Issue 5/2020
Content (48 Articles)
Meta-analysis of Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) Protocols in Emergency Abdominal Surgery
Shahab Hajibandeh, Shahin Hajibandeh, Victor Bill, Thomas Satyadas
Ethics as a Non-technical Skill for Surgical Education in Sub-Saharan Africa
Margaret J. Tarpley, Ainhoa Costas-Chavarri, Beryl Akinyi, John L. Tarpley
Malnutrition in Acute Care Surgery Patients in Rwanda
Egide Abahuje, Irenee Niyongombwa, David Karenzi, Jeanne D’ Arc Bisimwa, Eugene Tuyishime, Faustin Ntirenganya, Jennifer Rickard
Surgical Task-Sharing to Non-specialist Physicians in Low-Resource Settings Globally: A Systematic Review of the Literature
Ryan Falk, Robert Taylor, Jude Kornelsen, Roohina Virk
Using the World Society of Emergency Surgery (WSES) Triage Tool to Evaluate Timing of Emergency Surgery in Rwanda
Eugene Tuyishime, Paulin Ruhato Banguti, Jean Paul Mvukiyehe, Faustin Ntirenganya, Marcel Durieux, Giles Cattermole
Reducing Gastroschisis Mortality: A Quality Improvement Initiative at a Ugandan Pediatric Surgery Unit
A. Wesonga, M. Situma, K. Lakhoo
An International Collaborative Study on Surgical Education for Quality Improvement (ASSURED): A Project by the 2017 International Society of Surgery (ISS/SIC) Travel Scholars International Working Group
Anip Joshi, Bernardo Borraez-Segura, Mariyah Anwer, Oluwaseun Ladipo-Ajayi, Francisco Schlottmann, Diem Nguyen Ngoc Le, Andrew G. Hill, Michael G. Sarr
Preoperative Antisepsis with Chlorhexidine Versus Povidone-Iodine for the Prevention of Surgical Site Infection: a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
Shi Chen, Jun Wu Chen, Bin Guo, Chun Cheng Xu
Single-Port Laparoscopic Repair of Perforated Duodenal Ulcers
Tri Huu Nguyen, Thanh Nhu Dang, Thomas Schnelldorfer
A Low-Cost Synthetic Abdominal Wall Model (“Raj Model”) for the Training of Laparoscopic Port Insertion
Mithun Kailavasan, Christopher Berridge, Gokul Kandaswamy, Bhavan Rai, Beverley Wilkinson, Sunjay Jain, Chandra Shekhar Biyani, Basavaraj Gowda
Evolving Indications for Lower Limb Amputations in South Africa Offer Opportunities for Health System Improvement
Muhammad Zafar Khan, Michelle TD Smith, John L Bruce, Victor Y Kong, Damian L Clarke
Predicting Intestinal Ischaemia in Patients with Adhesive Small Bowel Obstruction: A Simple Score
Mahdi Bouassida, Ghazi Laamiri, Slim Zribi, Helmi Slama, Bassem Mroua, Selim Sassi, Rania Aboudi, Mohamed Mongi Mighri, Khaled Bouzeidi, Hassen Touinsi
Improvement in Hyperglycemia Prevents Surgical Site Infection Irrespective of Insulin Therapy in Non-diabetic Patients Undergoing Gastrointestinal Surgery
Ayami Yoneda, Yoshio Takesue, Yoshiko Takahashi, Kaoru Ichiki, Toshie Tsuchida, Hiroki Ikeuchi, Motoi Uchino, Etsuro Hatano, Hisashi Shinohara, Naohiro Tomita
Appropriate Source Control and Antifungal Therapy are Associated with Improved Survival in Critically Ill Surgical Patients with Intra-abdominal Candidiasis
Ting Yan, Shuang-Ling Li, Hai-Li Ou, Sai-Nan Zhu, Lei Huang, Dong-Xin Wang
Injury Pattern and Injury Severity of In-Hospital Deceased Road Traffic Accident Victims in The Netherlands: Dutch Road Traffic Accidents Fatalities
Henry A. Leijdesdorff, Stijn Gillissen, Inger B. Schipper, Pieta Krijnen
Rural Trauma Team Development Course Instills Confidence in Critical Access Hospitals
Zachary M. Bauman, John Loftus, Alex Hodson, Ashley Farrens, Valerie Shostrom, Jessica Summers, Paige E. Phillips, Charity H. Evans, Lisa L. Schlitzkus
Predicting the Outcome of Non-operative Management of Splenic Trauma in South Africa
Matthew C. Hernandez, Michael D. Traynor, Ariel W. Knight, Victor Y. Kong, Grant L. Laing, John L. Bruce, Wanda Bekker, Martin D. Zielinski, Damian L. Clarke
Mild and Moderate Traumatic Brain Injury and Gender-Based Critical Care Outcomes
Adel Elkbuli, Zachary Smith, Saamia Shaikh, Shaikh Hai, Mark McKenney, Dessy Boneva
Risk Factors for and Prediction Model of Skip Metastasis to Lateral Lymph Nodes in Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma
Daixing Hu, Huapeng Lin, Xuan Zeng, Tielin Wang, Jie Deng, Xinliang Su
The Association Between Chronic Lymphocytic Thyroiditis and the Progress of Papillary Thyroid Cancer
Inhwa Lee, Hyeung Kyoo Kim, Euy Young Soh, Jeonghun Lee
Foley Balloon Facilitates Creation of Working Space in Transoral Thyroidectomy
Tsung-Jung Liang, Chung-Yu Tsai, I-Shu Chen
Single Gland, Ectopic Location: Adenomas are Common Causes of Primary Hyperparathyroidism in Children and Adolescents
Robert D. Rampp, Edna E. Mancilla, N. Scott Adzick, Michael A. Levine, Rachel R. Kelz, Douglas L. Fraker, Pallavi Iyer, Brenessa M. Lindeman, Vicente A. Mejia, Herbert Chen, Heather Wachtel
The Efficacy of Prophylactic Negative Pressure Wound Therapy for Closed Incisions in Breast Surgery: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
David Cagney, Lydia Simmons, Donal Peter O’Leary, Mark Corrigan, Louise Kelly, M. J. O’Sullivan, Aaron Liew, Henry Paul Redmond
Gynaecomastia in the Durban Breast Unit: A Comparison of HIV- and Non-HIV-Infected Individuals
Safeeya Osman, E. Mansoor, I. Buccimazza
The Impact of Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy on Margin Re-excision in Breast-Conserving Surgery
Liam A Devane, Chwanrow K Baban, A O’Doherty, Cecily Quinn, Enda W McDermott, Ruth S Prichard
Fibroepithelial Lesions (FELs) of the Breast: Is Routine Excision Always Necessary?
Jessica Limberg, Kelly Barker, Syed Hoda, Rache Simmons, Aya Michaels, Jennifer L. Marti
Decreases in the Psoas Muscle Index Correlate More Strongly with Survival than Other Prognostic Markers in Esophageal Cancer After Neoadjuvant Chemoradiotherapy Plus Esophagectomy
Yuta Kawakita, Satoru Motoyama, Yusuke Sato, Akiyuki Wakita, Yushi Nagaki, Kazuhiro Imai, Yoshihiro Minamiya
Prediction of Postoperative Mortality in Patients with Organ Failure After Gastric Cancer Surgery
Ji-Ho Park, Hyuk-Joon Lee, Seung-Young Oh, Shin-Hoo Park, Felix Berlth, Young-Gil Son, Tae Han Kim, Yeon-Ju Huh, Jun-Young Yang, Kyung-Goo Lee, Yun-Suhk Suh, Seong-Ho Kong, Han-Kwang Yang
Bile Leak Reduction with Laparoscopic Versus Open Liver Resection: A Multi-institutional Propensity Score-Adjusted Multivariable Regression Analysis
Alison A. Smith, Dominique J. Monlezun, John Martinie, David Iannitti, Ioannis Konstantinidis, Michael Darden, Geoffrey Parker, Yuman Fong, Joseph F. Buell
One-Step Multichannel Percutaneous Transhepatic Cholangioscopic Lithotripsy Applied in Bilateral Hepatolithiasis
Haisu Tao, Ping Wang, Beiwang Sun, Kun Li, Canhua Zhu
Microwave Thermoablation of Colorectal Liver Metastases Close to Large Hepatic Vessels Under Pringle Maneuver Minimizes the “Heat Sink Effect”
R. Rhaiem, R. Kianmanesh, M. Minon, A. Tashkandi, A. Aghaei, G. Ledoux, Ch. Hoeffel, O. Bouche, D. Sommacale, T. Piardi
A Real-World, Population-Based Analysis of the Outcomes of Colorectal Cancer Patients with Isolated Synchronous Liver or Lung Metastases Treated with Metastasectomy
Hani Oweira, Arianeb Mehrabi, Christoph Reissfelder, Omar Abdel-Rahman
Risk Factors for Prolonged Postoperative Ileus in Colorectal Surgery: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
Andrea Carolina Quiroga-Centeno, Kihara Alejandra Jerez-Torra, Pedro Antonio Martin-Mojica, Sergio Andrés Castañeda-Alfonso, María Emma Castillo-Sánchez, Oscar Fernando Calvo-Corredor, Sergio Alejandro Gómez-Ochoa
Incidence of Incisional Hernia Repair After Laparoscopic Compared to Open Resection of Colonic Cancer: A Nationwide Analysis of 17,717 Patients
Kristian Kiim Jensen, Andreas Nordholm-Carstensen, Peter-Martin Krarup, Lars Nannestad Jorgensen
The Effect of Immunosuppression on Emergency Colectomy Outcomes: A Nationwide Retrospective Analysis
Majed W. El Hechi, Jae Moo Lee, Leon Naar, Mohamad El Moheb, Nikolaos Kokoroskos, George C. Velmahos, Noelle N. Saillant, Haytham M. A. Kaafarani, April E. Mendoza
Impact of Modified Frozen Elephant Trunk Procedure on Downstream Aorta Remodeling in Acute Aortic Dissection: CT Scan Follow-Up
Luca Koechlin, Josefin Kaufmann, Evelina Macius, Jens Bremerich, Gregor Sommer, Brigitta Gahl, Ulrich Schurr, Martin Grapow, Oliver Reuthebuch, Friedrich Eckstein, Denis A. Berdajs
Risk Factors for Occult Lymph Node Metastasis in Peripheral Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer with Invasive Component Size 3 cm or Less
Youngkyu Moon, Si Young Choi, Jae Kil Park, Kyo Young Lee
Emergency Surgery for Blunt Cardiac Injury: Experience in 43 Cases
Jin-Mou Gao, Ding-Yuan Du, Ling-Wen Kong, Jun Yang, Hui Li, Gong-Bin Wei, Chang-Hua Li, Chao-Pu Liu
The Role of Ultrasound for Detecting Occult Penetrating Cardiac Wounds in Hemodynamically Stable Patients
Adolfo Gonzalez-Hadad, Alberto F. García, Jose J. Serna, Mario Alain Herrera, Monica Morales, Ramiro Manzano-Nunez
Correction to: Prognostic Assessment of Non-functioning Neuroendocrine Pancreatic Neoplasms as a Basis for Risk-Adapted Resection Strategies
F. M. Watzka, F. Meyer, J. I. Staubitz, C. Fottner, A. Schad, H. Lang, T. J. Musholt
Letter to the Editor: Factors Influencing a Medical Student’s Decision to Pursue Surgery as a Career
Ahmed Soualhi, Masud Awil, Haris Shoaib, Bilal Ahmad, Furhan Mukhtar
Letter to the Editor: Primary Aldosteronism: Does Underlying Pathology Impact Clinical Presentation and Outcomes Following Unilateral Adrenalectomy?
Abhishek Arora, Chandan Jha, Prashant Singh
Author’s Reply: Primary Aldosteronism: Does Underlying Pathology Impact Clinical Presentation and Outcomes Following Unilateral Adrenalectomy?
Omair A. Shariq, Travis J. McKenzie
Letter to the Editor: Single Dose Steroid Injection After Loss of Signal (LOS) During Thyroid Surgery is Effective to Recover Electric Signal Avoiding Vocal Cord Palsy and the Need of Staged Thyroidectomy: Prospective Evaluation on 702 Patients
Nurcihan Aygun, Mehmet Uludag
Author’s Reply: Single Dose Steroid Injection After Loss of Signal (LOS) During Thyroid Surgery is Effective to Recover Electric Signal Avoiding Vocal Cord Palsy and the Need of Staged Thyroidectomy: Prospective Evaluation on 702 Patients
Gianluca Donatini, Jerome Danion, Carlos Zerrweck, Pierre Etienne, Jean Louis Kraimps
Letter to the Editor: Relevance of Level IIb Neck Dissection in Patients with Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinomas
Abhinav Thaduri, Achyuth Panuganti, Dharma Ram Poonia, Mahendra Pal Singh, Pankaj Kumar Garg
Authors’ Reply: Relevance of Level IIb Neck Dissection in Patients with Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinomas
Seiji Hosokawa, Daiki Mochizuki, Goro Takahashi, Jun Okamura, Atsushi Imai, Ryuji Ishikawa, Yoshinori Takizawa, Takashi Yamatodani, Kiyoshi Misawa, Hiroyuki Mineta