Issue 8/2020
Content (58 Articles)
Exploring the Impact of COVID-19 on Progress Towards Achieving Global Surgery Goals
Dennis Mazingi, Sergio Navarro, Matthew C. Bobel, Andile Dube, Chenesa Mbanje, Chris Lavy
The Decreasing Incidence of Acute Appendicitis During COVID-19: A Retrospective Multi-centre Study
James Tankel, Aner Keinan, Ori Blich, Michael Koussa, Brigitte Helou, Shahaf Shay, Diaa Zugayar, Alon Pikarsky, Haggi Mazeh, Ram Spira, Petachia Reissman
Safety and Efficacy of Bedside Peritoneal Dialysis Catheter Placement in the COVID-19 Era: Initial Experience at a New York City Hospital
Mariana Vigiola Cruz, Omar Bellorin, Vesh Srivatana, Cheguevara Afaneh
Surgical Strategy During the COVID-19 Pandemic in a University Metropolitan Hospital in Milan, Italy
Nicolò M. Mariani, Andrea Pisani Ceretti, Veronica Fedele, Matteo Barabino, Vincenzo Nicastro, Marco Giovenzana, Giovanna Scifo, Enrico De Nicola, Enrico Opocher
Hazardous Postoperative Outcomes of Unexpected COVID-19 Infected Patients: A Call for Global Consideration of Sampling all Asymptomatic Patients Before Surgical Treatment
Chen Nahshon, Arie Bitterman, Riad Haddad, David Hazzan, Ofer Lavie
Consensus Guidelines for Perioperative Care in Neonatal Intestinal Surgery: Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS®) Society Recommendations
Mary E. Brindle, Caraline McDiarmid, Kristin Short, Kathleen Miller, Ali MacRobie, Jennifer Y. K. Lam, Megan Brockel, Mehul V. Raval, Alexandra Howlett, Kyong-Soon Lee, Martin Offringa, Kenneth Wong, David de Beer, Tomas Wester, Erik D. Skarsgard, Paul W. Wales, Annie Fecteau, Beth Haliburton, Susan M. Goobie, Gregg Nelson
University Hospital Financial Status Does Not Influence Subjective Perception of General Surgery Residents on Training Adequacy
Bruna Dell’Acqua Cassão, Fernando A. M. Herbella, Marcelo Cincotto E. dos Santos, Sarhan S. Saad, Marco G. Patti
See (n)One, Do (n)One, Teach (n)One: Reality of Surgical Resident Training in Germany
T. Huber, I. Richardsen, C. Klinger, M. Mille, A. A. Roeth, Johannes Dörner, Sebastian Drewes, Stefan Fabig, Jochen Gaedcke, Patricia J. Günter, Dominik Jauch, Franziska Koch, Jana Lenzen, Marianne Obst, Ulrike Orthaus, Vivien Schacke, Christian von Schassen, Laura Scheurer, Sophia Schmitz, Ben Scholtes, Johanna Schreier, Nils P. Sommer, Dirk Uhlmann, Maria Wobith, Michael Zaczek
Surgical Unmet Need in a Low-Income Area of a Metropolitan City in India: A Cross-Sectional Study
Kranti Vora, Shahin Saiyed, Ankita R. Shah, Dileep Mavalankar, Rahul M. Jindal
Comparison of the Pediatric Resuscitation and Trauma Outcome (PRESTO) Model and Pediatric Trauma Scoring Systems in a Middle-Income Country
Michael D. Traynor Jr., Etienne St. Louis, Matthew C. Hernandez, Ahmed S. Alsayed, Denise B. Klinkner, Robert Baird, Dan Poenaru, Victor Y. Kong, Christopher R. Moir, Martin D. Zielinski, Grant L. Laing, John L. Bruce, Damian L. Clarke
Soft Tissue Sepsis Places a Massive Burden on Regional and Tertiary Surgical Services in KZN Province South Africa
Vincent Ehlers, C. Kohler, Natasha Di Rago, Aida Tefera, Elizabeth Lutge, Damian Clarke
Feasibility of a Cellular Telephone Follow-Up Program After Injury in Sub-Saharan Africa
S. Ariane Christie, M. Agbor Mbianyor, Fanny N. Dissak-Delon, Mary M. Tanjong, Alain Chichom-Mefire, Rochelle A. Dicker, Catherine Juillard
A Survey of Perceptions of Surgical Trainees on Feedback During Training in West Africa
Abdulrasheed A. Nasir, Emmanuel A. Ameh, Emmanuel O. Ojo
Outcome Measurement at a Ugandan Referral Hospital: Validation of the Mbarara Surgical Services Quality Assurance Database
Gustaf Drevin, Katherine Albutt, Moris Baluku, Caleb Tuhumwiire, Hao Deng, Nicholas Musinguzi, Vicki Modest, Joseph Ngonzi, Stephen Ttendo, Paul Firth
Retrospective Analysis of Outcomes Following Percutaneous Cholecystostomy for Acute Cholecystitis
L. L. Kuan, T. Oyebola, A. Mavilakandy, A. R. Dennison, G. Garcea
Transcatheter Arterial Embolization in the Treatment of Abdominal Bleeding in Patients Being Treated with Open Abdomen Due to Duodenal Fistula
Zheng Yao, Weiliang Tian, Xin Xu, Risheng Zhao, Ming Huang, Yunzhao Zhao, Xinhao Chen
Expectant Management of Patients with Ventral Hernias: 3 Years of Follow-up
Alexander C. Martin, Nicole B. Lyons, Karla Bernardi, Julie L. Holihan, Deepa V. Cherla, Juan R. Flores, Lillian Huang, Alexis Milton, Puja Shah, Lillian S. Kao, Tien C. Ko, Mike K. Liang
A 16-year Longitudinal Cohort Study of Incidence and Bacteriology of Necrotising Fasciitis in England
David M. S. Bodansky, Irena Begaj, Felicity Evison, Mark Webber, Ciaran B. Woodman, Olga N. Tucker
Safety of Major Abdominal Operations in the Elderly: A Study of Geriatric-Specific Determinants of Health
Allison N. Martin, Darian L. Hoagland, Florence E. Turrentine, R. Scott Jones, Victor M. Zaydfudim
Major Variation in the Incidence of Appendicitis Before, During and After Pregnancy: A Population-Based Cohort Study
E. Moltubak, K. Landerholm, M. Blomberg, S. Redéen, R. E. Andersson
Does Obstructive Sleep Apnea Affect Perioperative Complications? A Retrospective Study Using a Modified NSQIP Database
Mohamad Abdulhai, AlHasan Sedeeq, Dmitry Neponmayshy
The Effects of Preferred Music on Laparoscopic Surgical Performance: A Randomized Crossover Study
Pim Oomens, Victor X. Fu, Vincent E. E. Kleinrensink, Gert-Jan Kleinrensink, Johannes Jeekel
Listening to Music to Improve Laparoscopic Learning Performance? Great but Which One?
Théophile Guilbaud, David Jérémie Birnbaum
Acute Care Surgery Models Worldwide: A Systematic Review
Mats J. L. van der Wee, Gwendolyn van der Wilden, Rigo Hoencamp
Nationwide Analysis of Urinary Retention Following Inguinal Hernia Repair: Results from the National Prospective Hernia Registry
Farouk Drissi, Jean-François Gillion, Antoine Roquilly, François Luyckx, Emilie Duchalais
An Update on Foley Catheter Balloon Tamponade for Penetrating Neck Injuries
Matthias Scriba, Deidre McPherson, Sorin Edu, Andrew Nicol, Pradeep Navsaria
A Double-Blind, Randomized Controlled Trial of Pre-incision Wound Infiltration Using Diclofenac Versus Bupivacaine for Post-operative Pain Relief in Open Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery
Jing Wen Loh, Nur Aishah Taib, Yew Teik Cheong, Tin Su Tin
The IAES-Supported Malaysian Breast and Endocrine Surgery Course: 7 Years of Successful Collaborative Teaching
J. D. Pasternak, A. H. Imisairi, I. H. M. Borel Rinkes, S. Kruijff
Diagnostic Performance of Neck Ultrasonography in the Preoperative Evaluation for Extrathyroidal Extension of Suspicious Thyroid Nodules
Valeria Ramundo, Cira Rosaria Tiziana Di Gioia, Rosa Falcone, Livia Lamartina, Marco Biffoni, Laura Giacomelli, Sebastiano Filetti, Cosimo Durante, Giorgio Grani
Invited Commentary: Extrathyroidal Extension on Preoperative Ultrasonography of Thyroid Lesions
Denise Carneiro-Pla, Mahsa Javid
Comparison of Lobectomy and Total Thyroidectomy in Unilateral Papillary Thyroid Microcarcinoma Patients with Ipsilateral Lateral Lymph Node Metastasis Without Gross Extrathyroidal Extension
Jianlu Song, Wangwang Qiu, Ting Yan, Bo Wu, Minggao Guo, Youben Fan, Zhili Yang
BRAFV600E Mutation is Associated with an Increased Risk of Papillary Thyroid Cancer Recurrence
Samuel Enumah, Abbey Fingeret, Sareh Parangi, Dora Dias-Santagata, Peter M. Sadow, Carrie C. Lubitz
Mid-Term and Long-Term Impact of Permanent Hypoparathyroidism After Total Thyroidectomy
Guillermo Ponce de León-Ballesteros, Carlos Bonilla-Ramírez, Francisco Javier Hernández-Calderón, Juan Pablo Pantoja-Millán, Mauricio Sierra-Salazar, David Velázquez-Fernández, Miguel F. Herrera
A Novel Parameter Identified Using Indocyanine Green Fluorescence Angiography may Contribute to Predicting Anastomotic Leakage in Gastric Cancer Surgery
Mikito Mori, Kiyohiko Shuto, Atsushi Hirano, Chihiro Kosugi, Kazuo Narushima, Isamu Hosokawa, Masafumi Fujino, Masato Yamazaki, Hiroaki Shimizu, Keiji Koda
Impact of Early Oral Feeding on Anastomotic Leakage Rate After Esophagectomy: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
Xiang Li, Shi Yan, Yuanyuan Ma, Shaolei Li, Yaqi Wang, Xing Wang, Yuzhao Wang, Jia Wang, Chao Lv, Yue Yang, Nan Wu
Incidence of Multiple Metachronous Gastric Cancers After Pyloric-Preserving Gastrectomy
Masaki Aizawa, Hiroshi Yabusaki, Atsushi Matsuki, Takeo Bamba, Satoru Nakagawa
Double-Tract Reconstruction Designed to Allow More Food Flow to the Remnant Stomach After Laparoscopic Proximal Gastrectomy
Daisuke Fujimoto, Keizo Taniguchi, Hirotoshi Kobayashi
Preoperative Exercise Habits are Associated with Post-gastrectomy Complications
Tetsuro Toriumi, Hiroharu Yamashita, Koichiro Kawasaki, Yasuhiro Okumura, Kotaro Wakamatsu, Koichi Yagi, Susumu Aikou, Sachiyo Nomura, Yasuyuki Seto
Anatomical Versus Nonanatomical Resection for Colorectal Liver Metastasis
Wong Hoi She, Tan To Cheung, Ka Wing Ma, Simon H. Y. Tsang, Wing Chiu Dai, Albert C. Y. Chan, Chung Mau Lo
Role of Conversion Surgery for Unresectable Pancreatic Cancer After Long-Term Chemotherapy
Nobuhiro Tsuchiya, Ryusei Matsuyama, Takashi Murakami, Yasuhiro Yabushita, Yu Sawada, Takafumi Kumamoto, Itaru Endo
Feasibility of an Enhanced Recovery Protocol for Elective Pancreatoduodenectomy: A Multicenter International Cohort Study
Didier Roulin, Emmanuel Melloul, Björn Erik Wellg, Jakob Izbicki, Dionisios Vrochides, Mustapha Adham, Martin Hübner, Nicolas Demartines
Increased Survival Benefit of Adjuvant Intra-arterial Infusion Chemotherapy in HCC Patients with Portal Vein Infiltration after Hepatectomy
T. Hamada, K. Yano, T. Wada, N. Imamura, M. Hiyoshi, K. Kondo, Atsushi Nanashima
Use of Direct Liver Stiffness Measurement in Evaluating the Severity of Liver Cirrhosis in Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Jin Gu, Erlei Zhang, Binyong Liang, Zunyi Zhang, Xin Long, Shuai Xiang, Wenqiang Wang, Xiaoping Chen, Zhiyong Huang
Twelve Hundred Consecutive Pancreato-Duodenectomies from Single Centre: Impact of Centre of Excellence on Pancreatic Cancer Surgery Across India
Shailesh V. Shrikhande, Rajesh S. Shinde, Vikram A. Chaudhari, Sagar R. Kurunkar, Ashwin L. Desouza, Vandana Agarwal, Manish S. Bhandare
Correction to: Twelve Hundred Consecutive Pancreato-Duodenectomies from Single Centre: Impact of Centre of Excellence on Pancreatic Cancer Surgery Across India
Shailesh V. Shrikhande, Rajesh S. Shinde, Vikram A. Chaudhari, Sagar R. Kurunkar, Ashwin L. Desouza, Vandana Agarwal, Manish S. Bhandare
Development, Growth, and Maturation of Pancreatoduodenectomy Program: Future Directions
Victor M. Zaydfudim
Should We Consider the Resected Lung Volume in Primary Spontaneous Pneumothorax?
Hyun Woo Jeon, Young-Du Kim, Sung Bo Sim
Early and Midterm Outcomes of Open and Endovascular Revascularization of Chronic Mesenteric Ischemia
Anna-Leonie Menges, Benedikt Reutersberg, Albert Busch, Michael Salvermoser, Marcus Feith, Matthias Trenner, Michael Kallmayer, Alexander Zimmermann, Hans-Henning Eckstein
Outcome of Permanent Vascular Access with Vein ≤ 2.2 mm in Diameter
Tahir Hussain, Fareeha Farooqui
Letter to the Editor: Emergency Department Versus Operating Suite Intubation in Operative Trauma Patients: Does Location Matter?
Evander Meneses, Dessy Boneva, Mark McKenney, Adel Elkbuli
Author’s Reply: Emergency Department Versus Operating Suite Intubation in Operative Trauma Patients: Does Location Matter?
Ryan P. Dumas, Mark J. Seamon
Letter to The Editor: COVID-19: Looking South and East in the World for Guidance
Kokila Lakhoo, Diana Farmer
Letter to the Editor: Global Initiative for Children’s Surgery: 2020 Implementation and the Way Forward
Kokila Lakhoo
Letter to the Editor: Obesity is Associated with Worse Outcomes Among Abdominal Trauma Patients Undergoing Laparotomy: A Propensity-Matched Nationwide Cohort Study
Kristen Santarone, Kyle Kinslow, Mark McKenney, Adel Elkbuli
Authors’ Reply: Obesity is Associated with Worse Outcomes Among Abdominal Trauma Patients Undergoing Laparotomy: A Propensity-Matched Nationwide Cohort Study
Chih-Yuan Fu, Francesco Bajani, Marissa Bokhari, Leah C. Tatebe, Frederic Starr, Thomas Messer, Matthew Kaminsky, Andrew Dennis, Victoria Schlanser, Justin Mis, Rubinder Toor, Stathis Poulakidas, Faran Bokhari
Letter to the Editor: O2 No Longer the Go2: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis Comparing the Effects of Giving Perioperative Oxygen Therapy of 30% FiO2 to 80% FiO2 on Surgical Site Infection and Mortality
Herney Andrés Garcia-Perdomo, Angelica Maria Davila-Raigoza
Authors’ Reply: O2 No Longer the GO2: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Comparing the Effects of Giving Perioperative Oxygen Therapy of 30% FiO2 to 80% FiO2 on Surgical Site Infection and Mortality
Brianna K. Smith, Ross H. Roberts, Frank A. Frizelle