perioperative Outcome after Surgical Resection of Rectal Cancer
Christian Daniel Klink, M. Binnebösel, R. Holy, U. P. Neumann, K. Junge
Commentary on: Characterizing the Global Burden of Surgical Disease: A Method to Estimate Inguinal Hernia Epidemiology in Ghana
Samuel D. Shillcutt, Andrew N. Kingsnorth
Bilateral Anterior Thoracotomy (Clamshell Incision) Is the Ideal Emergency Thoracotomy Incision: An Anatomical Study: Reply
Eric J. Voiglio, Eric R. Simms, Alexander N. Flaris, Xavier Franchino, Michael S. Thomas, Jean-Louis Caillot