Issue 7/2016
Content (41 Articles)
Access to Cesarean Section Will Reduce Maternal Mortality in Low-Income Countries: A Mathematical Model
Sarah Thomas, Jonathan Meadows, K. A. Kelly McQueen
Managing Soft Tissue Sarcomas in a Developing Health System
Tristan Boam, Andreas Hueschelrath, Ly Tho, Thomas Mendes da Costa, Anne McMurrey, James Gollogly
Invasive Infection and Outcomes in a Humanitarian Surgical Burn Program in Haiti
Richard A. Murphy, Luba Nisenbaum, Amy S. Labar, Robert L. Sheridan, Jean-Baptiste Ronat, Kelly Dilworth, Jade Pena, Erin Kilborn, Carrie Teicher
The Role of Planned and On-Demand Relaparotomy in the Developing World
M. F. Scriba, G. L. Laing, J. L. Bruce, B. Sartorius, D. L. Clarke
Quantifying Intraoperative Workloads Across the Surgical Team Roles: Room for Better Balance?
Denny Yu, Bethany Lowndes, Cornelius Thiels, Juliane Bingener, Amro Abdelrahman, Rebecca Lyons, Susan Hallbeck
Insulin-Treated Patients with Diabetes Mellitus Undergoing Emergency Abdominal Surgery Have Worse Outcomes than Patients Treated with Oral Agents
Tobias Haltmeier, Elizabeth Benjamin, Elizabeth Beale, Kenji Inaba, Demetrios Demetriades
A Comparative Validation of Primary Surgical Versus Post-neo-adjuvant Chemotherapy Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy for Stage III Breast Cancers
Gaurav Agarwal, Sendhil Rajan, Sanjay Gambhir, Punita Lal, Narendra Krishnani, Subhash Kheruka
Utilization of Percutaneous Needle Biopsy for Breast Diagnosis in a Comprehensive Breast Center: Implications for Development of Quality Indicators
Claire M. B. Holloway, Lolwah Al-Riyees, Refik Saskin
Generalized Multifactor Dimensionality Reduction (GMDR) Analysis of Drug-Metabolizing Enzyme-Encoding Gene Polymorphisms may Predict Treatment Outcomes in Indian Breast Cancer Patients
Gaurav Agarwal, Sonam Tulsyan, Punita Lal, Balraj Mittal
The Association of Discolored Parathyroid Glands and Hypoparathyroidism Following Total Thyroidectomy
Brian Hung-Hin Lang, Diane T. Y. Chan, Felix Che-Lok Chow, Kai Pun Wong, Rita Y. K. Chang
BRAFV600E Mutation is Associated with Decreased Disease-Free Survival in Papillary Thyroid Cancer
S. Fraser, C. Go, A. Aniss, S. Sidhu, L. Delbridge, D. Learoyd, R. Clifton-Bligh, L. Tacon, V. Tsang, B. Robinson, A. J. Gill, M. Sywak
Improving Minimally Invasive Adrenalectomy: Selection of Optimal Approach and Comparison of Outcomes
Terry C. Lairmore, Jessica Folek, Cara M. Govednik, Samuel K. Snyder
Usefulness of Inflammation-Based Prognostic Score in Patients Undergoing Lung Metastasectomy for Colorectal Carcinoma
Satoru Kobayashi, Yoko Karube, Morimichi Nishihira, Takashi Inoue, Osamu Araki, Tetsu Sado, Masayuki Chida
The Damage Pattern to the Gastrointestinal Tract Depends on the Nature of the Ingested Caustic Agent
Romain Ducoudray, Antoine Mariani, Helene Corte, Aurore Kraemer, Nicolas Munoz-Bongrand, Emile Sarfati, Pierre Cattan, Mircea Chirica
Propensity Score Analysis of an Enhanced Recovery Programme in Upper Gastrointestinal Cancer Surgery
A. Karran, J. Wheat, D. Chan, P. Blake, R. Barlow, W. G. Lewis
Effects of Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy and Open Esophagectomy on Circulating Tumor Cell Level in Elderly Patients with Esophageal Cancer
Hai-Bo Wang, Qiang Guo, Yong-Hui Li, Zhen-Qing Sun, Ting-Ting Li, Wen-Xue Zhang, Sha-Sha Xiang, He-Fei Li
Characteristics of Postoperative Recurrence in Lymph Node-Negative Superficial Esophageal Carcinoma
Yohei Ozawa, Takashi Kamei, Toru Nakano, Yusuke Taniyama, Shigehito Miyagi, Noriaki Ohuchi
Clinicopathological Characteristics and Prognostic Factors of Patients with Siewert Type II Esophagogastric Junction Carcinoma: A Retrospective Multicenter Study
Tatsuo Matsuda, Yukinori Kurokawa, Takaki Yoshikawa, Kentaro Kishi, Kazunari Misawa, Masaki Ohi, Shinji Mine, Naoki Hiki, Hiroya Takeuchi
Management of Tracheo- or Bronchoesophageal Fistula After Ivor-Lewis Esophagectomy
R. Lambertz, A. H. Hölscher, M. Bludau, J. M. Leers, C. Gutschow, W. Schröder
Accuracy of Surgeon-Performed Ultrasound in Detecting Gallstones: A Validation Study
Camilla Gustafsson, Andrea McNicholas, Anders Sondén, Staffan Törngren, Hans Järnbert-Pettersson, Anna Lindelius
Cost-Effective Surgical Management of Liver Disease Amidst a Financial Crisis
Nikolaos Arkadopoulos, Georgios Gemenetzis, Nikolaos Danias, Panagiotis Kokoropoulos, Ioanna Koukopoulou, Christos Bartsokas, Georgia Kostopanagiotou, Vassilios Smyrniotis
Outcomes of Laparoscopic Liver Resection for Patients with Large Colorectal Liver Metastases: A Case-Matched Analysis
Takeo Nomi, David Fuks, Christophe Louvet, Yoshiyuki Nakajima, Brice Gayet
Comparison of the Outcomes of Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma and Portal Hypertension After Liver Resection Versus Radiofrequency Ablation
Noboru Harada, Ken Shirabe, Takashi Maeda, Hiroto Kayashima, Shintaro Takaki, Yoshihiko Maehara
Preventive Measures for Postoperative Bile Leakage After Central Hepatectomy: A Multicenter, Prospective, Observational Study of 101 Patients
Takamichi Ishii, Etsuro Hatano, Hiroaki Furuyama, Dai Manaka, Hiroaki Terajima, Shinji Uemoto
Minimally Invasive Versus Open Pancreatic Surgery in Patients with Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 1
Caroline L. Lopez, Max B. Albers, Carmen Bollmann, Jerena Manoharan, Jens Waldmann, Volker Fendrich, Detlef K. Bartsch
Is Early Reversal of Defunctioning Ileostomy a Shorter, Easier and Less Expensive Operation?
Konstantinos Lasithiotakis, Assad Aghahoseini, David Alexander
Adherence to the ERAS protocol is Associated with 5-Year Survival After Colorectal Cancer Surgery: A Retrospective Cohort Study
Ulf O. Gustafsson, Henrik Oppelstrup, Anders Thorell, Jonas Nygren, Olle Ljungqvist
Patient Body Image and Satisfaction with Surgical Wound Appearance After Reduced Port Surgery for Colorectal Diseases
Atsushi Hamabe, Ichiro Takemasa, Taishi Hata, Tsunekazu Mizushima, Yuichiro Doki, Masaki Mori
Predictors of Perineal Wound Complications and Prolonged Time to Perineal Wound Healing After Abdominoperineal Resection
Azah A. Althumairi, Joseph K. Canner, Susan L. Gearhart, Bashar Safar, Justin Sacks, Jonathan E. Efron
Late Radiological and Clinical Outcomes of Traumatic Thoracic Aortic Injury Managed with Thoracic Endovascular Aortic Repair
M. Khashram, Q. He, T. H. Oh, A. Khanafer, I. A. Wright, T. M. Vasudevan, A. S. N. Lo, J. A. Roake, I. Civil
External Validation of Risk Stratification Models Predicting the Immediate Mortality After Open Repair of Ruptured AAA
Payman Majd, Spyridon Mylonas, Michael Gawenda, Jan Brunkwall
Port Site Recurrences Following Laparoscopic Liver Resection for Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Edoardo Virgilio, Alessandro Scorsi, Pietro Maria Amodio, Angelo Goglia, Raffaele Macarone Palmieri
Port Site Recurrences Following Laparoscopic Liver Resection for Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Reply
Robert Martin
Totally Implantable Venous Access Devices: Efforts Are Needed to Standardize Procedures to Avoid Complications
Isidoro Di Carlo, Adriana Toro, Annalisa Ardiri, Gaetano Bertino
Totally Implantable Venous Access Devices: Efforts Are Needed to Standardize Procedures to Avoid Complication: Reply
Daniele Biacchi, Paolo Sammartino, Angelo Di Giorgio
Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis in High-Risk General Surgery in Asia
Ngoh Chin Liew, Limi Lee
Access to Medicines are an Essential Component of Global Surgery
Jason W. Nickerson
Isolated Resection of Segment VIII: A Technique for Drainage Through the Couinaud Space to Prevent Postoperative Collections
Giuseppe Maria Ettorre, Roberto Luca Meniconi