Issue 9/2014
Content (46 Articles)
Inter-Rater Reliability of the PIPES Tool: Validation of a Surgical Capacity Index for Use in Resource-Limited Settings
Abraham Markin, Roxana Barbero, Jeffrey J. Leow, Reinou S. Groen, Greg Perlman, Elizabeth B. Habermann, Keith N. Apelgren, Adam L. Kushner, Benedict C. Nwomeh
Audit on Preoperative Fasting of Elective Surgical Patients in an African Academic Medical Center
Endale Gebreegziabher Gebremedhn, Vidhya Bates Nagaratnam
Partnership for Sustainability in Cardiac Surgery to Address Critical Rheumatic Heart Disease in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Experience from Rwanda
JaBaris D. Swain, Daniel N. Pugliese, Joseph Mucumbitsi, Emmanuel K. Rusingiza, Nathan Ruhamya, Abel Kagame, Gapira Ganza, Patricia C. Come, Suellen Breakey, Bonnie Greenwood, Jochen D. Muehlschlegel, Cecilia Patton-Bolman, Agnes Binagwaho, R. Morton Bolman
Surgical Treatment of Endemic Goiter in a Nonhospital Setting without General Anesthesia in Africa
J. Gil, J. M. Rodríguez, E. Gil, M. D. Balsalobre, Q. Hernández, F. M. Gonzalez, J. A. García, N. Torregrosa, J. A. Tortosa, A. B. Diallo, P. Parrilla
Cost-Effectiveness of the Ponseti Method for Treatment of Clubfoot in Pakistan
Hamidah Hussain, Aziza Moiz Burfat, Lubna Samad, Fayez Jawed, Muhammad Amin Chinoy, Mansoor Ali Khan
Prevention of Incisional Hernia in Midline Laparotomy with an Onlay Mesh: A Randomized Clinical Trial
A. Caro-Tarrago, C. Olona Casas, A. Jimenez Salido, E. Duque Guilera, F. Moreno Fernandez, V. Vicente Guillen
Laparoscopic Versus Open Incisional and Ventral Hernia Repair: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
Yanyan Zhang, Haiyang Zhou, Yunsheng Chai, Can Cao, Kaizhou Jin, Zhiqian Hu
Randomized Clinical Trial: Nasoenteric Tube or Jejunostomy as a Route for Nutrition After Major Upper Gastrointestinal Operations
Luiz Gonzaga Torres Júnior, Fernando Augusto de Vasconcellos Santos, Maria Isabel Toulson Davisson Correia
Postoperative Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs and Risk of Anastomotic Leak: Meta-analysis of Clinical and Experimental Studies
Aneel Bhangu, Prashant Singh, J. Edward F. Fitzgerald, Alistair Slesser, Paris Tekkis
Relevance of Surgery after Embolization of Gastrointestinal and Abdominal Hemorrhage
Gernot Köhler, Oliver Owen Koch, Stavros A. Antoniou, Franz Mayer, Michael Lechner, Leo Pallwein-Prettner, Klaus Emmanuel
Impact of ATLS Training on Preventable and Potentially Preventable Deaths
Salvador Navarro, Sandra Montmany, Pere Rebasa, Carme Colilles, Anna Pallisera
Influence of Surgical Margins on the Outcome of Breast Cancer Patients: A Retrospective Analysis
Sergio Bernardi, Serena Bertozzi, Ambrogio P. Londero, Giuliana Gentile, Vito Angione, Roberto Petri
Incidence of Chemotherapy-Induced Ovarian Failure in Premenopausal Women Undergoing Chemotherapy for Breast Cancer
V. Tiong, A. M. Rozita, N. A. Taib, C. H. Yip, C. H. Ng
Papillary Thyroid Microcarcinoma: An Over-Treated Malignancy?
Tracy S. Wang, Paolo Goffredo, Julie Ann Sosa, Sanziana A. Roman
Factors Predicting Post-thyroidectomy Hypoparathyroidism Recovery
Saleh F. Al-Dhahri, Mohamed Mubasher, Khamis Mufarji, Osama S. Allam, Abdullah S. Terkawi
Anaplastic Thyroid Carcinomas Incidentally Found on Postoperative Pathological Examination
Akira Yoshida, Kiminori Sugino, Iwao Sugitani, Akira Miyauchi
High Pre-Operative Urinary Norepinephrine is an Independent Determinant of Peri-Operative Hemodynamic Instability in Unilateral Pheochromocytoma/Paraganglioma Removal
Rita Y. K. Chang, Brian Hung-Hin Lang, Kai Pun Wong, Chung-Yau Lo
Graft Vessel Disease Following Heart Transplantation: A Systematic Review of the Role of Statin Therapy
Robin Som, Peter J. Morris, Simon R. Knight
How Much Do We Really Know About Statins and Transplant Vasculopathy?
Alden H. Harken
Sentinel Node Mapping in Adenocarcinoma of the Esophagogastric Junction
Tatsuo Matsuda, Hiroya Takeuchi, Shinichi Tsuwano, Tadaki Nakahara, Makio Mukai, Yuko Kitagawa
Long-Term Quality of Life after Ivor Lewis Esophagectomy for Esophageal Cancer
Silvio Däster, Savas D. Soysal, Lea Stoll, Ralph Peterli, Markus von Flüe, Christoph Ackermann
Colon Interposition Graft for Corrosive Esophageal Stricture: Midterm Functional Outcome
Ndubueze Ezemba, John C. Eze, Ikechukwu A. Nwafor, Kenneth C. Etukokwu, Obinna I. Orakwe
Hepatic Trisectionectomy for Hepatocellular Carcinoma Using the Glisson Pedicle Method Combined with Anterior Approach
Kun-Lin Xie, Yong Zeng, Hong Wu
Local Venous Thrombotic Risk of an Expanding Haemostatic Agent Used During Liver Resection
Francois Cauchy, Sébastien Gaujoux, Maxime Ronot, David Fuks, Safi Dokmak, Alain Sauvanet, Jacques Belghiti
Preoperative Hepatitis B Virus DNA Level is a Risk Factor for Postoperative Liver Failure in Patients Who Underwent Partial Hepatectomy for Hepatitis B-Related Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Gang Huang, Wan Yee Lau, Feng Shen, Ze-ya Pan, Si-yuan Fu, Yun Yang, Wei-ping Zhou, Meng-chao Wu
Prognostic Significance of Preoperative Peripheral Blood Monocyte Ratio in Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Seung Duk Lee, Seong Hoon Kim, Young-Kyu Kim, Soon-Ae Lee, Sang-Jae Park
Treatment Strategy to Improve Long-Term Survival for Hepatocellular Carcinoma Smaller than 5 cm: Major Hepatectomy vs Minor Hepatectomy
Tiffany Cho Lam Wong, Tan To Cheung, Kenneth S. H. Chok, Albert C. Y. Chan, Wing Chiu Dai, See Ching Chan, Ronnie T. P. Poon, Chung Mau Lo
Antiviral Therapy Decreases Recurrence of Hepatitis B Virus-related Hepatocellular Carcinoma after Curative Resection: A Meta-analysis
Yanming Zhou, Zhansai Zhang, Yanfang Zhao, Lupeng Wu, Bin Li
Transcystic or Transductal Stone Extraction during Single-Stage Treatment of Choledochocystolithiasis: A Systematic Review
Jan Siert K. Reinders, Dirk J. Gouma, Dirk T. Ubbink, Bert van Ramshorst, Djamila Boerma
Assessing Surgical Quality: Comparison of General and Procedure-Specific Morbidity Estimation Models for the Risk Adjustment of Pancreaticoduodenectomy Outcomes
C. Ansorge, P. Lindström, L. Strömmer, J. Blomberg, L. Lundell, Å. Andrén-Sandberg, M. Del Chiaro, R. Segersvärd
Correlation between Preoperative Imaging and Intraoperative Risk Assessment in the Prediction of Postoperative Pancreatic Fistula Following Pancreatoduodenectomy
Farshad Frozanpor, Louiza Loizou, Christoph Ansorge, Lars Lundell, Nils Albiin, Ralf Segersvärd
Perioperative Care with Fast-Track Management in Patients Undergoing Pancreaticoduodenectomy
Shinjiro Kobayashi, Ryuiti Ooshima, Satoshi Koizumi, Masafumi Katayama, Joe Sakurai, Taiji Watanabe, Hiroshi Nakano, Toshihide Imaizumi, Takehito Otsubo
Emergency Management in Patients with Late Hemorrhage after Pancreatoduodenectomy for a Periampullary Tumor
Anneke P. J. Jilesen, Johanna A. M. G. Tol, Olivier R. C. Busch, Otto M. van Delden, Thomas M. van Gulik, Els J. M. Nieveen van Dijkum, Dirk J. Gouma
A Modification of Radical Antegrade Modular Pancreatosplenectomy for Adenocarcinoma of the Left Pancreas: Significance of En Bloc Resection Including the Anterior Renal Fascia
Hirohisa Kitagawa, Hidehiro Tajima, Hisatoshi Nakagawara, Isamu Makino, Tomoharu Miyashita, Hirofumi Terakawa, Shinichi Nakanuma, Hironori Hayashi, Hiroyuki Takamura, Tetsuo Ohta
Chronic Pancreatitis with Benign Biliary Obstruction: Management Issues
Sundeep Singh Saluja, Raja Kalayarasan, Pramod Kumar Mishra, Siddarth Srivastava, Sandip Chandrasekar, Satyajit Godhi
Sexual Function and Body Image are Similar after Laparoscopy-Assisted and Open Ileal Pouch–Anal Anastomosis
Mie Dilling Kjaer, Stig Borbjerg Laursen, Niels Qvist, Jens Kjeldsen, Peiman Hossein Poornoroozy
Trends in Demographics and Management of Obstructing Colorectal Cancer
Zaheer Moolla, Thandinkosi E. Madiba
Late Complications after Proctectomy in Rectal Cancer Patients who Underwent Radiotherapy
So Hyun Kim, Jae Hwang Kim, Sang Hun Jung
Unplanned Extubation and Mortality in Surgical Critically Patients: An Accidental Association or Cause?
Antonio M. Esquinas, Yalım Dikmen
Reply to: Unplanned Extubation and Mortality in Surgical Critically Patients: An Accidental Association or Cause?
Hyun-Chang Kim, Eugene Kim, Hee-Pyoung Park
Primary Hyperparathyroidism: An Analysis of Failure of Parathyroidectomy
Ritesh Agrawal, Sabaretnam Mayilvaganan
Authors Reply to Letter to Editor: Primary Hyperparathyroidism: An Analysis of Failure of Parathyroidectomy
A. Bagul, H. P. Patel, D. Chadwick, B. J. Harrision, S. P. Balasubramanian
Cost Effectiveness of Dental Surgery Procedures: A Call for Strengthening the Evidence
Habib Benzian, Richard Niederman
Cost-effectiveness of Dental Surgery Procedures: A Call for Strengthening the Evidence: Reply
Jane Maraka, Caris Grimes, Jaymie Henry, Michael Cotton