Issue 6/2017
Content (43 Articles)
Cost-Effectiveness in Global Surgery: Pearls, Pitfalls, and a Checklist
Mark G. Shrime, Blake C. Alkire, Caris Grimes, Tiffany E. Chao, Dan Poenaru, Stéphane Verguet
Strengthening the Methodologic Rigor of Cost-Effectiveness Studies in Global Surgery
Charles Mock
When Surgical Resources are Severely Constrained, Who Receives Care? Determinants of Access to Orthopaedic Trauma Surgery in Uganda
Trina Stephens, Alexander Mezei, Nathan N. O’Hara, Jeffrey Potter, Rodney Mugarura, Piotr A. Blachut, Peter J. O’Brien, Tito Beyeza, Gerard P. Slobogean
Outcomes and Disability After Massive Proximal Upper Extremity Reconstruction in a Resource-Limited Setting
Aviram M. Giladi, R. Raja Shanmugakrishnan, Hari Venkatramani, S. Raja Sekaran, Kevin C. Chung, S. Raja Sabapathy
Patient Barriers to Accessing Surgical Cleft Care in Vietnam: A Multi-site, Cross-Sectional Outcomes Study
Jordan W. Swanson, Caroline A. Yao, Allyn Auslander, Heather Wipfli, Thi-Hai-Duc Nguyen, Kristin Hatcher, Richard Vanderburg, William P. Magee III
Patient Preparation for Transitions of Surgical Care: Is Failing to Prepare Surgical Patients Preparing Them to Fail?
Luke A. Martin, Samuel R. G. Finlayson, Benjamin S. Brooke
Regret in Surgical Decision Making: A Systematic Review of Patient and Physician Perspectives
Ana Wilson, Sean M. Ronnekleiv-Kelly, Timothy M. Pawlik
Standard of Open Surgical Repair of Suprapubic Incisional Hernias
Yohann Renard, Anne-Charlotte Simonneau, Louis de Mestier, Lugdivine Teuma, Jean-Luc Meffert, Jean-Pierre Palot, Reza Kianmanesh
Ranula: Current Concept of Pathophysiologic Basis and Surgical Management Options
Daniel Kokong, Augustine Iduh, Ikechukwu Chukwu, Joyce Mugu, Samuel Nuhu, Sule Augustine
Tube Thoracostomy Complications Increase Cost
Matthew C. Hernandez, Muhammad H. Zeb, Stephanie F. Heller, Martin D. Zielinski, Johnathon M. Aho
Is Unilateral Neck Surgery Feasible in Patients with Sporadic Primary Hyperparathyroidism and Double Negative Localisation?
D. M. Scott-Coombes, J. Rees, G. Jones, M. J. Stechman
Intraoperative PTH May Not Be Necessary in the Management of Primary Hyperparathyroidism Even with Only One Positive or Only Indeterminate Preoperative Localization Studies
Alireza Najafian, Stacie Kahan, Matthew T. Olson, Ralph P. Tufano, Martha A. Zeiger
Intraoperative Identification of the Parathyroid Gland with a Fluorescence Detection System
Yoshiaki Shinden, Akihiro Nakajo, Hideo Arima, Kiyonori Tanoue, Munetsugu Hirata, Yuko Kijima, Kosei Maemura, Shoji Natsugoe
Determining Patient Preferences for Indeterminate Thyroid Nodules: Observation, Surgery or Molecular Tests
Daniel Joonil Lee, Jason J. Xu, Dale H. Brown, Ralph W. Gilbert, Patrick J. Gullane, Jonathan C. Irish, Lorne E. Rotstein, David P. Goldstein, John R. de Almeida
Limited Value of Ga-68-DOTATOC-PET-CT in Routine Screening of Patients with Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 1
Max B. Albers, Damiano Librizzi, Caroline L. Lopez, Jerena Manoharan, Jonas C. Apitzsch, Emily P. Slater, Carmen Bollmann, Peter H. Kann, Detlef K. Bartsch
Fine-Needle Aspiration Cytology (FNAC) in Breast Cancer: A Reappraisal Based on Retrospective Review of 698 Cases
Mufaddal Kazi, Suhani, Rajinder Parshad, V. Seenu, Sandeep Mathur, K. P. Haresh
Somatic Leiomyosarcoma of the Soft Tissues: A Single-Institutional Analysis of Factors Predictive of Survival in 164 Patients
Kamran Harati, Adrien Daigeler, Kim Lange, Hiltrud Niggemann, Ingo Stricker, Hans-Ulrich Steinau, Marcus Lehnhardt, Ole Goertz
Erratum to: Brain Trauma Foundation Guidelines for Intracranial Pressure Monitoring: Compliance and Effect on Outcome
Alberto Aiolfi, Elizabeth Benjamin, Desmond Khor, Kenji Inaba, Lydia Lam, Demetrios Demetriades
Brain Trauma Foundation Guidelines for Intracranial Pressure Monitoring: Compliance and Effect on Outcome
Alberto Aiolfi, Elizabeth Benjamin, Desmond Khor, Kenji Inaba, Lydia Lam, Demetrios Demetriades
Pulmonary Metastasis After Resection of Cholangiocarcinoma: Incidence, Resectability, and Survival
Mihoko Yamada, Tomoki Ebata, Yukihiro Yokoyama, Tsuyoshi Igami, Gen Sugawara, Takashi Mizuno, Junpei Yamaguchi, Masato Nagino
Role of Postoperative C-Reactive Protein Levels in Predicting Prognosis After Surgical Treatment of Esophageal Cancer
Yuta Ibuki, Yoichi Hamai, Jun Hihara, Manabu Emi, Junya Taomoto, Takaoki Furukawa, Ichiko Yamakita, Tomoaki Kurokawa, Morihito Okada
Peritherapeutic Serum p53 Antibody Titers are Predictors of Survival in Patients with Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma Undergoing Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy and Surgery
Kotaro Yamashita, Tomoki Makino, Koji Tanaka, Makoto Yamasaki, Masaaki Yamamoto, Yasuhiro Miyazaki, Tsuyoshi Takahashi, Yukinori Kurokawa, Kiyokazu Nakajima, Shuji Takiguchi, Masaki Mori, Yuichiro Doki
Comparison of “Nil by Mouth” Versus Early Oral Intake in Three Different Diet Regimens Following Esophagectomy
Kristine Elisabeth Eberhard, Michael Patrick Achiam, Hans Christian Rolff, Mohamed Belmouhand, Lars Bo Svendsen, Morten Thorsteinsson
Enteral Diet Enriched with ω-3 Fatty Acid Improves Oxygenation After Thoracic Esophagectomy for Cancer: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Yasunori Matsuda, Daiki Habu, Sigeru Lee, Satoru Kishida, Harushi Osugi
Acute Pancreatitis After Percutaneous Biliary Drainage: An Obstacle in Liver Surgery for Proximal Biliary Cancer
Nadia Russolillo, Andrea Massobrio, Serena Langella, Roberto Lo Tesoriere, Paolo Carbonatto, Alessandro Ferrero
Sealing with Cyanoacrylate and a Falciform Patch Cannot Prevent Postoperative Pancreatic Fistula
Laura-Christin Tillmann, Torsten Herzog, Waldemar Uhl, Orlin Belyaev
Prediction of Pancreatic Fistula After Distal Pancreatectomy Based on Cross-Sectional Images
Ye Rim Chang, Jae Seung Kang, Jin-Young Jang, Woo Hyun Jung, Mee Joo Kang, Kyung Bun Lee, Sun-Whe Kim
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI): Operative Findings Correlation in 229 Fistula-in-Ano Patients
Pankaj Garg, Pratiksha Singh, Baljit Kaur
Looking for the Word “Angiogenesis” in the History of Health Sciences: From Ancient Times to the First Decades of the Twentieth Century
Gianfranco Natale, Guido Bocci, Paola Lenzi
A Historical Glance at the Arabo-Islamic Surgical Instruments During the Ages
Gregory Tsoucalas, Markos Sgantzos
Selective Parathyroid Hormone Venous Sampling in Patients with Persistent or Recurrent Primary Hyperparathyroidism and Negative, Equivocal or Discordant Noninvasive Imaging: Reply
Scott Thompson, Geoffrey Thompson
Pattern of Calcium and Parathyroid Hormone Normalization at 12-Months Follow-Up After Parathyroid Operation: Reply
Olga Lavryk, Allan Siperstein
Comment on Article Entitled “Parathyroid Autotransplantation During Thyroid Surgery: A Novel Technique Using a Cell Culture Nutrient Solution”
Chandan Jha, Raouef Bichoo, Sanjay Yadav
Comment on Article Entitled “Parathyroid Autotransplantation During Thyroid Surgery: A Novel Technique Using a Cell Culture Nutrient Solution”: Reply
Fausto Fama’, Alessandro Sindoni, Maria Gioffre’-Florio
Identification of Recurrence: Predictive Indicators in Stage I Colorectal Cancer
Vladimir Resanovic, Aleksandar Resanovic, Slobodan Krstic, Miroslav Djordjevic
Identification of Recurrence-Predictive Indicators in Stage I Colorectal Cancer: Reply
Jun Ho Lee, Jong Lyul Lee, Jin Cheon Kim
Scoring Systems are Crucial in Prediction of the Risk of SSI Development After Ventral Hernia Repair
Aleksandar Resanovic, Vladimir Resanovic, Miroslav Djordjevic, Milica Resanovic, Mazen Arafeh
Scoring Systems are Essential in Prediction of SSI Development After Hernia Repair: Reply
Efstathios Karamanos, Jenna Watson, Nathan Schmoekel