Issue 11/2015
Content (38 Articles)
Barriers to Essential Surgical Care in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Pilot Study of a Comprehensive Assessment Tool in Ghana
Barclay T. Stewart, Adam Gyedu, Francis Abantanga, Abdul Rashid Abdulai, Godfred Boakye, Adam Kushner
The Usefulness of International Cooperation in the Repair of Inguinal Hernias in Sub-Saharan Africa
José Gil, J. M. Rodriguez, E. Gil, Q. Hernández Agúera, F. M. González, J. A. García, M. D. Balsalobre, J. A. Tortosa, D. Hernández Palazón, A. B. Diallo, P. Parrilla
Evaluating Progress in the Global Surgical Crisis: Contrasting Access to Emergency and Essential Surgery and Safe Anesthesia Around the World
Amina Merchant, Simon Hendel, Ross Shockley, Joseph Schlesinger, Hilary Vansell, Kelly McQueen
Emergency Management of Gallbladder Disease: Are Acute Surgical Units the New Gold Standard?
Rose Shakerian, Anita Skandarajah, Alexandra Gorelik, Benjamin Thomson
A Novel Approach to Major Surgery: Tracking Its Pathophysiologic Footprints
Styliani Mantziari, Martin Hübner, Pauline Coti-Bertrand, François Pralong, Nicolas Demartines, Markus Schäfer
Factors Determining Outcome After Surgery for Chronic Groin Pain Following a Lichtenstein Hernia Repair
Willem A. R. Zwaans, Tim Verhagen, Rudi M. H. Roumen, Marc R. M. Scheltinga
Safety and Hemostatic Effectiveness of the Fibrin Pad for Severe Soft-Tissue Bleeding During Abdominal, Retroperitoneal, Pelvic, and Thoracic (Non-cardiac) Surgery: A Randomized, Controlled, Superiority Trial
Jonathan Koea, Peter Baldwin, Jessica Shen, B. Patel, Jonathan Batiller, Axel Arnaud, James Hart, Jeffrey Hammond, Craig Fischer, O. James Garden
Long-Term Survival is not Impaired After the Complete Resection of Neuroendocrine Tumors of the Appendix
Thomas Steffen, Sabrina M. Ebinger, René Warschkow, Cornelia Lüthi, Bruno M. Schmied, Thomas Clerici
Demographic Patterns and Outcomes of Patients in Level I Trauma Centers in Three International Trauma Systems
Amy C. Gunning, Koen W. W. Lansink, Karlijn J. P. van Wessem, Zsolt J. Balogh, Frederick P. Rivara, Ronald V. Maier, Luke P. H. Leenen
Additional Imaging in Alert Trauma Patients with Cervical Spine Tenderness and a Negative Computed Tomographic Scan: Is it Needed?
Michael N. Mavros, Haytham M. A. Kaafarani, Ali Y. Mejaddam, Elie P. Ramly, Laura Avery, Peter J. Fagenholz, D. Dante Yeh, Marc A. de Moya, George C. Velmahos
Tube Thoracostomy: A Structured Review of Case Reports and a Standardized Format for Reporting Complications
Johnathon M. Aho, Raaj K. Ruparel, Phillip G. Rowse, Rushin D. Brahmbhatt, Donald Jenkins, Mariela Rivera
Is There Justification for Total Thyroidectomy in Low-Risk Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma? A Decision-Analysis Model
Sagit Stern, Ohad Hilly, Einav Horowitz, Moshe Leshno, Raphael Feinmesser
Topical Steroids Are Effective in the Treatment of Idiopathic Granulomatous Mastitis
Fatih Altintoprak, Taner Kivilcim, Omer Yalkin, Yener Uzunoglu, Zeynep Kahyaoglu, Osman Nuri Dilek
Idiopathic Granulomatous Mastitis: Do We Really Regard it as a Surgical Disease Anymore?
Bahadir M. Gulluoglu
Functional Advantages of Proximal Gastrectomy with Jejunal Interposition Over Total Gastrectomy with Roux-en-Y Esophagojejunostomy for Early Gastric Cancer
Masaki Ohashi, Shinji Morita, Takeo Fukagawa, Ichiro Oda, Ryoji Kushima, Hitoshi Katai
A Multi-institutional, Prospective, Phase II Feasibility Study of Laparoscopy-Assisted Distal Gastrectomy with D2 Lymph Node Dissection for Locally Advanced Gastric Cancer (JLSSG0901)
Noriyuki Inaki, Tsuyoshi Etoh, Tetsuji Ohyama, Kazuhisa Uchiyama, Natsuya Katada, Keisuke Koeda, Kazuhiro Yoshida, Akinori Takagane, Kazuyuki Kojima, Shinichi Sakuramoto, Norio Shiraishi, Seigo Kitano
Staging Laparoscopy for Patients with cM0, Type 4, and Large Type 3 Gastric Cancer
Yuichiro Miki, Masanori Tokunaga, Yutaka Tanizawa, Etsuro Bando, Taiichi Kawamura, Masanori Terashima
The Surgical Management of Klatskin Tumours: Has Anything Changed in the Last Decade?
Neil Bhardwaj, Giuseppe Garcea, Ashley R. Dennison, Guy J. Maddern
Hepatectomy Offers Superior Survival Compared with Non-surgical Treatment for ≤3 Metastatic Tumors with Diameters <3 cm from Gastric Cancer: A Retrospective Study
Yu Ohkura, Hisashi Shinohara, Shusuke Haruta, Masaki Ueno, Masaji Hashimoto, Yoshiharu Sakai, Harushi Udagawa
Comparison of Survival Outcomes Between Right Posterior Sectionectomy and Right Hepatectomy for Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Cirrhotic Liver: A Single-Centre Experience
Vincent S. K. Yip, Ronnie T. P. Poon, Kenneth S. H. Chok, Albert C. Y. Chan, Wing Chiu Dai, Simon H. Y. Tsang, See Ching Chan, Chung Mau Lo, Tan To Cheung
Distal Enteral Feeding Helps Blood Sugar Control in Pancreatectomized Patients
Jin-Ming Wu, Ching-Yao Yang, Ting-Chun Kuo, Hong-Shiee Lai, Pin-Yi Chiang, Su-Hua Hsieh, Yu-Wen Tien
A Four-Probiotics Regimen Reduces Postoperative Complications After Colorectal Surgery: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study
Katerina Kotzampassi, George Stavrou, Georgia Damoraki, Marianna Georgitsi, George Basdanis, Georgia Tsaousi, Evangelos J. Giamarellos-Bourboulis
Probiotics in Colorectal Surgery
Robert Martindale, Malissa Warren, Vassiliki L. Tsikitis
Local Application of Gentamicin in the Prophylaxis of Perineal Wound Infection After Abdominoperineal Resection: A Systematic Review
G. D. Musters, J. W. A. Burger, C. J. Buskens, W. A. Bemelman, P. J. Tanis
Changes in the Surgical Management of Parastomal Hernias Over 15 Years: Results of 135 Cases
Gernot Köhler, Franz Mayer, Helwig Wundsam, Rudolf Schrittwieser, Klaus Emmanuel, Michael Lechner
Laparoscopic Versus Open Loop Ileostomy Reversal: Is there an Advantage to a Minimally Invasive Approach?
Monica T. Young, Grace S. Hwang, Gopal Menon, Timothy F. Feldmann, Mehraneh D. Jafari, Fariba Jafari, Eden Perez, Alessio Pigazzi
Clinical Outcomes of Left Subclavian Artery Coverage on Morbidity and Mortality During Thoracic Endovascular Aortic Repair for Distal Arch Aneurysms
Takeshi Baba, Takao Ohki, Yuji Kanaoka, Koji Maeda
Clinical Outcomes of Carotid Endarterectomy in Symptomatic and Asymptomatic Patients with Ipsilateral Intracranial Stenosis
Enzo Ballotta, Antonio Toniato, Anna Da Roit, Claudio Baracchini
Modified Anterior Approach for the ALPPS Procedure: How We Do It
Albert C. Y. Chan, Ronnie T. P. Poon, Chung Mau Lo
Essential Surgery: The Way Forward: Reply
Jaymie Ang Henry, Michael Cotton
In Response to: Torsney KM, Cocker DM, Slesser AAP (2015) The Modern Surgeon and Competency Assessment: Are the Workplace-Based Assessments Evidence-Based?
Alexander W. Phillips, Lucy R. Bookless
In Response to Letter to the Editor: Torsney KM, Cocker DM, Slesser AAP (2015) The Modern Surgeon and Competency Assessment: Are the Workplace-Based Assessments Evidence-Based?
Kelli Torsney, Daniel Cocker, Alistair Slesser
What’s in a Name?: Providing Clarity in the Definition of Minimally Invasive Parathyroidectomy
Sendhil Rajan, Gaurav Agarwal
What’s in a Name? Providing Clarity in the Definition of Minimally Invasive Parathyroidectomy: Reply
Benjamin C. James, Edwin L. Kaplan, Raymon H. Grogan, Peter Angelos
The SF-36 and 6-Minute Walk Test as Predictors of Complications After Major Surgery, Clinical Impact
J. Straatman, D. L. van der Peet
The Clinical Impact of 6-Min Walk Test Distance as a Predictor of Complications in Patients Undergoing Major Surgery
Kassem Kassak, Ahmad Husari