Issue 9/2019
Content (30 Articles)
Analysis of Surgical Adverse Events at a Major University Hospital in South Africa
Howard Wain, Victor Kong, John Bruce, Grant Laing, Damian Clarke
Association Between Gender, Surgery and Mortality for Patients Treated at Médecins Sans Frontières Trauma Centre in Kunduz, Afghanistan
Linnea Latifa Tounsi, Hadjer Latif Daebes, Martin Gerdin Wärnberg, Maximilian Nerlander, Momer Jaweed, Bashir Ahmad Mamozai, Masood Nasim, Gustaf Drevin, Miguel Trelles, Johan von Schreeb
HIV Infection: Its Impact on Patients with Appendicitis in Botswana
Alemayehu Ginbo Bedada, Marvin Hsiao, Georges Azzie
Surgical Training in South Africa: An Overview and Attempt to Assess the Training System from the Perspective of Foreign Trainees
Guglielmo Mantica, Pietro Fransvea, Francesco Virdis, Timothy C. Hardcastle, Hilgard Ackermann, Carlo Terrone, Gianluca Costa, André Van der Merwe, Genoveffa Balducci, Elmin Steyn
Surgical Outcomes in Patients with Abdominal Cocoon: Series of 15 Patients
Harjeet Singh, Santhosh Irrinki, Thakur Deen Yadav, Hemanth Kumar, Jyoti Kharel, Narender Dhaka, Harshal Mandavdhare, Vishal Sharma
Reduced Elective Operation Rates and High Patient Satisfaction After the Implementation of Decision Aids in Patients with Gallstones or an Inguinal Hernia
Carmen S. S. Latenstein, Bob J. van Wely, Mieke Klerkx, Marjan J. Meinders, Bastiaan Thomeer, Philip R. de Reuver
Peritoneal Flap Hernioplasty for Reconstruction of Large Ventral Hernias: Long-Term Outcome in 251 Patients
Michael Festersen Nielsen, Andrew de Beaux, Bruce Tulloh
Chronic Postoperative Opioid Use: A Systematic Review
Ashley Hinther, Omar Abdel-Rahman, Winson Y. Cheung, May Lynn Quan, Joseph C. Dort
A Systematic Review on the Synoptic Operative Report Versus the Narrative Operative Report in Surgery
Özgür Eryigit, Floyd W. van de Graaf, Johan F. Lange
Has Symptom-Based Admission Replaced Diagnosis in the Emergency Department? An 18-Year Review of Emergency General Surgical Admissions at Royal Perth Hospital
Peter I. Kenner, Cecilia C. H. Wee, Dieter G. Weber
Correlation Between the Increased Hospital Volume and Decreased Overall Perioperative Mortality in One Universal Health Care System
Jin-Ming Wu, Te-Wei Ho, Yu-Wen Tien
Estimating the Global Demand and Delivery of Cancer Surgery
Syed Nabeel Zafar, Asif H. Siddiqui, Roomasa Channa, Shayan Ahmed, Ammar A. Javed, Andrea Bafford
Seasonal, Weather, and Temporal Factors in the Prediction of Admission to a Pediatric Trauma Center
Sriram Ramgopal, Jennifer Dunnick, Nalyn Siripong, Kavitha A. Conti, Barbara A. Gaines, Noel S. Zuckerbraun
Association of Surgical Volume and Quality Management in Thyroid Surgery: A Two-Nation Multicenter Study
Dominik A. Jakob, Philipp Riss, Christian Scheuba, Michael Hermann, Corina Kim-Fuchs, Christian A. Seiler, Martin A. Walter, Reto M. Kaderli
Incidence, Risk Factors, and Natural Outcome of Vocal Fold Paresis in 920 Thyroid Operations with Routine Pre- and Postoperative Laryngoscopic Evaluation
Maria Heikkinen, Kimmo Mäkinen, Elina Penttilä, Mari Qvarnström, Tatu Kemppainen, Heikki Löppönen, Jussi M. Kärkkäinen
Prognostic Impact of the Turin Criteria in Poorly Differentiated Thyroid Carcinoma
Junko Akaishi, Tetsuo Kondo, Kiminori Sugino, Yuna Ogimi, Chie Masaki, Kiyomi Y. Hames, Tomonori Yabuta, Chisato Tomoda, Akifumi Suzuki, Kenichi Matsuzu, Takashi Uruno, Keiko Ohkuwa, Wataru Kitagawa, Mitsuji Nagahama, Ryohei Katoh, Koichi Ito
Which is Better for Patients with Breast Cancer: Totally Implanted Vascular Access Devices (TIVAD) or Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter (PICC)?
Tian-tian Tang, Lei Liu, Chun-xiao Li, Yun-tao Li, Tao Zhou, Hai-ping Li, Jianxin Wang
Evaluation of Radiation Exposure During Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy in Breast Cancer: A Retrospective Study
Rajaram Burrah, Karen James, Shabbir Poonawala
MRI Performance in Detecting pCR After Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy by Molecular Subtype of Breast Cancer
Nancy Yu, Vivian W. Y. Leung, Sarkis Meterissian
Bilateral Risk-Reducing Mastectomies with Implant-Based Reconstructions Followed Long Term: A Consecutive Series of 185 Patients
Karin Isaksson, Brita Arver, Matteo Bottai, Andreas Pettersson, Marie Wickman, Kerstin Sandelin
Sarcopenia Affects Systemic and Local Immune System and Impacts Postoperative Outcome in Patients with Extrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma
Yuki Kitano, Yo-ichi Yamashita, Yoichi Saito, Shigeki Nakagawa, Hirohisa Okabe, Katsunori Imai, Yoshihiro Komohara, Yuji Miyamoto, Akira Chikamoto, Takatoshi Ishiko, Hideo Baba
Long-Term Outcome After Conventional Two-Stage Hepatectomy Versus Tourniquet-ALPPS in Colorectal Liver Metastases: A Propensity Score Matching Analysis
Ricardo Robles-Campos, Roberto Brusadin, Asunción López-Conesa, Víctor López-López, Álvaro Navarro-Barrios, José J. López-Espín, Julio Arévalo-Pérez, Pascual Parrilla
Prophylactic Pancreatectomies Carry Prohibitive Mortality at Low-Volume Centers: A California Cancer Registry Study
Ann Falor Callahan, Philip H. G. Ituarte, Leanne Goldstein, Susanne G. Warner, Yanghee Woo, Gagandeep Singh, Yuman Fong, Laleh G. Melstrom
Medical Contraindications to Transplant Listing in the USA: A Survey of Adult and Pediatric Heart, Kidney, Liver, and Lung Programs
Anji Wall, Gun Ho Lee, Jose Maldonado, David Magnus
A Pilot Study on Measuring Tissue Motion During Carotid Surgery Using Video-Based Analyses for the Objective Assessment of Surgical Performance
Taku Sugiyama, Toshitaka Nakamura, Yasuhiro Ito, Kikutaro Tokairin, Ken Kazumata, Naoki Nakayama, Kiyohiro Houkin
A Population-Based Study of Incidence, Presentation, Management and Outcome of Primary Thromboembolic Ischemia in the Upper Extremity
Jørgen B. Vennesland, Kjetil Søreide, Jan Terje Kvaløy, Andreas Reite, Morten Vetrhus
Delphi Study to Reach International Consensus Among Vascular Surgeons on Major Arterial Vascular Surgical Complications
S. M. L. de Mik, F. E. Stubenrouch, D. A. Legemate, R. Balm, D. T. Ubbink, R. Balm, J. P. Becquemin, J. D. Blankensteijn, G. J. de Borst, L. Capoccia, D. G. Clair, J. L. Cronenwett, A. H. Davies, B. H. P. Elsman, M. A. Farber, T. L. Forbes, P. C. J. M. Goverde, I. van Herzeele, R. J. Hinchliffe, D. L. Jacobs, V. Jongkind, C. D. Liapis, L. Lönn, M. Montero-Baker, W. S. Moore, A. R. Naylor, K. Overbeck, T. A. Resch, S. Ronchey, N. Sakalihasan, T. P. Sarac, C. Setacci, H. Sillesen, F. J. Veith, H. J. Verhagen, F. Verzini, A. M. Wiersema
Predictors for Pediatric Blunt Cerebrovascular Injury (BCVI): An International Multicenter Analysis
Christian D. Weber, Rolf Lefering, Matthias S. Weber, Georg Bier, Matthias Knobe, Miguel Pishnamaz, Philipp Kobbe, Frank Hildebrand
Letter to the Editor: Outcome of Self-Expanding Metal Stents in the Treatment of Anastomotic Leaks After Ivor Lewis Esophagectomy
Victor D. Plat, Freek Daams, Donald L. van der Peet
Author’s Reply: Outcome of Self-Expanding Metal Stents in the Treatment of Anastomotic Leaks After Ivor Lewis Esophagectomy
Patrick Sven Plum, Felix Berlth, Till Herbold, Seung-Hun Chon