Issue 3/2021
Content (38 Articles)
Dorothea Liebermann-Meffert (*1930: †2020)—A Life Dedicated to Surgery
H. J. Stein
Maintaining Standards in Colorectal Cancer Surgery During the Global Pandemic: A Cohort Study
Julia Merchant, Ian Lindsey, David James, Nick Symons, Stephen Boyce, Oliver Jones, Bruce George, Chris Cunningham
Police Transportation Following Vehicular Trauma and Risk of Mortality in a Resource-Limited Setting
Laura N. Purcell, Gift Mulima, Emily Nip, Avital Yohan, Jared Gallaher, Anthony Charles
Indications and Outcomes for Non-Trauma Emergency Laparotomy: A Comparison of Rwanda, South Africa, and the USA
Jennifer Rickard, Linda Pohl, Egide Abahuje, Nazmie Kariem, Surita Englbrecht, Christo Kloppers, Sekoaere Malatji, Isaie Sibomana, Alexandria J. Robbins, Kathryn Chu
We Asked the Experts: Reducing Opioid Prescription After Abdominal Surgery; A Place for Nerve Block and Wound Infiltration
Sameh Hany Emile, Medhat Mikhail Messeha
Peri-operative Mortality Following Cholecystectomy in Australia: Potential Preventability of Adverse Events
Laure Taher Mansour, Sean Brien, Jessica Reid, Guy J. Maddern
Preventable Morbidity and Mortality Among Non-trauma Emergency Surgery Patients: The Role of Personal Performance and System Flaws in Adverse Events
Constantine S. Velmahos, Nikolaos Kokoroskos, Constantine Tarabanis, Haytham M. Kaafarani, Sanjay Gupta, Charudutt N. Paranjape
Identification of Common Themes from Never Events Data Published by NHS England
Islam Omar, Yitka Graham, Rishi Singhal, Michael Wilson, Brijesh Madhok, Kamal K. Mahawar
Clinical and Organizational Impact of the AIRSEAL® Insufflation System During Laparoscopic Surgery: A Systematic Review
David Balayssac, Marie Selvy, Anthony Martelin, Caroline Giroudon, Delphine Cabelguenne, Xavier Armoiry
Validity and Utility Testing of a Criteria-led Discharge Checklist to Determine Post-operative Recovery after Abdominal Surgery: an International Multicentre Prospective Cohort Trial
Ianthe Boden, Calvin Peng, Jane Lockstone, Julie Reeve, Claire Hackett, Lesley Anderson, Cat Hill, Brooke Winzer, Nishanthi Gurusinghe, Linda Denehy
Short- and Long-Term Outcomes of Transabdominal Preperitoneal, Open Mesh Plug and Open Tissue Inguinal Hernia Repair
Yuichi Takayama, Yuji Kaneoka, Atsuyuki Maeda, Takamasa Takahashi, Muneyasu Kiriyama, Kazuaki Seita
A Systems-based Approach to Reduce Deep Venous Thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolism in Trauma Patients
Navpreet K. Dhillon, Galinos Barmparas, Ting Lung Lin, Nikhil T. Linaval, Audrey R. Yang, Harveen K. Sekhon, Russell Mason, Daniel R. Margulies, Bruce L. Gewertz, Eric J. Ley
Timing and Type of Venous Thromboembolic Prophylaxis in Isolated Severe Liver Injury Managed Non-Operatively
Dominik A. Jakob, Elizabeth R. Benjamin, Panagiotis Liasidis, Demetrios Demetriades
Neutrophil-to-Lymphocyte Ratio (NLR) and Platelet-to-Lymphocyte Ratio (PLR) as Possible Prognostic Markers for Patients Undergoing Resection of Adrenocortical Carcinoma
Mechteld C. de Jong, Radu Mihai, Shahab Khan
Perceptual Assessment and Acoustic Voice Analysis as Screening Tests for Vocal Fold Paresis After Thyroid or Parathyroid Surgery
Maria Heikkinen, Elina Penttilä, Mari Qvarnström, Kimmo Mäkinen, Heikki Löppönen, Jussi M. Kärkkäinen
Transoral Thyroidectomy: Safety and Outcomes of 200 Consecutive North American Cases
Jonathon O. Russell, Christopher R. Razavi, Mohammad Shaear, Rui H. Liu, Lena W. Chen, Pia Pace-Asciak, Ved Tanavde, Katherine Y. Tai, Khalid Ali, Akeweh Fondong, Hoon Yub Kim, Ralph P. Tufano
A Review of Parathyroid Surgery for Primary Hyperparathyroidism from the United Kingdom Registry of Endocrine and Thyroid Surgery (UKRETS)
H. Ishii, M. J. Stechman, J. C. Watkinson, S. Aspinall, D. S. Kim
Bi-national Review of Phaeochromocytoma Care: Is ICU Admission Always Necessary?
Alexander J. Papachristos, Tiffany J. Cherry, Munyaradzi G. Nyandoro, Dean Lisewski, Sarah-Jayne Stevenson, Philippa Mercer, Suren Subramaniam, Stan B. Sidhu, Mark S. Sywak, Nicholas D. A. Blefari, Christine J. O’Neill, Justin S. Gundara, Julie A. Miller
Determinants of Breast-Conserving Therapy in the Asian Population: A Systematic Review
Maria Paz Galeano Machuca, Shelly Chien-Chien Cheng, Tony Hong-Ting Jou, Chih-Tao Cheng
Intraoperative Esophagogastroduodenoscopy During Heller Myotomy: Evaluating Guidelines
Elizabeth H. Bruenderman, Neal Bhutiani, Robert C. G. Martin, Matthew P. Fox, Victor H. van Berkel, Stacy B. Block, Farid J. Kehdy
Impacts of Preoperative Psoas Muscle Mass and Visceral Fat Area on Postoperative Short- and Long-Term Outcomes in Patients with Gastric Cancer
Yoshiki Taniguchi, Yukinori Kurokawa, Tsuyoshi Takahashi, Takuro Saito, Kotaro Yamashita, Koji Tanaka, Tomoki Makino, Makoto Yamasaki, Kiyokazu Nakajima, Hidetoshi Eguchi, Yuichiro Doki
What is the Best Therapeutic Strategy for Metachronous Resectable Colorectal Liver Metastases After Adjuvant Oxaliplatin-Based Chemotherapy? A Multidisciplinary Inter-Group Survey
Alexandra Nassar, Jean Marc Phelip, Diane Goéré, Jérôme Loriau, Claire Gallois, Pierre Michel, Christophe Penna, Julien Taieb, Antoine Brouquet, Stéphane Benoist
We Need More Data: Choosing the Optimal Treatment Strategy for Patients with Resectable Metachronous Resectable Colorectal Liver Metastases
Aslam Ejaz, Timothy M. Pawlik
Description of the Vascular Anatomy of Livers with Absence of the Portal Bifurcation
Fumihiro Terasaki, Yusuke Yamamoto, Teiichi Sugiura, Yukiyasu Okamura, Takaaki Ito, Ryo Ashida, Katsuhisa Ohgi, Takeshi Aramaki, Katsuhiko Uesaka
Impact of Ageing on Hepatic Malignancy Resection: Is Age Really a Risk Factor for Mortality?
Jianliang Liu, Jessica Reid, Markus Trochsler, Lisa Leopardi, Suzanne Edwards, Guy Maddern
Comprehensive Complication Index or Clavien–Dindo Classification: Which is Better for Evaluating the Severity of Postoperative Complications Following Pancreatectomy?
Sung Hyun Kim, Ho Kyoung Hwang, Woo Jung Lee, Chang Moo Kang
Complete Lymphadenectomy Around the Entire Superior Mesenteric Artery Improves Survival in Artery-First Approach Pancreatoduodenectomy for T3 Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma
Shinjiro Kobayashi, Takehito Otsubo, Hiroshi Nakano, Satoshi Koizumi, Kazunari Nakahara
Overcoming the Arduous Transition for Robotic Hepatopancreatobiliary Cases: A Multi-Procedure Learning Curve Study Utilizing CUSUM Analysis
Joseph S. Lim, Terence Jackson, James Kurtz, Edward E. Cho, Shyam Vedantam, Kei Nagatomo, Houssam Osman, Dhiresh Rohan Jeyarajah
LARS is Associated with Lower Anastomoses, but not with the Transanal Approach in Patients Undergoing Rectal Cancer Resection
Alexandra Filips, Tobias Haltmeier, Andreas Kohler, Daniel Candinas, Lukas Brügger, Peter Studer
Randomized Clinical Trial of 14-French (14F) Pigtail Catheters versus 28–32F Chest Tubes in the Management of Patients with Traumatic Hemothorax and Hemopneumothorax
Zachary M. Bauman, Narong Kulvatunyou, Bellal Joseph, Lynn Gries, Terence O’Keeffe, Andrew L. Tang, Peter Rhee
Opioid Dependence After Lung Cancer Resection: Institutional Analysis of State Prescription Drug Database
Nick C. Levinsky, Matthew M. Byrne, Dennis J. Hanseman, Alexander R. Cortez, Julian Guitron, Sandra L. Starnes, Robert M. Van Haren
Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Sleeve Lobectomy for Centrally Located Non-small Cell Lung Cancer: A Meta-analysis
Han-Yu Deng, Xiao-Ming Qiu, Da-Xing Zhu, Xiaojun Tang, Qinghua Zhou
Letter to the Editor: Determinant of Breast-Conserving Therapy in the Asian Population: A Systematic Review
Pratima Pimpalkar, Bhakti Sarang, K. V. Deepa, Anita Gadgil, Nobhojit Roy
Letter to the Editor: Prehabilitation Before Major Abdominal Surgery—A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Anissa Chirico, Matthew J. Cameron, Stephen Su Yang
Author’s Reply: Prehabilitation Before Major Abdominal Surgery
Michael J. Hughes, Rosie J. Hackney, Peter J. Lamb, Stephen J. Wigmore, D. A. Christopher Deans, Richard J. E. Skipworth
Letter to the Editor: Which Surgical Operations Should be Performed in District Hospitals in East, Central and Southern Africa? Results of a Survey of Regional Clinicians
Priyansh Nathani, Priti Patil, Monali Mohan, Anita Gadgil, Nobhojit Roy
Authors’ Reply: Which Surgical Operations Should be Performed in District Hospitals in East, Central and Southern Africa? Results of a Survey of Regional Clinicians
Zineb Bentounsi, Chris Lavy, Chiara Pittalis, Morgane Clarke, Jean Rizk, Grace Le Drury, Ruairi Brugha, Eric Borgstein, Jakub Gajewski