Issue 9/2013
Content (36 Articles)
Prescribing of Sick Leave by Surgeons: A Survey Based on Hypothetical Patient Cases
Anni T. Kankaanpää, Matti K. Laato, Risto J. Tuominen
Prospective Study Examining Clinical Outcomes Associated with a Negative Pressure Wound Therapy System and Barker’s Vacuum Packing Technique
Michael L. Cheatham, Demetrios Demetriades, Timothy C. Fabian, Mark J. Kaplan, William S. Miles, Martin A. Schreiber, John B. Holcomb, Grant Bochicchio, Babak Sarani, Michael F. Rotondo
One-Year Follow-up After Open Abdomen Therapy With Vacuum-Assisted Wound Closure and Mesh-Mediated Fascial Traction
Thordur Bjarnason, A. Montgomery, O. Ekberg, S. Acosta, M. Svensson, A. Wanhainen, M. Björck, U. Petersson
Prophylactic Mesh Reinforcement Reduces Stomal Site Incisional Hernia after Ileostomy Closure
David Shi Hao Liu, Elisabeth Banham, Srinivasa Yellapu
Hand-Assisted Laparoscopic Technique in the Setting of Complicated Splenectomy: A 9-Year Experience
Xin Wang, Yongbin Li, Bing Peng
Early Enteral Nutrition Prevents Intra-abdominal Hypertension and Reduces the Severity of Severe Acute Pancreatitis Compared with Delayed Enteral Nutrition: A Prospective Pilot Study
Jia-kui Sun, Wei-qin Li, Lu Ke, Zhi-hui Tong, Hai-bin Ni, Gang Li, Lu-yao Zhang, Yao Nie, Xin-ying Wang, Xiang-hong Ye, Ning Li, Jie-shou Li
Limberg Flap Versus Bascom Cleft Lift Techniques for Sacrococcygeal Pilonidal Sinus: Prospective, Randomized Trial
Ali Guner, Aydin Boz, Omer Faruk Ozkan, Omer Ileli, Can Kece, Erhan Reis
Incidental Findings in Trauma Patients: Dedicated Communication with the Primary Care Physician Ensures Adequate Follow-Up
D. Dante Yeh, Ayesha M. Imam, Shani H. Truong, Erin L. McLaughlin, Eric N. Klein, Laura L. Avery, George C. Velmahos
Trauma in Canada: A Spirit of Equity & Collaboration
Tanya Zakrison, Chad G. Ball, Andrew W. Kirkpatrick
Undergraduate Surgery Clerkship and the Choice of Surgery as a Career: Perspective from a Developing Country
S. O. Ekenze, F. O. Ugwumba, U. M. Obi, O. S. Ekenze
Pattern of Surgical Practice in a Regional Hospital in Cameroon and Implications for Training
Alain Chichom Mefire, Julius Atashili, Josephine Mbuagbaw
Nicaraguan Surgical and Anesthesia Infrastructure: Survey of Ministry of Health Hospitals
Carolina Solis, Pablo León, Nora Sanchez, MacKenzie Burdic, Logan Johnson, Hannah Warren, Adam Iddriss, Kelly McQueen
HIV Testing and Epidemiology in a Hospital-Based Surgical Cohort in Malawi
Bryce E. Haac, Anthony G. Charles, Mitch Matoga, Sylvia M. LaCourse, Dominic Nonsa, Mina Hosseinipour
Saucerization: A Modified Uncapitonnage Method of Surgery for Pulmonary Hydatidosis
Rahim Mahmodlou, Nariman Sepehrvand, Mahya Nasiri
Impact of Preoperative Breast MRI on Surgical Decision Making and Clinical Outcomes: A Systematic Review
Armen Parsyan, Awadh Alqahtani, Benoit Mesurolle, Sarkis Meterissian
Cancer or No Cancer: The Influence of Trait Anxiety and Diagnosis on Quality of Life With Breast Cancer and Benign Disease: A Prospective, Longitudinal Study
Claudia M. G. Keyzer-Dekker, Jolanda de Vries, Marlies C. Mertens, Jan A. Roukema, Alida F. W. van der Steeg
Evaluation of Office Ultrasound Usage among Australian and New Zealand Breast Surgeons
Michael T. Law, James Kollias, Ian Bennett
Relevance of Bilateral Cervical Thymectomy in Patients with Renal Hyperparathyroidism: Analysis of 161 Patients Undergoing Reoperative Parathyroidectomy
Ralph Schneider, Detlef K. Bartsch, Katja Schlosser
Patients’ Preferences on Information and Involvement in Decision Making for Gastrointestinal Surgery
Emilie Uldry, Markus Schäfer, Alend Saadi, Valentin Rousson, Nicolas Demartines
Preservation of the Celiac Branch of the Vagus Nerve during Laparoscopy-assisted Distal Gastrectomy: Impact on Postprandial Changes in Ghrelin Secretion
Shuji Takiguchi, Yuichiro Hiura, Tsuyoshi Takahashi, Yukinori Kurokawa, Makoto Yamasaki, Kiyokazu Nakajima, Hiroshi Miyata, Masaki Mori, Yuichiro Doki
Induction Chemotherapy or Chemoradiotherapy Followed by Radical Esophagectomy for T4 Esophageal Cancer: Results of a Prospective Cohort Study
Hideaki Shimoji, Hiroyuki Karimata, Masayoshi Nagahama, Tadashi Nishimaki
Hepatectomy for Huge Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Single Institute’s Experience
Lianyue Yang, Jiangfeng Xu, Dipeng Ou, Wei Wu, Zhijun Zeng
Should Diaphragmatic Involvement Preclude Resection of Large Hepatic Tumors?
Nikolaos Arkadopoulos, Maria A. Kyriazi, Apostolos Perelas, Kassiani Theodoraki, Evangelia Papantoni, Panagiotis Kokoropoulos, Nikolaos Danias, Vassilios Smyrniotis
Laparoscopy-Assisted Hybrid Left-Side Donor Hepatectomy
Shigeru Marubashi, Hiroshi Wada, Koichi Kawamoto, Shogo Kobayashi, Hidetoshi Eguchi, Yuichiro Doki, Masaki Mori, Hiroaki Nagano
Long-Term Results Using Old Liver Grafts for Transplantation: Sexagenerian Versus Liver Donors Older than 70 Years
Carlos Jiménez-Romero, Marta Clemares-Lama, Alejandro Manrique-Municio, Alvaro García-Sesma, Jorge Calvo-Pulido, Enrique Moreno-González
Usefulness of an Inflammation-Based Prognostic Score (mGPS) for Predicting Survival in Patients with Unresectable Malignant Biliary Obstruction
Yoshimi Iwasaki, Mitsuru Ishizuka, Masato Kato, Junji Kita, Mitsugi Shimoda, Keiichi Kubota
Centralization of Services and Reduction of Adverse Events in Pancreatic Cancer Surgery
Jamie Young, Alistair Thompson, Iain Tait, Lynsey Waugh, Gillian McPhillips
Postoperative Complications Influence Prognosis and Recurrence Patterns in Periampullary Cancer
Jai Young Cho, Ho-Seong Han, Yoo-Seok Yoon, Dae Wook Hwang, Kyuwhan Jung, Young Ki Kim
First Steps in the Management of Pericardial Effusion: Who Was First to Relieve the Pericardial Sac—Larrey or Romero?
Imre Tóth, Ramon Rami-Porta, Szilárd Rendeki, Tamás F. Molnár
A Prospective Randomized Controlled Trial of Semi-mechanical versus Hand-sewn or Circular Stapled Esophagogastrostomy for Prevention of Anastomotic Stricture
U. K. Fetzner, A. H. Hölscher
Inherent Difficulties of Measuring the Burden of Surgical Disease in Resource-Poor Settings
Ira L. Leeds, Lee A. Hugar, C. Adam Lorentz, Jahnavi Srinivasan, John G. Pattaras, Viraj A. Master
Inherent Difficulties of Measuring the Burden of Surgical Disease in Resource-Poor Settings: Reply
Marc D. Manganiello, Christopher D. Hughes, Lars Hagander, David Bayne, Jean Hamiltong Pierre, Jill Buckley, John G. Meara
Physical Examination: The First Step in Sophisticated Diagnostic Path of Breast Cancer
Zdravkovic Darko, Granic Miroslav, Zdravkovic Marija, Randjelovic Tomislav, Nikolic Dejan, Ivanovic Nebojsa
Self-expandable Metallic Stents in Pregnant Patients with Obstructing Colorectal Cancer
Edoardo Virgilio, Pier Federico Salvi, Genoveffa Balducci
Erratum to: Therapeutic Approach to Patients With a Lower-Pitched Voice After Thyroidectomy
Inn-Chul Nam, Ja-Sung Bae, Byung-Joo Chae, Mi-Ran Shim, Yeon-Shin Hwang, Dong-Il Sun