Issue 7/2020
Content (57 Articles)
Aerosol box, An Operating Room Security Measure in COVID-19 Pandemic
Francisco Alberto Leyva Moraga, Eduardo Leyva Moraga, Fernando Leyva Moraga, Abelardo Juanz González, Jesús Martín Ibarra Celaya, Jesús Antonio Ocejo Gallegos, Jorge Arturo Barreras Espinoza
We Asked the Experts: How Do We Maintain Surgical Quality Standards for Enhanced Recovery Programs After Cancer Surgery During the COVID-19 Outbreak?
Alexandre Doussot, Bruno Heyd, Zaher Lakkis
We Asked the Experts: Virtual Learning in Surgical Education During the COVID-19 Pandemic—Shaping the Future of Surgical Education and Training
Haley Ehrlich, Mark McKenney, Adel Elkbuli
Guidelines for Perioperative Care for Pancreatoduodenectomy: Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) Recommendations 2019
Emmanuel Melloul, Kristoffer Lassen, Didier Roulin, Fabian Grass, Julie Perinel, Mustapha Adham, Erik Björn Wellge, Filipe Kunzler, Marc G. Besselink, Horacio Asbun, Michael J. Scott, Cornelis H. C. Dejong, Dionisos Vrochides, Thomas Aloia, Jakob R. Izbicki, Nicolas Demartines
Enhanced Recovery in Patients Selected for Pancreatoduodenectomy: Standardization of Care Improves Patient Outcomes
Victor M. Zaydfudim
Characteristics of Intestinal Volvulus and Risk of Mortality in Malawi
Laura N. Purcell, Rachel Reiss, Charles Mabedi, Jared Gallaher, Rebecca Maine, Anthony Charles
Barriers to Effective Transfusion Practices in Limited-Resource Settings: From Infrastructure to Cultural Beliefs
Alhassan Datti Mohammed, Papytcho Ntambwe, Ana Maria Crawford
Surgical Training Throughout Africa: A Review of Operative Case Volumes at Multiple Training Centers
Robert K. Parker, Hillary M. Topazian, Wairimu Ndegwa, Patricia Chesang, Shinji Strain, Keir Thelander, Andrea S. Parker, Robert Riviello
District General Hospital Surgical Capacity and Mortality Trends in Patients with Acute Abdomen in Malawi
Laura N. Purcell, Brittany Robinson, Vanessa Msosa, Jared Gallaher, Anthony Charles
Epidemiological Comparisons and Risk Factors for Pre-hospital and In-Hospital Mortality Following Traumatic Injury in Malawi
Laura N. Purcell, Gift Mulima, Rachel Reiss, Jared Gallaher, Anthony Charles
Validating the Global Surgery Geographical Accessibility Indicator: Differences in Modeled Versus Patient-Reported Travel Times
Niclas Rudolfson, Magdalena Gruendl, Theoneste Nkurunziza, Frederick Kateera, Kristin Sonderman, Edison Nihiwacu, Bahati Ramadhan, Robert Riviello, Bethany Hedt-Gauthier
Implementation Analysis of a Perioperative Patient Safety Program in Guatemala
Isabelle P. Sico, Bria J. Hall, Angie Aguilar-González, Monica Orozco, Carla Ramirez, Joy Noel Baumgartner, David Boyd, Javier Bolaños, Erwin Calgua, Randall Lou-Meda, Henry E. Rice
Sex Disparities in the Global Burden of Surgical Disease
Brittany L. Powell, Rebecca Luckett, Abebe Bekele, Tiffany E. Chao
Surgeon Experience with Parental Leave Policies Varies Based on Practice Setting
Katherine Bingmer, Danielle S. Walsh, Nancy L. Gantt, Hilary A. Sanfey, Sharon L. Stein
Factors Associated with High Preoperative Anxiety: Results from Cluster Analysis
Krzysztof Jarmoszewicz, Katarzyna Nowicka-Sauer, Adam Zemła, Sebastian Beta
Optimal Prediction of the Central Venous Catheter Insertion Depth Targeting the Cavoatrial Junction
Hyejin Mo, Sanghyun Ahn, Joongyub Lee, Sungsin Cho, Seung-Kee Min
In Depth: Determining Optimal Central Venous Catheter Length During Insertion
Gabrielle E. Hatton, Lillian S. Kao
Effectiveness and Safety of Mesh Repair for Incarcerated or Strangulated Hernias: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Yu-Te Lin, Tzu-Yu Weng, Ka-Wai Tam
Single-Center Retrospective Analysis of the Outcomes of Patients Undergoing Staged Peritoneal Lavage for Secondary Peritonitis
D. Daskalopoulou, J. Kankam, P. C. Ambe, K. Zarras
Patient-Reported Outcomes and Long-Term Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing Single-Port Versus Conventional Laparoscopic Inguinal Hernia Repair
Daryl Kai Ann Chia, Davide Lomanto, Sujith Wijerathne
Must the Surgeons Move Toward Single-Incision Laparoscopic Surgery Given its Cosmetic Benefits?
Carlos Hoyuela
Predictors and Survival of Patients with Osteosarcoma After Limb Salvage versus Amputation: A Population-Based Analysis with Propensity Score Matching
Lin Qi, Xiaolei Ren, Zhongyue Liu, Shuangqing Li, Wenchao Zhang, Ruiqi Chen, Congzhou Chen, Chao Tu, Zhihong Li
Defining Major Surgery: A Delphi Consensus Among European Surgical Association (ESA) Members
David Martin, Styliani Mantziari, Nicolas Demartines, Martin Hübner, Henri Bismuth, Michael G. Sarr, Steven M. Strasberg, Steven D. Wexner, Mustapha Adham, Donato F. Altomare, Roland Andersson, Wolf Bechstein, Sebastiano Biondo, Maximilian Bockhorn, Luigi Bonavina, Daniel Casanova Rituerto, Pierre-Alain Clavien, Nicolo De Manzini, George Decker, Cornelis HC Dejong, Christos Dervenis, Olivier Farges, Joan Figueras, Abraham Louis Fingerhut, Helmut Friess, Olivier Glehen, Michael Gnant, Christian Gutschow, Dieter Hahnloser, Bertil Hamberger, Jacob Frans Hamming, Arnulf H. Hölscher, Jakob R. Izbicki, Sven Jonas, Aleksandar Karamarkovic, Henrik Kehlet, Ari Kalevi Leppäniemi, Jan Lerut, Pål-Dag Line, J. Peter A. Lodge, Jonathan Larmonth Meakins, Marco Montorsi, Philippe Nafteux, Peter Naredi, Attila Oláh, Yves Panis, Fernando Pardo, Rowan W. Parks, Sergio Pedrazzoli, Patrick Pessaux, Hugo Pinto Marques, Gilberto Poggioli, Irinel Popescu, Pauli Antero Puolakkainen, José M. Ramia Angel, Jari Rasanen, John Vincent Reynolds, Riccardo Rosati, Hans-Detlev Saeger, Stefan Schneeberger, Paul M. Schneider, Kjetil Søreide, Dirk Stippel, Christian Toso, Jean-Jacques Tuech, Erkki Juhani Tukiainen, Richard Van Hillegersberg, Bas Wijnhoven, Desmond C. Winter, Giovanni Zaninotto
Long-Term Evaluation of the Outcomes of Subtotal Laparoscopic and Robotic Splenectomy in Hereditary Spherocytosis
Simona Manciu, Georgiana-Aurelia Nae, Adriana Diaconu, Anca Colita, Mihnea P. Dragomir, Raluca Purnichescu-Purtan, Stefan Tudor, Catalin Vasilescu
Effectiveness and Usage Trends of Hemorrhage Control Interventions in Patients with Pelvic Fracture in Shock
Shokei Matsumoto, Tomohiro Funabiki, Kei Hayashida, Motoyasu Yamazaki, Takayuki Ebihara, Takashi Moriya
Modified Anterior Tibial Artery Perforator-Pedicled Propeller Flap for Soft-Tissue Coverage of the Ankle and Heel
Jian Lin, Feng Zhou, Yi-Dan Sun, Ya-Shan Gao, Hai-Zhou Li, He-Ping Zheng, Ying-Fan Zhang, Qing-Feng Li, Patricia J. Ward, Ya-Li Yang, Cai-Yue Liu
Mortality of Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome in Trauma Patients: A Systematic Review over a Period of Four Decades
Dorothea Rebekka Birkner, Sascha Halvachizadeh, Hans-Christoph Pape, Roman Pfeifer
Advanced Modeling to Predict Pneumonia in Combat Trauma Patients
Matthew Bradley, Christopher Dente, Vivek Khatri, Seth Schobel, Felipe Lisboa, Audrey Shi, Hannah Hensman, Allan Kirk, Timothy G. Buchman, Eric Elster
Correction to: Advanced Modeling to Predict Pneumonia in Combat Trauma Patients
Matthew Bradley, Christopher Dente, Vivek Khatri, Seth Schobel, Felipe Lisboa, Audrey Shi, Hannah Hensman, Allan Kirk, Timothy G. Buchman, Eric Elster
Preoperative Role of RAS or BRAF K601E in the Guidance of Surgery for Indeterminate Thyroid Nodules
L. Ravella, J. Lopez, F. Descotes, J. Giai, V. Lapras, M.-L. Denier, F. Borson-Chazot, J.-C. Lifante, M. Decaussin-Petrucci
Efficacy of Microwave Ablation in the Treatment of Large (≥3 cm) Benign Thyroid Nodules
Huynh Quang Khanh, Ngo Quoc Hung, Vu Huu Vinh, Nguyen Van Khoi, Nguyen Lam Vuong
Percutaneous Microwave Ablation for Benign, Symptomatic Thyroid Nodules: Wave of the Future?
Alaina D. Geary, Frederick Thurston Drake
Adrenal Tumors Found During Staging and Surveillance for Colorectal Cancer: Benign Incidentalomas or Metastatic Disease?
Mio Yanagisawa, Dania G. Malik, Thomas W. Loehfelm, Ghaneh Fananapazir, Michael T. Corwin, Michael J. Campbell
Malignant Insulinoma: A Rare Form of Neuroendocrine Tumor
Alaa Sada, Amy E. Glasgow, Adrian Vella, Geoffrey B. Thompson, Travis J. McKenzie, Elizabeth B. Habermann
Diltiazem Prophylaxis for the Prevention of Atrial Fibrillation in Patients Undergoing Thoracoabdominal Esophagectomy: A Retrospective Cohort Study
Marcel Hochreiter, Thomas Schmidt, Benedikt H. Siegler, Leila Sisic, Karsten Schmidt, Thomas Bruckner, Beat P. Müller-Stich, Markus K. Diener, Markus A. Weigand, Markus W. Büchler, Cornelius J. Busch
Preoperative Low Vital Capacity Influences Survival After Esophagectomy for Patients with Esophageal Carcinoma
Kotaro Sugawara, Kazuhiko Mori, Yasuhiro Okumura, Koichi Yagi, Susumu Aikou, Yukari Uemura, Hiroharu Yamashita, Yasuyuki Seto
A Systematic Review and Network-Meta-Analysis of Gastro-Enteric Reconstruction Techniques Following Pancreatoduodenectomy to Reduce Delayed Gastric Emptying
Sivesh K. Kamarajah, James R. Bundred, Giorgio Alessandri, Stuart M. Robinson, Colin H. Wilson, Jeremy J. French, Sanjay Pandanaboyana
The Impact of Pretreatment PET/CT Nodal Status on Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma After Neoadjuvant Chemoradiation
Jian-Xun Chen, Ting-Yu Lu, Hsin-Yuan Fang, Yu-Sen Lin, Jang-Ming Lee
Is Laparoscopic Gastrectomy More Advantageous for Elderly Patients Than for Young Patients with Resectable Advanced Gastric Cancer?
Yuki Ushimaru, Yukinori Kurokawa, Tsuyoshi Takahashi, Takuro Saito, Kotaro Yamashita, Koji Tanaka, Tomoki Makino, Makoto Yamasaki, Kiyokazu Nakajima, Masaki Mori, Yuichiro Doki
A Comparison of Intrathecal and Intravenous Morphine for Analgesia After Hepatectomy: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Grzegorz Niewiński, Wojciech Figiel, Michał Grąt, Marta Dec, Marcin Morawski, Waldemar Patkowski, Krzysztof Zieniewicz
Role of Central Hypo-enhancement in the Hepatic Arterial Phase of Dynamic Computed Tomography in Patients with Mass-Forming Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma
Hiroki Teraoku, Yuji Morine, Naoto Uyama, Tetsuya Ikemoto, Shuichi Iwahashi, Yu Saito, Chie Takasu, Satoru Imura, Masafumi Harada, Mitsuo Shimada
Frey Procedure Combined with Biliary Diversion for the Treatment of Chronic Pancreatitis-Related Biliary Obstruction: Impact of the Types of Diversion
Sukanta Ray, Kshaunish Das, Koustav Jana, Roby Das, Dilip Kumar, Sujan Khamrui
Centralisation of Pancreatoduodenectomy in India: Where Do We Stand?
Rajesh S. Shinde, Saneya Pandrowala, Sunil Navalgund, Esha Pai, Manish S. Bhandare, Vikram A. Chaudhari, Richard Sullivan, Shailesh V. Shrikhande
Outcomes of Simultaneous Resection of Small Bowel Neuroendocrine Tumors with Synchronous Liver Metastases
Pietro Addeo, Jean-Baptiste Bertin, Alessio Imperiale, Gerlinde Averous, Alfonso Terrone, Bernard Goichot, Philippe Bachellier
Live Liver Donors: Is Right Still Right?
Ashwin Rammohan, Mettu S. Reddy, Gomathy Narasimhan, Rajesh Rajalingam, Ilankumaran Kaliamoorthy, Mathangi Krishnan, Rathnavel Kanagavelu, Venugopal Kota, Mohamed Rela
Mesh Repair in Crohn’s Disease: A Case-Matched Multicenter Study in 234 Patients
Laura Beyer-Berjot, David Moszkowicz, Valérie Bridoux, Lucil Schneider, Luca Theuil, Yves François, Solafah Abdalla, Eddy Cotte, Léon Maggiori, Antoine Brouquet, François-Régis Souche, Philippe Zerbib, Jean-Jacques Tuech, Yves Panis, Stéphane Berdah
Task Deconstruction of Colonic Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection (cESD): An Expert Consensus
Karen J. Dickinson, Brian J. Dunkin, John J. Nguyen-Lee, Aman B. Ali, Stephanie Zajac
Outcomes of Simultaneous Resections and Classical Strategy for Synchronous Colorectal Liver Metastases in Sweden: A Nationwide Study with Special Reference to Major Liver Resections
Valentinus T. Valdimarsson, Ingvar Syk, Gert Lindell, Per Sandström, Bengt Isaksson, Magnus Rizell, Agneta Norén, Bjarne Ardnor, Christian Sturesson
Localization of Small Pulmonary Nodules Using Augmented Fluoroscopic Bronchoscopy: Experience from 100 Consecutive Cases
Shun-Mao Yang, Kai-Lun Yu, Kun-Hsien Lin, Yueh-Lun Liu, Shao-En Sun, Ling-Hsuan Meng, Huan-Jang Ko
The Patients with Hirschsprung’s Disease Who Underwent Pull-Through at Age Less than 1 Year: Longitudinal Bowel Function
Chaeyoun Oh, Joong Kee Youn, Ji-Won Han, Hee-Beom Yang, Hyun-Young Kim, Sung-Eun Jung
Letter to Editor: The Significance of Histologically “Large Normal” Parathyroid Glands in Primary Hyperparathyroidism
Mallika Dhanda, Sabaretnam Mayilvaganan, VNSSVAMS Mahalakshmi, Suneel Mattoo, Amit Agarwal
Letter to the Editor: Reoperation for Bleeding After Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery: Incidence, Risk Factors, Prevention, and Management
Aimee N. Di Marco, Anthony Glover, Mark S. Sywak, Stan B. Sidhu
Author’s Reply: Reoperation for Bleeding After Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery: Incidence, Risk Factors, Prevention, and Management
O. Edafe, E. Cochrane, S. P. Balasubramanian
Letter to the Editor: Laparoscopic Versus Open Complete Mesocolon Excision in Right Colon Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Shahin Hajibandeh, Shahab Hajibandeh, Rajeev Peravali
Author’s Reply: Laparoscopic Versus Open Complete Mesocolon Excision in Right Colon Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
Mohamed Ali Chaouch, Mohamed Wejih Dougaz, Chadli Dziri
Letter to the Editor: Characteristics of Intestinal Volvulus and Risk of Mortality in Malawi
Sabri Selcuk Atamanalp
Authors’ Reply: Characteristics of Intestinal Volvulus and Risk of Mortality in Malawi
Laura N. Purcell, Rachel Reiss, Charles Mabedi, Jared Gallaher, Rebecca Maine, Anthony Charles