Issue 9/2021
Content (46 Articles)
Inspirational Women in Surgery Around the Globe: A WJS Tribute
S. George Barreto, Sanziana Roman, Julie Ann Sosa
Professor Fiona Wood, AM, FAHMS (Plastic Surgeon, Western Australia)
Savio George Barreto
The World Journal of Surgery Welcomes Dr. Heather Yeo to the Editorial Board
Julie Ann Sosa
The World Journal of Surgery Welcomes Dr. Takeo Fukagawa to the Editorial Board
Julie Ann Sosa
Tracheostomy Practices for Mechanically Ventilated Patients in Malawi
Meghan Prin, Alex Kaizer, Jesus Cardenas, Onias Mtalimanja, Clement Kadyaudzu, Anthony Charles, Adit Ginde
Potentially Avertable Child Mortality Associated with Surgical Workforce Scale-up in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Global Study
Paul Truche, Fabio Botelho, Alexis N. Bowder, Alexander W. Levis, Sarah L. M. Greenberg, Emily Smith, Scott Corlew, Stephen Bickler, Henry E. Rice, Emmanuel A. Ameh, John G. Meara, Dan Poenaru, David P. Mooney
Nigerian Surgical Trainees’ Work Schedule: It is Time for a Change!
Akaninyene Eseme Ubom, AbdulHafiz Oladapo Adesunkanmi, Chinedu Udochukwu Ndegbu, Simon Adewale Balogun, Samuel Chibuzo Ajekwu, Sinmidele Olamiposi Sowemimo, Adebayo Moses Olugbami, Philip Ade Ekhaiyeme, Olalekan Olasehinde, Ibraheem Olayemi Awowole, Omotade Adebimpe Ijarotimi
Improving Global Surgical Oncology Benchmarks: Defining the Unmet Need for Cancer Surgery in Ghana
Cameron E. Gaskill, Adam Gyedu, Barclay Stewart, Robert Quansah, Peter Donkor, Charles Mock
Patterns and Effects of Admission Hyperglycemia and Inflammatory Response in Trauma Patients: A Prospective Clinical Study
Ayman El-Menyar, Mohammad Asim, Fayaz Mir, Suhail Hakim, Ahad Kanbar, Tariq Siddiqui, Basil Younis, Khalid Ahmed, Ismail Mahmood, Sajid Atique, Hisham Al Jogol, Ibrahim Taha, Fuad Mustafa, Mohammad Alabdallat, Husham Abdelrahman, Ruben Peralta, Hassan Al-Thani
Correction to: Patterns and Effects of Admission Hyperglycemia and Inflammatory Response in Trauma Patients: A Prospective Clinical Study
Ayman El-Menyar, Mohammad Asim, Fayaz Mir, Suhail Hakim, Ahad Kanbar, Tariq Siddiqui, Basil Younis, Khalid Ahmed, Ismail Mahmood, Sajid Atique, Hisham Al Jogol, Ibrahim Taha, Fuad Mustafa, Mohammad Alabdallat, Husham Abdelrahman, Ruben Peralta, Hassan Al-Thani
Surgical airway procedures in emergency surgical patients: Results of what has become a back-up procedure
Gijs J. A. Willinge, Falco Hietbrink, Luke P. H. Leenen
Scoring Systems May be Effective in Predicting Mortality Associated with Palliative Emergency Gastrointestinal Surgery: A Retrospective Observational Study
M. Laitamäki, I. Alamylläri, M. Kalliomäki, J. Laukkarinen, M. Ukkonen, E. Junttila
Impact of Inter-Hospital Transfer on Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Emergency Abdominal Surgery: A Tertiary Referral Center’s Perspective
Joël L. Lavanchy, Jean-Baptiste Dubuis, Alice Osterwalder, Sebastian Winterhalder, Tobias Haltmeier, Daniel Candinas, Beat Schnüriger
Management of Obscurely Dilated Common Bile Duct with Normal Liver Function Tests: A Pragmatic Approach
Sundeep Singh Saluja, Vaibhav Kumar Varshney, Vidya Sharada Bhat, Phani Kumar Nekarakanti, Asit Arora, Sanjeev Sachdeva, Pramod Kumar Mishra
A Systematic Review of Online Patient Resources to Support Shared Decision Making for Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy
A. Musbahi, N. Ali, L. Brown, S. Brown, Y. K. S. Viswanath, K. Etherson, B. Gopinath
Laparoscopic Versus Open Incisional Hernia Repair: Long-Term Follow-up Results of a Randomized Clinical Trial
Francisco Asencio, Juan Carbó, Ramón Ferri, Salvador Peiró, Javier Aguiló, Inmaculada Torrijo, Sebastian Barber, Raul Canovas, Juan Carlos Andreu-Ballester
Traumatic Abdominal Wall Hernia–A Series of 12 Patients and a Review of the Literature
Omar Alhadeedi, Laurent Gruner, Antoinette Lasseur, Olivier Monneuse
Matrix Metalloproteinases (MMP-2) and Tissue Inhibitors of Metalloproteinases (TIMP-2) in Male Inguinal Hernia Patients at Different Ages
Dianchen Wang, Hongyue Zhang, Jianhua Li, Xinguang Qiu, Yake Chen
Outcomes of Tracheal Resections in Well-Differentiated Thyroid Cancer—A case series and meta-analysis
Anton Warshavsky, Roni Rosen, Narin Nard-Carmel, Nidal Muhanna, Omer Ungar, Avraham Abergel, Dan M. Fliss, Gilad Horowitz
Clinicopathological Significance of Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma Located in the Isthmus: A Meta-Analysis
Young Sang Lyu, Jung Soo Pyo, Won Jin Cho, Sang Yong Kim, Jin Hwa Kim
Multifocality and Progression of Papillary Thyroid Microcarcinoma During Active Surveillance
Ryuta Nagaoka, Aya Ebina, Kazuhisa Toda, Tomoo Jikuzono, Marie Saitou, Masaomi Sen, Hiroko Kazusaka, Mami Matsui, Keiko Yamada, Hiroki Mitani, Iwao Sugitani
Predictors of Bone Mineral Density Improvement after Parathyroidectomy for Secondary Hyperparathyroidism: A Retrospective Single-Center Analysis
Manabu Okada, Yoshihiro Tominaga, Toshihide Tomosugi, Takahisa Hiramitsu, Toshihiro Ichimori, Tetsuhiko Sato
Spare Parathyroid Glands During Thyroid Surgery with Perioperative Autofluorescence Imaging: A Diagnostic Study
Alexandre Bellier, Yann Wazne, Thibaut Chollier, Nathalie Sturm, Philippe Chaffanjon
Impact of Specific Bowel Symptoms on Quality of Life in Patients with Midgut Neuroendocrine Tumours
Håkan Ohlsson, Gideon Wahlberg, Marlene Malmström, Rita Gustafsson, Anna Sundlöv, Erik Nordenström, Martin Almquist
Correction to: Impact of Specific Bowel Symptoms on Quality of Life in Patients with Midgut Neuroendocrine Tumours
Håkan Ohlsson, Gideon Wahlberg, Marlene Malmström, Rita Gustafsson, Anna Sundlöv, Erik Nordenström, Martin Almquist
Association of BMI with Clinicopathological Features of Papillary Thyroid Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
R. J. O’Neill, S. Abd Elwahab, M. J. Kerin, A. J. Lowery
Minimally Invasive Oncologic Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery can be Performed Safely on all Weekdays: A Nationwide Cohort Study
Daan M. Voeten, Arthur K. E. Elfrink, Suzanne S. Gisbertz, Jelle P. Ruurda, Richard van Hillegersberg, Mark I. van Berge Henegouwen
Advantages of Laparoscopic Surgery for Gastric Cancer in Elderly Patients Aged Over 80 Years: A Propensity Score Matching Analysis
Ryo Tanaka, Sang-Woong Lee, Yoshiro Imai, Kotaro Honda, Kentaro Matsuo, Keitaro Tashiro, Masaru Kawai, Kazuhisa Uchiyama
Efficacy of Splenectomy for Proximal Gastric Cancer with Greater Curvature Invasion or Type 4 Tumor: a Propensity Score Analysis of a Multi-Institutional Dataset
Seiji Ito, Mitsuro Kanda, Yoshinari Mochizuki, Hitoshi Teramoto, Kiyoshi Ishigure, Toshifumi Murai, Takahiro Asada, Akiharu Ishiyama, Hidenobu Matsushita, Chie Tanaka, Daisuke Kobayashi, Michitaka Fujiwara, Kenta Murotani, Yasuhiro Kodera
Favorable Outcomes of Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy and Limited Para-Aortic Lymph Node Dissection for Advanced Gastric Cancer with Para-aortic Lymph Node Metastasis
Motonari Ri, Manabu Ohashi, Kojiro Eto, Naoki Ishizuka, Shinichiro Atsumi, Rie Makuuchi, Satoshi Ida, Koshi Kumagai, Takeshi Sano, Souya Nunobe
Impact of Preoperative Time Interval on Survival in Patients With Gastric Cancer
Keisuke Okuno, Masanori Tokunaga, Yamato Yamashita, Yuya Umebayashi, Toshifumi Saito, Ryosuke Fukuyo, Yuya Sato, Katsumasa Saito, Naoto Fujiwara, Akihiro Hoshino, Kenro Kawada, Takatoshi Matsuyama, Yusuke Kinugasa
The Combination of Preoperative Skeletal Muscle Quantity and Quality is an Important Indicator of Survival in Elderly Patients Undergoing Curative Gastrectomy for Gastric Cancer
Jun Watanabe, Tomihiro Osaki, Tadamasa Ueyama, Makoto Koyama, Masaru Iki, Kanenori Endo, Shigeru Tatebe, Yasuaki Hirooka
Novel Approach via the Round Ligament in Portal Vein Embolization
Takanobu Yamao, Yoshitaka Tamura, Hiromitsu Hayashi, Toru Takematsu, Takaaki Higashi, Kensuke Yamamura, Katsunori Imai, Yo-ichi Yamashita, Osamu Ikeda, Hideo Baba
Treatment and Prognosis of Hepatic Epithelioid Hemangioendothelioma: A SEER Database Analysis
Mohamad A. Chahrour, Hussein H. Khachfe, Joseph R. Habib, Rudy El-Asmar, Omran Saifi, Faek R. Jamali
Passive Versus Active Intra-Abdominal Drainage Following Pancreatic Resection: Does A Superior Drainage System Exist? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Lily J. Park, Laura Baker, Heather Smith, Madeline Lemke, Alexandra Davis, Jad Abou-Khalil, Guillaume Martel, Fady K. Balaa, Kimberly A. Bertens
Infrahepatic Inferior Vena Cava Clamping does not Increase the Risk of Pulmonary Embolism Following Hepatic Resection
Emrullah Birgin, Arianeb Mehrabi, Dorothée Sturm, Christoph Reißfelder, Jürgen Weitz, Nuh N. Rahbari
The Association Between Treatment Interval and Survival in Patients With Colon or Rectal Cancer: A Systematic Review
Ruud F. W. Franssen, Maud T. A. Strous, Bart C. Bongers, F. Jeroen Vogelaar, Maryska L. G. Janssen-Heijnen
Letter to the Editor: Pure Laparoscopic Hepatectomy for Tumors Close to the Major Hepatic Veins—Intraparenchymal Identification of the Major Hepatic Veins Using the Ventral Approach
Koichiro Haruki, Kenei Furukawa, Shinji Onda, Jungo Yasuda, Yoshihiro Shirai, Toru Ikegami
Letter to the Editor. Historical Observations on Clamshell Thoracotomy
Yoandy López de la Cruz, Laura B. Pérez-Machado
Authors’ Reply: Historical Observations on Clamshell Thoracotomy
John D. Ehrhardt Jr., Mark McKenney, Adel Elkbuli
Letter to Editor: A Review of Parathyroid Surgery for Primary Hyperparathyroidism from the United Kingdom Registry of Endocrine and Thyroid Surgery
Sarrah Idrees, Sabaretnam Mayilvaganan
Authors’ Reply: A Review of Parathyroid Surgery for Primary Hyperparathyroidism from the United Kingdom Registry of Endocrine and Thyroid Surgery
Hiro Ishii, Michael Stechman, John Watkinson, Sebastian Aspinall, Dae Kim
Authors’ Reply: Yoga—An Alternative form of Therapy in Patients with Blunt Chest Trauma: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Mallikarjun Gunjiganvi, Subodh Kumar