Issue 11/2014
Content (45 Articles)
Statement on Surgical Pre-Residency Preparatory Courses
A Randomized Prospective Study Comparing Acquisition of Laparoscopic Skills in Three-Dimensional (3D) vs. Two-Dimensional (2D) Laparoscopy
B. Alaraimi, W. El Bakbak, S. Sarker, S. Makkiyah, A. Al-Marzouq, R. Goriparthi, A. Bouhelal, V. Quan, B. Patel
Residents’ Engagement and Empathy Associated With Their Perception of Faculty’s Teaching Performance
S. S. Lenny Lases, Onyebuchi A. Arah, E. G. J. M. Robert Pierik, Erik Heineman, M. J. M. H. Kiki Lombarts
The Impact of Resident- and Self-Evaluations on Surgeon’s Subsequent Teaching Performance
Benjamin C. M. Boerebach, Onyebuchi A. Arah, Maas Jan Heineman, Olivier R. C. Busch, Kiki M. J. M. H. Lombarts
Sensitivity and Specificity of Red Cell Distribution Width in Diagnosing Acute Mesenteric Ischemia in Patients with Abdominal Pain
Abdullah Kisaoglu, Atif Bayramoglu, Bunyami Ozogul, Kenan Atac, Mucahit Emet, Sabri Selcuk Atamanalp
Can New Inflammatory Markers Improve the Diagnosis of Acute Appendicitis?
Manne Andersson, Marie Rubér, Christina Ekerfelt, Hanna Björnsson Hallgren, Gunnar Olaison, Roland E. Andersson
Mesh Repair Versus Non-Mesh Repair for Strangulated Inguinal Hernia: Systematic Review with Meta-Analysis
Hassen Hentati, Wajih Dougaz, Chadli Dziri
Lateral Incisional Hernia After Renal Transplantation: A Comparative Study
Guillaume Luc, Anaëlle David, Lionel Couzi, Dominique Midy, Denis Collet, Vincent Dubuisson
Prevention of Subcutaneous Seroma Formation in Open Ventral Hernia Repair Using a New Low-Thrombin Fibrin Sealant
Gernot Köhler, Oliver Owen Koch, Stavros A. Antoniou, Michael Lechner, Franz Mayer, Klaus Emmanuel
Time-Based Trauma-Related Mortality Patterns in a Newly Created Trauma System
Husham Abdelrahman, Ayman El-Menyar, Hassan Al-Thani, Rafael Consunji, Ahmad Zarour, Ruben Peralta, Ashok Parchani, Rifat Latifi
First 100 Laparoscopic Surgeries in a Predominantly Rural Nigerian Population: A Template for Future Growth
Christopher N. Ekwunife, Ogechukwu Nwobe
An Observational Cohort Study of the Adoption of Elastic Stable Intramedullary Nailing for the Treatment of Pediatric Femur Fractures in Kumasi, Ghana
Scott P. Kaiser, Tai Holland, Paa Kwesi Baidoo, Richard C. Coughlin, Peter Konadu, Dominic Awariyah, Raphael A. Kumah-Ametepey
Changing Trends in Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery over the Decade: Is Same-day Discharge Feasible in the United Kingdom?
Parameswaran Rajeev, Rupesh Sutaria, Tarek Ezzat, Radu Mihai, Gregory P. Sadler
Surgical Management of Retropharyngeal Nodes Metastases from Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma
Takafumi Togashi, Iwao Sugitani, Kazuhisa Toda, Kazuyoshi Kawabata, Sugata Takahashi
Aluminum Overload Hampers Symptom Improvement Following Parathyroidectomy for Secondary Hyperparathyroidism
Shih-Ping Cheng, Jie-Jen Lee, Tsang-Pai Liu, Han-Hsiang Chen, Chih-Jen Wu, Chien-Liang Liu
Parafibromin, Galectin-3, PGP9.5, Ki67, and Cyclin D1: Using an Immunohistochemical Panel to Aid in the Diagnosis of Parathyroid Cancer
Peter P. Truran, Sarah J. Johnson, Richard D. Bliss, Thomas W. J. Lennard, Sebastian R. Aspinall
Despite Limited Specificity, Computed Tomography Predicts Lateralization and Clinical Outcome in Primary Aldosteronism
G. A. Kline, V. C. Dias, B. So, A. Harvey, J. L. Pasieka
Safe Negative Margin Width in Breast Conservative Therapy: Results from a Population with a High Percentage of Negative Prognostic Factors
Abu Bakar Bhatti, Amina Khan, Narjis Muzaffar, Neelam Siddiqui, Aamir Syed, Mazhar Shah, Awais Aamir, Arif Jamshed
Review of Our Experience With Neuroblastoma and Ganglioneuroblastoma in Adults
Nezar Y. Jrebi, Corey W. Iqbal, Gaëtan-Romain Joliat, Thomas J. Sebo, David R. Farley
Chylothorax Complicating Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery for Non-small Cell Lung Cancer
Chao-Yu Liu, Po-Kuei Hsu, Chien-Sheng Huang, Yung-Han Sun, Yu-Chung Wu, Wen-Hu Hsu
Impact of Preoperative Risk Factors on Morbidity after Esophagectomy: Is There Room for Improvement?
Styliani Mantziari, Martin Hübner, Nicolas Demartines, Markus Schäfer
Is the Outcome of a Salvage Surgery for T4 Thoracic Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma Really Poor?
Yasunori Akutsu, Tsuguaki Kono, Masaya Uesato, Isamu Hoshino, Kentaro Murakami, Tomoyoshi Aoyagi, Takumi Ota, Takeshi Toyozumi, Hiroshi Suito, Hiroki Kobayashi, Rintaro Harada, Takashi Uno, Hisahiro Matsubara
Assessment of Motor Function of the Remnant Stomach by 13C Breath Test With Special Reference to Gastric Local Resection
Masahiko Kawamura, Koji Nakada, Hideo Konishi, Taizo Iwasaki, Keishiro Murakami, Norio Mitsumori, Nobuyoshi Hanyu, Nobuo Omura, Katsuhiko Yanaga
Traditional versus Robot-Assisted Full Laparoscopic Liver Resection: A Matched-Pair Comparative Study
Hadrien Tranchart, Cecilia Ceribelli, Stefano Ferretti, Ibrahim Dagher, Alberto Patriti
Above 5 cm, Size Does Not Matter Anymore in Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Chetana Lim, Yoshihiro Mise, Yoshihiro Sakamoto, Satoshi Yamamoto, Junichi Shindoh, Takeaki Ishizawa, Taku Aoki, Kiyoshi Hasegawa, Yasuhiko Sugawara, Masatoshi Makuuchi, Norihiro Kokudo
Laparoscopic vs. Open Liver Resection for Hepatocellular Carcinoma of Cirrhotic Liver: A Case–Control Study
Riccardo Memeo, Nicola de’Angelis, Philippe Compagnon, Chady Salloum, Daniel Cherqui, Alexis Laurent, Daniel Azoulay
Clinical Strategy for the Reconstruction of Middle Hepatic Vein Tributaries in Right Liver Living Donor Liver Transplantation
Kun-Ming Chan, Chih-Hsien Cheng, Tsung-Han Wu, Ting-Jung Wu, Hong-Shiue Chou, Ching-Sung Lee, Wei-Chen Lee
A Novel Method for Laparoscopic Splenectomy in the Setting of Hypersplenism Secondary to Liver Cirrhosis: Ten Years’ Experience
Yunqiang Cai, Xubao Liu, Bing Peng
Is Radical Surgery Feasible in Liver Hydatid Cysts in Contact with the Inferior Vena Cava?
J. M. Ramia, A. Serrablo, R. De la Plaza, J. Esarte, L. Gijón, L. Sarria, J. Figueras, J. García-Parreño
Biliary Complications After Pancreaticoduodenectomy: Skinny Bile Ducts Are Surgeons’ Enemies
Pauline Duconseil, Olivier Turrini, Jacques Ewald, Stéphane V. Berdah, Vincent Moutardier, Jean-Robert Delpero
Perioperative Antibiotics Covering Bile Contamination Prevent Abdominal Infectious Complications After Pancreatoduodenectomy in Patients With Preoperative Biliary Drainage
Takeshi Sudo, Yoshiaki Murakami, Kenichiro Uemura, Yasushi Hashimoto, Naru Kondo, Naoya Nakagawa, Hiroki Ohge, Taijiro Sueda
Enhanced Recovery After Surgery Pathway in Patients Undergoing Pancreaticoduodenectomy
Marco Braga, Nicolò Pecorelli, Riccardo Ariotti, Giovanni Capretti, Massimiliano Greco, Gianpaolo Balzano, Renato Castoldi, Luigi Beretta
Preoperative Biliary Drainage of Severely Jaundiced Patients Increases Morbidity of Pancreaticoduodenectomy: Results of a Case-Control Study
Nikolaos Arkadopoulos, Maria A. Kyriazi, Ioannis S. Papanikolaou, Pantelis Vasiliou, Kassiani Theodoraki, Christos Lappas, Nikolaos Oikonomopoulos, Vassilios Smyrniotis
Laparoscopic Spleen-Preserving Distal Pancreatectomy: Comparative Study of Spleen Preservation with Splenic Vessel Resection and Splenic Vessel Preservation
Zun Qiang Zhou, Song Cheol Kim, Ki Byung Song, Kwang-Min Park, Jae Hoon Lee, Young-Joo Lee
Preservation of the Left Gastric Artery on the Basis of Anatomical Features in Patients Undergoing Distal Pancreatectomy with Celiac Axis En-bloc Resection (DP-CAR)
Ken-ichi Okada, Manabu Kawai, Masaji Tani, Seiko Hirono, Motoki Miyazawa, Atsushi Shimizu, Yuji Kitahata, Hiroki Yamaue
S-1 vs. Gemcitabine as an Adjuvant Therapy after Surgical Resection for Ductal Adenocarcinoma of the Pancreas
Takehiro Okabayashi, Yasuo Shima, Jun Iwata, Sojiro Morita, Tatsuaki Sumiyoshi, Akihito Kozuki, Teppei Tokumaru, Tatsuo Iiyama, Takuhiro Kosaki, Michiya Kobayashi, Kazuhiro Hanazaki
Role of Pancreatic Juice Cytology in the Preoperative Management of Intraductal Papillary Mucinous Neoplasm of the Pancreas in the Era of International Consensus Guidelines 2012
Takao Ohtsuka, Taketo Matsunaga, Hideyo Kimura, Yusuke Watanabe, Koji Tamura, Noboru Ideno, Teppei Aso, Yoshihiro Miyasaka, Junji Ueda, Shunichi Takahata, Takashi Osoegawa, Hisato Igarashi, Tetsuhide Ito, Yasuhiro Ushijima, Fumihiko Ookubo, Yoshinao Oda, Kazuhiro Mizumoto, Masao Tanaka
Pancreatic Secondary Lesions from Renal Cell Carcinoma
Lucia Moletta, Anna Caterina Milanetto, Valter Vincenzi, Rita Alaggio, Sergio Pedrazzoli, Claudio Pasquali
Early Postoperative Small Bowel Obstruction is an Independent Risk Factor for Subsequent Adhesive Small Bowel Obstruction in Patients Undergoing Open Colectomy
Soo Young Lee, Kyu Joo Park, Seung-Bum Ryoo, Heung-Kwon Oh, Eun Kyung Choe, Seung Chul Heo
Occult Risk of Broken Instruments for Endoscopy-assisted Surgery
Hiroshi Yasuhara, Kazuhiko Fukatsu, Takami Komatsu, Satoshi Murakoshi, Yuhei Saito, Yushi Uetera
Two Anatomical Pathways for Retroperitoneoscopic Pancreatectomy: Indications for the Posterior and Lateral Approaches
Guodong Zhao, Minggen Hu, Rong Liu, Zhao Zhiming, Yong Xu, Huinian Zhou, Xuefei Wang, Xinning Zhang
Quality of Life after Surgical Treatment of Early Barrett’s Cancer: A Prospective Comparison of the Ivor–Lewis Resection Versus the Modified Merendino Resection. A Statistical Hint
Alberto Mangano, Georgios D. Lianos, Stefano Rausei, Luigi Boni, Gianlorenzo Dionigi
Quality of Life After Surgical Treatment of Early Barrett’s Cancer: A Prospective Comparison of the Ivor–Lewis Resection Versus the Modified Merendino Resection. A Statistical Hint: Reply
Christina Zapletal, Dietmar Lorenz
The Quality of Life after Surgery for HCC can support the Choice of this Treatment
I. Di Carlo, A. Toro
The Extent of Hepatectomy Does Not Affect Physical QOL in Patients with HCC: Reply
Yoshihiro Mise, Norihiro Kokudo