Issue 9/2022
Content (36 Articles)
The World Journal of Surgery Welcomes Dr George Rakovich to the Editorial Board
Julie Ann Sosa
The World Journal of Surgery Welcomes Professor Owen A Ung to the Editorial Board
Julie Ann Sosa
The World Journal of Surgery Welcomes Dr. Christine Laronga to the Editorial Board
Julie Ann Sosa
Evolving Trends in the Management of Acute Appendicitis During COVID-19 Waves: The ACIE Appy II Study
Francesco Pata, Marcello Di Martino, Mauro Podda, Salomone Di Saverio, Benedetto Ielpo, Gianluca Pellino, Abba Julio, Abdullah Alshamrani, Abdullah Alturkistani, Abdulrahman Alghamdi, Abdulrahman Almalki, Adam Orengia, Adnan Kuvvetli, Adolfo Pisanu, Adrian Smith, Adriana Michelle Treviño Figueroa, Aeris Jane Nacion, Ahmad Alhazmi, Ahmad Bouhuwaish, Ahmad Khalid, Ahmed Alsufyani, Ainhoa Valle Rubio, Akshay Bavikatte, Akshay Kumar, Al-Radjid Jamiri, Alberto de San Ildefonso Pereira, Alberto Porcu, Alberto Sartori, Aldo Rocca, Aleksandar Sretenovic, Alessandro Anselmo, Alessandro De Luca, Alexandros Charalabopoulos, Alexios Tzivanakis, Alfonso Bandin, Alfonso Nájar, Alice Frontali, Alsulaimani Faisal, Amaia Martínez Roldan, Amal Hamid, Ana André, Ana Minaya-Bravo, Andre Das, Andrea Bondurri, Andrea Costanzi, Andrea Lucchi, Andrei Mihailescu, Andrea Police, Andres Mendoza Zuchini, Angela Romano, Angelo Iossa, Antonella Chessa, Antonella Tromba, Antonio Castaldi, Antonio Brillantino, Antonio Ferronetti, Antonio Giuliani, Antonio Ramos-De la Medina, Antonio Tarasconi, Arcangelo Picciariello, Argyrios Ioannidis, Ari Leppäniemi, Arshad Rashid, Ashrarur Rahman Mitul, Asif Mehraj, Asim laharwal, Atif Iqbal, Athanasios Liarakos, Athanasios Marinis, Beatriz de Andrés-Asenjo, Belén Matías-García, Belinda De Simone, Ben Creavin, Ben Stubbs, Brian Goh, Branislav Jovanovic, Bruno Sensi, Carlo Gazia, Carlos Cerdán, Carlos Javier Gómez Díaz, Carlos Petrola Chacón, Carlos Yánez, Carmelo Lo Faro, Caroline Reinke, Casandra Dominguez, Charudutt Paranjape, Charlotte Thomas, Chia Chi Fung, Chiara De Lucia, Chiu Hiu Fung Jennifer, Christian Ovalle-Chao, Claudio Guerci, Cleo Kenington, Corina Gica, Cristina Folliero, Cristopher Varela, Daniel Popowich, Daniele Delogu, Daniele Zigiotto, Danilo Vinci, Dario D’Antonio, David Alessio Merlini, David Merlini, David Moro-Valdezate, Deborah Keller, Diana Cristiana Nicolaescu, Diego Sasia, Edgar Rodas, Dimitrios Linardoutsos, Domenico Russello, Pedro Alfonso Nájar-Castañeda, Habil Gregor Stavrou, Edoardo Rosso, Edoardo Saladino, Edoardo Ricciardi, Eduardo Smith-Singares, Efstratia Baili, Eleftheria Douka, Eleonora Guaitoli, Elisa Francone, Elisa Maria Vaterlini, Elisa Sefora Pierobon, Emilio Morales, Emilio Peña Ros, Enrico Benzoni, Enrico Erdas, Enrico Pinotti, Enrique Colás-Ruiz, Ernesto Laterza, Esteban Foianini, Eugenia Cardamone, Eugenio Licardie, Fabio Marino, Fahad Alsofyani, Fahad Qahtani, Farhan Khan, Fatlum Maraska, Fatmir Saliu, Fausto Madrid, Fausto Rosa, Federico Luvisetto, Felipe Alconchel, Felipe Pareja-Ciuro, Fernanda Neves, Ferdinando Agresta, Fernando Cordera, Fernando Pardo, Fernando Mendoza-Moreno, Fernando Munoz-Flores, Francesca Maria Silvestri, Francesca Paola Tropeano, Francesca Pecchini, Francesca Serio, Francesco Colombo, Francesco Di Marzo, Francesco Ferrara, Francesco Lancellotti, Francesco Litta, Francesco Martini, Francesco Roscio, Francisco Blanco-Antona, Francisco Javier Quezada Barcenas, Francisco Schlottmann, Gabriel Herrera-Almario, Gabrielle van Ramshorst, Gaetano Gallo, Gaetano Luglio, Georgios Kampouroglou, Georgios Papadopoulos, Gerardo Arredondo, Giacomo Calini, Giampaolo Formisano, Giampaolo Galiffa, Gian Marco Palini, Gianluca Colucci, Gianluca Pagano, Gianluca Vanni, Gianmaria Casoni Pattacini, Gianpiero Gravante, Giorgio Lisi, Giovanni Bellanova, Giovanni De Nobili, Giovanni Sammy Necchi, Giovanni Sinibaldi, Giulia Bacchiocchi, Giulia Bagaglini, Giulia Maggi, Giuliano Izzo, Giulio Argenio, Giuseppe Brisinda, Giuseppe Esposito, Giuseppe Frazzetta, Giuseppe Massimiliano De Luca, Giuseppe Nigri, Giuseppe Sica, Gonzalo Martin-Martin, Gustavo Armand Ugon, Gustavo Martinez-Mier, Gustavo Miguel Machain Vega, Gustavo Nari, Herald Nikaj, Ignacio Neri, Igor Alberdi San Roman, Iliya Fidoshev, Iñaki Martínez, Ionut Negoi, Irene Ortega, Irune Vicente Rodríguez, Isabel Cornejo, Ismael Mora-Guzmán, Issam al-Najami, Ivan Romic, Izaskun Balciscueta, James Olivier, Jan Lammel-Lindemann, Jana Dziakova, Javier Salinas, Jelena Pejanovic Jovanovic, Jeryl Anne Silvia Reyes, Joanne Salas, Jose Antonio Diaz-Elizondo, Jose Gustavo Parreira, Juan Bellido, Juan Salamea, Juan Carlos Martín del Olmo, Juliana María Ordoñez, Sofi Junaid, Justin Davies, Kapil Sahnan, Kebebe Bekele, Kelvin Voon, Leandro Siragusa, Lorenzo Petagna, Luca Ferrario, Luca Giordano, Luca Nespoli, Luca Pio, Lucia Moletta, Luciano Curella, Lucio Taglietti, Luigi Bonavina, Luigi Conti, Luis Eduardo Pérez-Sánchez, Luis Felipe Cabrera Vargas, Luis Sánchez-Guillén, Luis Tallon-Aguilar, Mansoor Khan, Marcello Giuseppe Spampinato, Marcelo Viola, Marcelo Viola Malet, Marco Angrisani, Marco Calussi, Marco Catarci, Marco Giordano, Marco Materazzo, Marco Milone, Marco Pellicciaro, Marco Vito Marino, María Daniela Moreno Villamizar, Maria Giulia Lolli, Maria Irene Bellini, Maria Lemma, Maria Michela Chiarello, Mario Montes-Manrique, Mario Rodriguez-Lopez, Mario Serradilla-Martín, Mark Peter, Marta Paniagua-García-Señoráns, Martin Rutegård, Martin Salö, Massimiliano Silveri, Massimiliano Veroux, Matteo Nardi, Matteo Rottoli, Matti Tolonen, Mauricio Pedraza Ciro, Mauricio Zuluaga, Maurizio Iacobone, Mauro Montuori, Mazin Ali, Melody García Domínguez, Menna Maria Paola, Micaela Piccoli, Michela Campanelli, Michele De Rosa, Michele Manigrasso, Michele Maruccia, Michele Torre, Michele Zuolo, Miguel Pera, Mihiri Weerasekera, Mikel Prieto, Min Myat Thway, Mohamed Shaat, Mohammad Azfar, Mostafa Shalaby, Muhammad Asif Raza, Muhammad Umar Younis, Muhammed Elhadi, Mujahid Ali, Musab AlThomali, Nadiah Al Amri, Nagendra Dudi-Venkata, Nahar Alselaim, Neil Smart, Nelson Trelles, Nicolò Falco, Niccolo Petrucciani, Nicola Antonacci, Nicola Cillara, Nicolae Gica, Nicolò Pecorelli, Nicolò Tamini, Nikolaos Machairas, Nura Feituri, Nuria Ortega Torrecilla, Octavio Avila Mercado, Ohood AlAamer, Oktay Irkorucu, Omar Alsherif, Oreste Claudio Buonomo, Orestes Valles-Guerra, Orestis Ioannidis, Oscar Isaac Hernández Palmas, Oscar Sanz Guadarrama, Osman Bozbiyik, Pablo Rodrigues, Pamela Milito, Paolo Panaccio, Panagiotis Dorovinis, Paola Prieto, Paolo Baroffio, Patrizia Marsanic, Pawel Ajawin, Peng Soon Koh, Pietro Anoldo, Piotr Major, Qasem Alharthi, Rashid Lui, Riccardo Caruso, Richard Brady, Rishi Rattan, Rishi Singhal, Roberta Angelico, Roberta Maria Isernia, Roberta Tutino, Roberto Peltrini, Rodrigo Tejos, Roosevelt Fajardo, Rossella Elia, Salvador Morales-Conde, Sami Benli, Sara Fuentes, Sara Gortázar de las Casas, Sara Ortiz de Guzmán Aragón, Sara Vertaldi, Selmy Awad, Sergio Gentilli, Sergio Alberto Weckmann Lujan, Serkan Tayar, Shabab Althobaiti, Silvia Di Giovanni, Soliman Ghedan, Sonia Pérez-Bertólez, Sonja Chiappetta, Spiros Delis, Stefano Scaringi, Süleyman Çetinkünar, Stylianos Kykalos, Syed Muhammad Ali, Sylvia Krivan, Tak Lit Derek Fung, Tarik Delko, Tatiana Nicolás López, Tercio De Campos, Teresa Calderón Duque, Teresa Perra, Theodore Liakakos, Theodoros Daskalakis, Tijmen Koëter, Tiku Zalla, Tomás Elosua González, Tommaso Campagnaro, Toure Alpha Oumar, Ugo Grossi, Valentina Sosa, Valentina Testa, Valentina Tomajer, Valeria Andriola, Valeria Tonini, Valerio Celentano, Valerio Voglino, Venkateswara Rao Katta, Víctor Hugo García Orozco, Victor Turrado-Rodriguez, Victor Visag-Castillo, Victoria Graham, Viktor Rachkov, Vincenzo Papagni, Vincenzo Vigorita, Virginia Jiménez Carneros, Vittoria Bellato, Wolf Bechstein, Yuksel Altinel, Zutoia Balciscueta
Reallocation of Hospital Resources During COVID-19 Pandemic and Effect on Trauma Outcomes in a Resource-Limited Setting
Jared R. Gallaher, Avital Yohann, Chifundo Kajombo, Andrew Schneider, Laura Purcell, Anthony Charles
The Epidemiology of Major Trauma During the First Wave of COVID-19 Movement Restriction Policies: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Observational Studies
Marcello Antonini, Madeleine Hinwood, Francesco Paolucci, Zsolt J. Balogh
Inspirational Women in Surgery: Dr Claire Karekezi, Neurosurgeon, Rwanda
Kathryn Chu
Factors Influencing the Intention to Pursue Surgery among Female Pre-Medical Students: A Cross-Sectional Study in Pakistan
Russell Seth Martins, Asad Saulat Fatimi, Shamila Ladak, Hamzah Jehanzeb, Raisa Saleh, Gaurav Kumar, Shamama Kaleem, Muhammad Saad, Inaara Akbar, Manzar Abbas, Sarah Nadeem, Mahim A. Malik
The Third Delay in General Surgical Care in a Regional Referral Hospital in Soroti, Uganda
Savannah Starr, Woon Cho Kim, Rasheedat Oke, Melissa Carvalho, Yera Ledesma, Silas Okullu, Mary Goretty Ariokot, Andrew Hyginus Wange, Esther Agwang, Peter Ekuchu, Marissa Boeck, Catherine Juillard, Mary Margaret Ajiko, Rochelle A. Dicker
Inter-hospital Transfer Delays to a Tertiary Referral Center and Postoperative Outcomes in Patients with Abdominal Surgical Emergencies in Malawi
Avital Yohann, Chifundo Kajombo, Gift Mulima, Jared Gallaher, Anthony Charles
Telemedicine for Surgical Site Infection Diagnosis in Rural Rwanda: Concordance and Accuracy of Image Reviews
Bethany Hedt-Gauthier, Elizabeth Miranda, Theoneste Nkurunziza, Olivia Hughes, Adeline A. Boatin, Erick Gaju, Alexi Matousek, Teena Cherian, Robert Riviello, Fredrick Kateera
Perioperative Care Pathways in Low- and Lower-Middle-Income Countries: Systematic Review and Narrative Synthesis
Jignesh Patel, Timo Tolppa, Bruce M. Biccard, Brigitta Fazzini, Rashan Haniffa, Debora Marletta, Ramani Moonesinghe, Rupert Pearse, Sutharshan Vengadasalam, Timothy J. Stephens, Cecilia Vindrola-Padros
Estimates of Treatable Deaths Within the First 20 Years of Life from Scaling Up Surgical Care at First-Level Hospitals in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
Alicia G. Sykes, Justina Seyi-Olajide, Emmanuel A. Ameh, Doruk Ozgediz, Alizeh Abbas, Simone Abib, Adesoji Ademuyiwa, Abdelbasit Ali, Tasmiah Tahera Aziz, Tanvir Kabir Chowdhury, Hafeez Abdelhafeez, Romeo C. Ignacio, Benjamin Keller, Greg Klazura, Karen Kling, Benjamin Martin, Godfrey Sama Philipo, Hariharan Thangarajah, Ava Yap, John G. Meara, Donald A. P. Bundy, Dean T. Jamison, Charles N. Mock, Stephen W. Bickler
The American Association for the Surgery of Trauma (AAST) Liver Injury Grade Does Not Equally Predict Interventions in Blunt and Penetrating Trauma
William Brigode, Amal Adra, Gweniviere Capron, Anupam Basu, Thomas Messer, Frederic Starr, Faran Bokhari
Efficacy of the Oral Administration of Maltodextrin Fructose Before Major Abdominal Surgery: A Prospective, Multicenter Clinical Study
Huanlong Qin, Jiafu Ji, Yi Miao, Tong Liu, Dongbing Zhao, Zhenyi Jia, Jun Jiang, Jiang Liu, Qiang Li, Xi Ji, Weihua Fu, Donghua Lou, Wenyu Xia, Ning Li
Temporal Trends in the Investigation, Management and Outcomes of Acute Appendicitis over 15 Years in the North of England: A Retrospective Cohort Study
Jared Bhaskar, Ross C. McLean, Keir Bhaskar, Leo R. Brown
Utilising Electronic PROMs to Measure a Change in Health Following Elective Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy: A Feasibility Study
Prita Daliya, Dileep N. Lobo, Simon L. Parsons
The Effects of Methylene Blue and Carbon Nanoparticles on Transplanted Lymph Node Survival, Reconstructed Lymphatic Function, and Changes in Inflammatory and Fibrosis Factors
Heng Wang, Dong Dong, Chi Liu, Mingjie Yuan, Liang Chen, Tianyi Liu
Generation of Cross-Specialty Consensus Statements on Soft Tissue Management via a Modified Delphi Method
Damir Matic, Joseph S. Cheng, Olivier Gauthier, Yves Harder, Salvatore C. Lettieri, Sandipan Chatterjee, Maio Chen, David Volgas
Long-term Cure of Primary Hyperparathyroidism After Scan-Directed Parathyroidectomy: Outcomes From A UK Endocrine Surgery Unit
Neil Patel, Radu Mihai
Accuracy of Parathyroid Adenoma Localization by Preoperative Ultrasound and Sestamibi in 1089 Patients with Primary Hyperparathyroidism
K. Alexander Iwen, Jochen Kußmann, Volker Fendrich, Kirsten Lindner, Alexandra Zahn
Using Intra-Operative Laryngeal Ultrasonography as a Real-Time Tool in Assessing Vocal Cord Function During Radiofrequency Ablation of the Thyroid Gland
Matrix Man Him Fung, Brian Hung Hin Lang
The Impact of Post-Thyroidectomy Neck Stretching Exercises on Neck Discomfort, Pressure Symptoms, Voice and Quality of Life: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Rikke Taudal Thorsen, Helle Døssing, Steen Joop Bonnema, Thomas Heiberg Brix, Christian Godballe, Jesper Roed Sorensen
Correction: The Impact of Post-Thyroidectomy Neck Stretching Exercises on Neck Discomfort, Pressure Symptoms, Voice and Quality of Life: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Rikke Taudal Thorsen, Helle Døssing, Steen Joop Bonnema, Thomas Heiberg Brix, Christian Godballe, Jesper Roed Sorensen
Psychological Impact of Type of Breast Cancer Surgery: A National Cohort Study
Soo kyung Ahn, Sohee Oh, Jongjin Kim, Jung-Seok Choi, Ki-Tae Hwang
Correction to: Psychological Impact of Type of Breast Cancer Surgery: A National Cohort Study
Soo kyung Ahn, Sohee Oh, Jongjin Kim, Jung-Seok Choi, Ki-Tae Hwang
A New Risk Factor for Cervical Anastomotic Leakage-Role of The Relative Gastric Length in the Surgical Treatment of Esophageal Cancer
Peng Yao, Ying Zhang, Gang Li, Ze-Guo Zhuo, Zhi-Jie Xu, Gu-Ha Alai, Yi-Dan Lin
Severe Dysphagia is Rare After Magnetic Sphincter Augmentation
Milena Bologheanu, Aleksa Matic, Joy Feka, Reza Asari, Razvan Bologheanu, Franz M. Riegler, Lisa Gensthaler, Bogdan Osmokrovic, Sebastian F. Schoppmann
Magnetic Sphincter Augmentation for the Treatment of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease
Marco G. Patti, Fernando A. M. Herbella
Repeat Resection for Advanced Colorectal Liver Metastases—Does it have the Potential for Cure?
Yoshinori Takeda, Yoshihiro Mise, Hiromichi Ito, Yoshihiro Ono, Takafumi Sato, Yosuke Inoue, Yu Takahashi, Akio Saiura
Defining Surgical Workforce Density Targets to Meet Child and Neonatal Mortality Rate Targets in the Age of the Sustainable Development Goals: A Global Cross-Sectional Study
Paul Truche, Emily R. Smith, Adesoji Ademuyiwa, Alexandra Buda, Mary T. Nabukenya, Neema Kaseje, Emmanuel A. Ameh, Sarah Greenberg, Faye Evans, Stephen Bickler, John G. Meara, Henry E. Rice
Clinical Features of Recurrence Pattern with Lung Metastasis After Radical Esophagectomy for Thoracic Esophageal Cancer
Kazuaki Matsui, Hirofumi Kawakubo, Satoru Matsuda, Yuki Hirata, Tomoyuki Irino, Kazumasa Fukuda, Rieko Nakamura, Yuko Kitagawa
Correction to: Postoperative Reduction Quality May Be the Most Important Factor That Causes Worse Functional Outcomes in Open and Closed Pelvic Fractures
Chih-Yang Lai, Po-Ju Lai, I-Chuan Tseng, Chun-Yi Su, Yung-Heng Hsu, Ying-Chao Chou, Yi-Hsun Yu
Correction to: Large Nipple Volume as a Risk Factor of Nipple–Areola Complex Necrosis Following Nipple-Sparing Mastectomy
Miki Yamada, Hiromitsu Jinno, Saki Naruse, Yuka Isono, Daisuke Tsukahara, Yasuko Umemoto, Akiko Matsumoto, Kyoko Dogo, Yuko Sasajima