Issue 6/2015
Content (35 Articles)
The Amsterdam Declaration on Essential Surgical Care
Matthijs Botman, Rinse J. Meester, Roeland Voorhoeve, Henning Mothes, Jaymie A. Henry, Michael H. Cotton, Robert H. S. Lane, Pankaj G. Jani, Hugo A. Heij, Edna Adan Ismail
International Association of Trauma and Surgical Intensive Care Symposium: Penetrating Trauma. Update on Penetrating Trauma
Walter L. Biffl
Resuscitative Thoracotomy in Penetrating Trauma
Lindsay M. Fairfax, Li Hsee, Ian D. Civil
Current Concepts in Penetrating and Blast Injury to the Central Nervous System
Jeffrey V. Rosenfeld, Randy S. Bell, Rocco Armonda
Management Guidelines for Penetrating Abdominal Trauma
Walter L. Biffl, Ari Leppaniemi
Laparoscopy in Penetrating Abdominal Trauma
Selman Uranues, Dorin Eugen Popa, Bogdan Diaconescu, Rudolph Schrittwieser
Penetrating Extremity Trauma
Rao R. Ivatury, Rahul Anand, Carlos Ordonez
Evolution of Patient Outcomes Over 14 Years in a Mature, Inclusive Canadian Trauma System
Lynne Moore, Alexis F. Turgeon, François Lauzier, Marcel Émond, Simon Berthelot, Julien Clément, Gilles Bourgeois, Jean Lapointe
The SF-36 and 6-Minute Walk Test are Significant Predictors of Complications After Major Surgery
Haitham Awdeh, Kassem Kassak, Pierre Sfeir, Hadi Hatoum, Hala Bitar, Ahmad Husari
Effects of Intra-abdominally Instilled Isotonic Saline on Pain, Recovery, and Health-Related Quality-of-Life Following Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy: A Randomized Prospective Double-Blind Controlled Study
C. Barthelsson, G. Sandblom, S. Ljesevic-Nikoletic, F. Hammarqvist
Deficiencies in the Availability of Essential Musculoskeletal Surgical Services at 883 Health Facilities in 24 Low- and Lower-Middle-Income Countries
D. A. Spiegel, A. Nduaguba, M. N. Cherian, M. Monono, E. T. Kelley
Training Laypersons and Hospital Personnel in Basic Resuscitation Techniques: an Approach to Impact the Global Trauma Burden in Mozambique
Amina Merchant, Malena Outhay, Lazáro Gonzaléz-Calvo, Troy D. Moon, Mohsin Sidat, Catia Luciana Abdulfattáhe Taibo, Kelly McQueen
Macrometastasis, Micrometastasis, and Isolated Tumor Cells in Sentinel Lymph Nodes of Early Breast Cancers: A 10-Year Histopathological and Survival Analysis of 537 Asian Patients
Michael Co, Ava Kwong
CUP Syndrome in Neuroendocrine Neoplasia: Analysis of Risk Factors and Impact of Surgical Intervention
Nehara Begum, Ulrich Wellner, Christoph Thorns, Georg Brabant, Martin Hoffmann, Conny Georg Bürk, Hendrik Lehnert, Tobias Keck
Surgery for Undiagnosed Ground Glass Pulmonary Nodules: Decision Making Using Serial Computed Tomography
Kazuhiro Ueda, Masataro Hayashi, Nobuyuki Tanaka, Yoshinobu Hoshii, Toshiki Tanaka, Kimikazu Hamano
Laparoscopic Partial Sleeve Gastrectomy with Fundoplication for Gastroesophageal Reflux and Delayed Gastric Emptying
Philip A. Le Page, David Martin
Quality of Life Following Repair of Large Hiatal Hernia is Improved but not Influenced by Use of Mesh: Results From a Randomized Controlled Trial
Jan H. Koetje, Tanya Irvine, Sarah K. Thompson, Peter G. Devitt, Simon D. Woods, Ahmad Aly, Glyn G. Jamieson, David I. Watson
The Relative Net Health Benefit of Liver Resection, Ablation, and Transplantation for Early Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Gaya Spolverato, Alessandro Vitale, Aslam Ejaz, Yuhree Kim, Shishir K. Maithel, David P. Cosgrove, Timothy M. Pawlik
Hepatocellular Carcinoma with Bile Duct Tumor Thrombus: Surgical Outcomes and the Prognostic Impact of Concomitant Major Vascular Invasion
Yosuke Kasai, Etsuro Hatano, Satoru Seo, Kojiro Taura, Kentaro Yasuchika, Shinji Uemoto
Preoperative Sarcopenia Negatively Impacts Postoperative Outcomes Following Major Hepatectomy with Extrahepatic Bile Duct Resection
Hidehiko Otsuji, Yukihiro Yokoyama, Tomoki Ebata, Tsuyoshi Igami, Gen Sugawara, Takashi Mizuno, Nagino Masato
Preoperative Neutrophil to Lymphocyte Ratio and Prognostic Nutritional Index Predict Overall Survival After Hepatectomy for Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Yukiyasu Okamura, Ryo Ashida, Takaaki Ito, Teiichi Sugiura, Keita Mori, Katsuhiko Uesaka
Survival Outcome Between Hepatic Resection and Transarterial Embolization for Hepatocellular Carcinoma More Than 10 cm: A Propensity Score Model
Yi-Chia Chan, Catherine S. Kabiling, Vinod G. Pillai, Gustavo Aguilar, Chih-Chi Wang, Chao-Long Chen
Laparoscopic Versus Open Hepatic Resection for Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Improvement in Outcomes and Similar Cost
Robert C. G. Martin II, Nsehniitooh A Mbah, Randy St Hill, David Kooby, Sharon Weber, Charles R. Scoggins, Shishir K. Maithel
The Clinical Risk Score Predicts the Effectiveness of Adjuvant Chemotherapy for Colorectal Liver Metastasis
Takuya Nakai, Hajime Ishikawa, Tadao Tokoro, Kiyotaka Okuno
Cholangiocarcinoma Risk as Long-term Outcome After Hepatic Resection in the Hepatolithiasis Patients
Hyo Jung Kim, Jae Seon Kim, Sang Jun Suh, Beom Jae Lee, Jong-Jae Park, Hong Sik Lee, Chang Duck Kim , Young-Tae Bak
Impact of Energy Devices During Liver Parenchymal Transection: A Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial
Naoto Gotohda, Takeharu Yamanaka, Akio Saiura, Katsuhiko Uesaka, Masaji Hashimoto, Masaru Konishi, Kazuaki Shimada
Salvage Completion Pancreatectomies as Damage Control for Post-pancreatic Surgery Complications: A Single-Center Retrospective Analysis
Michael F. Nentwich, Alexander T. El Gammal, Torben Lemcke, Tarik Ghadban, Eugen Bellon, Nathaniel Melling, Kai Bachmann, Matthias Reeh, Faik G. Uzunoglu, Jakob R. Izbicki, Maximilian Bockhorn
Limited Surgery for Benign Tumours of the Pancreas: A Systematic Review
H. G. Beger, M. Siech, B. Poch, B. Mayer, M. H. Schoenberg
The EPOS-CC Score: An Integration of Independent, Tumor- and Patient-Associated Risk Factors to Predict 5-years Overall Survival Following Colorectal Cancer Surgery
Yoshio Haga, Koji Ikejiri, Yasuo Wada, Masakazu Ikenaga, Shoichiro Koike, Seiji Nakamura, Masato Koseki
Repeat Cytoreductive Surgery and HIPEC for Peritoneal Surface Malignancy and Peritoneal Carcinomatosis
Joelle F. S. Wong, Grace H. C. Tan, Weining Wang, K. C. Soo, Melissa C. C. Teo
D-Dimer Test May Contribute to Detect Acute Mesenteric Ischemia and Intestinal Necrosis
Xin-Zu Chen, Jian-Kun Hu
Postoperative Vocal Cord Dysfunction Despite Normal Intraoperative Neuromonitoring: An Unexpected Complication With the Risk of Bilateral Palsy
George H. Sakorafas
Kiwi Seed Test for Detection of Enterocutaneous Fistula
Michael Knoop, Georg Fritzsch