Issue 11/2019
Content (39 Articles)
Do Ice Packs Reduce Postoperative Midline Incision Pain, NSAID or Narcotic Use?
Bharadhwaj Ravindhran, Sendhil Rajan, Gayatri Balachandran, L. N. Mohan
Developing a Sustainable Renal Transplant Program in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Outcome, Challenges, and Solutions
Chelsea J. Guy-Frank, Kishore Persaud, Dmitry Butsenko, Rahul M. Jindal, Stephen R. Guy
Geospatial Analysis of Trauma Burden and Surgical Care Capacity in Teso Sub-region of Eastern Uganda
Nicole Lin, Obieze Nwanna-Nzewunwa, Melissa Carvalho, Aaron Wange, Mary M. Ajiko, Catherine Juillard, Rochelle A. Dicker
An Exploratory Analysis of Fecal Immunochemical Test Performance for Colorectal Cancer Screening in Nigeria
Gregory C. Knapp, Avinash Sharma, Bolatito Olopade, Olusegun I. Alatise, Olalekan Olasehinde, Olujide O. Arije, Philip E. Castle, T. Peter Kingham
Trends in Demographics and Surgical Treatment of Weapon-Related Limb Injuries Over Two Decades in a Resource-Scarce Setting
Måns Muhrbeck, Kaspar Holmgren, Zaher Osman, Johan von Schreeb, Andreas Wladis, Peter Andersson
Global Surgery: A 30-Year Bibliometric Analysis (1987–2017)
Alessandro Sgrò, Ibrahim S. Al-Busaidi, Cameron I. Wells, Dominique Vervoort, Sara Venturini, Valeria Farina, Federica Figà, Francesc Azkarate, Ewen M. Harrison, Francesco Pata
Comparison of Training Efficacy Between Custom-Made Skills Simulator (CMSS) and da Vinci Skills Simulators: A Randomized Control Study
Cho Rok Lee, Seoung Yoon Rho, Sang Hyup Han, Young Moon, Sun Young Hwang, Young Joo Kim, Chang Moo Kang
Learning Curve in Laparoscopic Liver Resection, Educational Value of Simulation and Training Programmes: A Systematic Review
Théophile Guilbaud, David Jérémie Birnbaum, Stéphane Berdah, Olivier Farges, Laura Beyer Berjot
Influence of Daily Variations in Individual Surgeon’s Operative Time on Patient Outcomes
Etienne Meunier, Cécile Payet, Jean-Louis Peix, Jean-Louis Kraimps, Fabrice Menegaux, François Pattou, Fréderic Sebag, Jean Christophe Lifante, Antoine Duclos
Ten-year Audit of Safe Bail-Out Alternatives to the Critical View of Safety in Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy
Dimitrios K. Manatakis, Dimitrios Papageorgiou, Maria-Ioanna Antonopoulou, Nikolaos Stamos, Christos Agalianos, Nikolaos Ivros, Demetrios Davides, Georgios Pechlivanides, Ioannis Kyriazanos
Predictors of Death in Necrotizing Skin and Soft Tissue Infection
Emanuel Eguia, Vincent Vivirito, Adrienne N. Cobb, Haroon Janjua, Matthew Cheung, Paul C. Kuo
Surgical Notes: To Play or Not to Play
Nivedita Mitta, Vivekanandan Jayakumar, Nikhil Dhanpal, Jeffrey Pradeep Raj, Roshini Antony Prabhakaran, Karthikeyan Kannan, Anirudh Venugopal, S. G. Subramanyam
Perioperative Fluid Restriction in Abdominal Surgery: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
Yanfei Shen, Guolong Cai, Shijin Gong, Jing Yan
Unfinished Business: A Systematic Review of Stump Appendicitis
Dimitrios K. Manatakis, Vasileios Aheimastos, Maria-Ioanna Antonopoulou, Christos Agalianos, John Tsiaoussis, Evanghelos Xynos
An Acute General Surgical Unit (AGSU) Negates the Impact of the Tokyo Guidelines 2018 (TG18) Diagnostic Criteria for the Treatment of Acute Cholecystitis
Yuchen Luo, Marang Makepe, Arthur Yim, Mark Tacey, David Bird, Russell Hodgson
Correction to: An Acute General Surgical Unit (AGSU) Negates the Impact of the Tokyo Guidelines 2018 (TG18) Diagnostic Criteria for the Treatment of Acute Cholecystitis
Yuchen Luo, Marang Makepe, Arthur Yim, Mark Tacey, David Bird, Russell Hodgson
Preoperative Clinical Factors Associated with Short-Stay Laparoscopic Appendectomy
Aurélie Vuagniaux, Olivier Gié, Fabio Butti, Pedro Manuel Marques-Vidal, Nicolas Demartines, Styliani Mantziari
Prophylactic Negative Pressure Wound Therapy in Closed Abdominal Incisions: A Meta-analysis of Randomised Controlled Trials
Cameron I. Wells, Chathura B. B. Ratnayake, Jenni Perrin, Sanjay Pandanaboyana
The Efficacy of PTGBD for Acute Cholecystitis Based on the Tokyo Guidelines 2018
Kodai Abe, Keiichi Suzuki, Masashi Yahagi, Takeru Murata, Hiroyuki Sako, Yoshiyuki Ishii
When is It Safe to Start VTE Prophylaxis After Blunt Solid Organ Injury? A Prospective Study from a Level I Trauma Center
Morgan Schellenberg, Kenji Inaba, Subarna Biswas, Patrick Heindel, Elizabeth Benjamin, Aaron Strumwasser, Kazuhide Matsushima, Lydia Lam, Demetrios Demetriades
Early Chemical Thromboprophylaxis Does not Increase the Risk of Intracranial Hematoma Progression in Patients with Isolated Severe Traumatic Brain Injury
Philipp Störmann, William Osinloye, Thomas M. Freiman, Volker Seifert, Ingo Marzi, Thomas Lustenberger
Quality Improvement of Damage Control Laparotomy: Impact of the Establishment of a Single Korean Regional Trauma Center
Wu Seong Kang, Young Goun Jo, Yun Chul Park
Comparison Between the Protector™ Laryngeal Mask Airway and the Endotracheal Tube for Minimally Invasive Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery
Georgios Kotsovolis, Ioannis Pliakos, Stavros Panidis, Dimitrios Gkinas, Theodosios Papavramidis
Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve Morbidity: Lessons from Endoscopic via Bilateral Areola and Open Thyroidectomy Technique
Daqi Zhang, Jiao Zhang, Gianlorenzo Dionigi, Fang Li, Tie Wang, Hongbo Li, Nan Liang, Hui Sun
Recurrent Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma to the Cervical Lymph Nodes: Outcomes of Compartment-Oriented Lymph Node Resection
Carlos Gustavo Rivera-Robledo, David Velázquez-Fernández, Juan Pablo Pantoja, Mauricio Sierra, Bernardo Pérez-Enriquez, Raul Rivera-Moscoso, Mónica Chapa, Miguel F. Herrera
A Long, Unnerving Road: Malpractice Claims Involving the Surgical Management of Thyroid and Parathyroid Disease
Rajshri M. Gartland, Jordan P. Bloom, Sareh Parangi, Richard Hodin, Courtney DeRoo, Antonia E. Stephen, Vinod Narra, Carrie C. Lubitz, Elizabeth Mort
One-Year Postoperative Mortality in MEN1 Patients Operated on Gastric and Duodenopancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors: An AFCE and GTE Cohort Study
Niki Christou, Muriel Mathonnet, Sébastien Gaujoux, Guillaume Cadiot, Sophie Deguelte, Jean-Louis Kraimps, Jean-Christophe Lifante, Fabrice Menegaux, Eric Mirallié, Fabrice Muscari, Bruno Carnaille, François Pattou, Alain Sauvanet, Pierre Goudet
Comparison of Topical, Systemic, and Combined Therapy with Steroids on Idiopathic Granulomatous Mastitis: A Prospective Randomized Study
Kenan Çetin, Hasan E. Sıkar, Nuri E. Göret, Günay Rona, Nagehan Ö. Barışık, Hasan F. Küçük, Bahadır M. Gulluoglu
International Variation in Surgical Practices in Units Performing Oesophagectomy for Oesophageal Cancer: A Unit Survey from the Oesophago-Gastric Anastomosis Audit (OGAA)
James R. Bundred, Sivesh K. Kamarajah, Kobby Siaw-Acheampong, Dmitri Nepogodiev, Benjamin Jefferies, Pritam Singh, Richard Evans, Ewen A. Griffiths, Derek Alderson, James Gossage, Siobhan McKay, Imran Mohamed, Richard van Hillegersberg, Ravinder Vohra, Kasun Wanigsooriya, Tony Whitehouse, Aleksandras Bagajevas, Abebe Bekele, Ruth Blanco-Colino, Anna Da Roit, Jihene El Kafsi-Mawley, Arben Gjata, Ines Gockel, Raul Guevara Castro, Tomas Harustiak, Po-Kuei Hsu, Arda Isik, Aristotelis Kechagias, Andrew Kennedy, Biniam Kidane, Hans Alexander Mahendran, Loreli Mejia, Jorge Ignacio Moreno, Ionut Negoi, Azagra Juan Santiago, Raza Sayyed, Paul Schneider, António Sampaio Soares, Mariana Sousa, Flavio Roberto Takeda, Stephanie Vanstraten, Bengt Wallner, Bas Wijnhoven, Michael Achiam, Tita Agustin, Ali Akbar, Ahmad Al-Bahrani, Waleed Al-Khyatt, Markus Albertsmeier, Essa Alghunaim, Bilal Alkhaffaf, William Allum, Fernando Am, Nelson Andreollo, Andrew Arndt, Richard Babor, Jose Barbosa, Romeo Bardini, Duncan Beardsmore, Grant Beban, Antonio Bernardes, Richard Berrisford, Alessandro Bianchi, Milos Bjelovic, Alex Boddy, Ciprian Bolca, Luigi Bonavina, Gavin Bryce, Richard Byrom, Rui Casaca, David Chan, Alexandros Charalabopoulos, Edward Cheong, Franco Ciotola, Elif Colak, Chris Collins, Silviu Constantinoiu, Rita Costa, Marc Dahlke, Gail Darling, Kahled Dawas, Giovanni de Manzoni, Adel Denewer, Michael Devadas, Simon Dexter, Sarunas Dikinis, Theodorou Dimitrios, James Dolan, Cuong Duong, Jan-Hendrik Egberts, Yasser Elgharably, Muhammed Elhadi, Seifeldin Elmahi, Fernando Amézquita Farias, Enver Fekaj, Jesus Fernández, Matthew Forshaw, Jose Freire, Daniel French, Goran Gacevski, Jochen Gaedcke, Sivakumar Gananadha, Maria Moreno Gijon, Jay Gokhale, Alexandra Gordon, Peter Grimminger, Ra Guevara, Ali Guner, Stefan Gutknecht, Habibollah Mahmoodzadeh, Ingvar Halldestam, Jakob Hedberg, Joos Heisterkamp, Simon Higgs, Michael Hii, Andrew Hindmarsh, Jens Hoppner, Andres Isaza, Jakob Izbicki, Rod Jacobs, Prashant Jain, Jan Johansson, Brian Johnston, Jihene Kafsi, Seyoum Kassa, Clive Kelty, Iftikhar Khan, David Khoo, Syed Khyatt, Daniel Kjaer, Dimitrios Korkolis, Nicole Kreuser, Michael Larsen, Peng Lau, Julio Leite, Wyn Lewis, Theodore Liakakos, Carlos Loureiro, Alexander Mahendran, Nicholas Maynard, Richard Mcgregor, Stephen Mcnally, Heriberto Medina-Franco, Robert Meguid, Rachel Melhado, Stuart Mercer, Marcello Migliore, Fernando Mingol, Stelian Mogoanta, Yasuhiko Mohri, Stefan Mönig, Jorge Moreno, Natalia Motas, Thomas Murphy, Syed Naqi, Raj Ni, Samiullah Niazi, Stuart Oglesby, Kelechi Okonta, Susana Roldán Ortiz, Khwaja Pal, Francesco Palazzo, Andreas Pascher, Miguel Pascual, Giacomo Pata, Manuel Pera, Sonia Puig, Juan Ramirez, Dimitrios Raptis, Jari Räsänen, Daniel Reim, John Reynolds, William Robb, Kevin Robertson, German Rosero, Camiel Rosman, Jeremy Rossaak, Juha Saarnio, Azagra Santiago, Marc Schiesser, Radu-Razvan Scurtu, Dmitii Sekhniaidze, Bariş Sevinç, Richard Skipworth, Jimmy So, Maria Soledad Trugeda, Aamir Syed, Alberto Mitsuo Leon Takahashi, Flavio Takeda, Michael Talbot, Muhammad Tareen, Masanori Terashima, Mario Testini, Nila Tewari, Mesut Tez, Mathew Thomas, Mehmet Tirnaksiz, Valeria Tonini, Cheng-Che Tu, Paul Turner, Tim Underwood, Ahmad Uzair, Marc Vallve-Bernal, Michele Valmasoni, Carla Vicente, Jose Flavio Videira, YKS Viswanath, Jacopo Weindelmayer, Russell White, Dennis Wigle, Paul Wilkerson, Vanessa Wills, Emmanouil Zacharakis, Mauricio Zuluaga
Postoperative Long-Term Outcomes in Elderly Patients with Gastric Cancer and Risk Factors for Death from Other Diseases
Tadayoshi Hashimoto, Yukinori Kurokawa, Jota Mikami, Tsuyoshi Takahashi, Yasuhiro Miyazaki, Koji Tanaka, Tomoki Makino, Makoto Yamasaki, Masaaki Motoori, Yutaka Kimura, Kiyokazu Nakajima, Masaki Mori, Yuichiro Doki
Perioperative Allogeneic Blood Transfusion Does not Influence Patient Survival After Hepatectomy for Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Propensity Score Matching Analysis
Yo-ichi Yamashita, Hiromitsu Hayashi, Katsunori Imai, Hirohisa Okabe, Shigeki Nakagawa, Fumimasa Kitamura, Norio Uemura, Yosuke Nakao, Toshihiko Yusa, Rumi Itoyama, Takanobu Yamao, Naoki Umesaki, Tatsunori Miyata, Akira Chikamoto, Mototsugu Shimokawa, Hideo Baba
Laparoscopic Liver Surgery Training Course on Thiel-Embalmed Human Cadavers: Program Evaluation, Trainer’s Long-Term Feedback and Steps Forward
Nikdokht Rashidian, Wouter Willaert, Mariano Cesare Giglio, Vincenzo Scuderi, Francesca Tozzi, Aude Vanlander, Katharina D’Herde, Adnan Alseidi, Roberto I. Troisi
Pancreatectomy with Hepatic Artery Resection for Pancreatic Head Cancer
Feng Yang, Xiaoyi Wang, Chen Jin, Hang He, Deliang Fu
Building a Large Robotic Thoracic Surgery Program in an Emerging Country: Experience in Brazil
Ricardo Mingarini Terra, Rui Haddad, José Ribas Milanese de Campos, Pedro Henrique Xavier Nabuco de Araújo, Carlos Eduardo Teixeira Lima, Felipe Braga, Benoit Jacques Bibas, Juliana Mol Trindade, Leticia Leone Lauricella, Paulo Manuel Pêgo-Fernandes
Impact of Timeliness of Surgical Treatment on the Outcomes of Patients with Non-metastatic Non-small Cell Lung Cancer: Findings From the PLCO Trial
Omar Abdel-Rahman
Provision of Surgical Care for Children Across Somaliland: Challenges and Policy Guidance
Tessa L. Concepcion, Emily R. Smith, Mubarak Mohamed, Shugri Dahir, Edna Adan Ismail, Andrew J. M. Leather, Dan Poenaru, Henry E. Rice
Letter to Editor: Small and Laterally Placed Incisional Hernias Can Be Safely Managed with an Onlay Repair
Munir Tarazi, Alexander Shaw, Martyn C. Stott, Zia Moinuddin, David Van Dellen
Authors’ Reply: Small and Laterally Placed Incisional Hernias Can be Safely Managed with an Onlay Repair
Ferdinand Köckerling, Rudolf Schrittwieser, Daniela Adolf, Martin Hukauf, Simone Gruber-Blum, René Fortelny, Alexander H. Petter-Puchner