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Surgical Science is a peer reviewed international journal dedicated to the latest advancements in surgery. The goal of this journal is to keep a record of the state-of-the-art research and to promote study, research and improvement within its various specialties. All manuscripts submitted to SS must be previously unpu…
Vettath Prabhakaran Murali, Ismail E. Thazhkuni, Kannan A. Vellachamy
Stroke rate in redo coronary artery bypass surgery has remained a stumbling block, where the aorta is used as origin for the top end of the vein graft. Avoiding the side-clamp on these redo aortas by using the Vettath’s Anastomotic Obturator (VAO) technique o…
Martins Oluwafemi Thomas, Ezekiel Olla Ogunleye
Objectives: Chronic empyema thoracis (CET) is common worldwide despite widespread use of highly effective antibiotics. Also, newer technological armamentaria are available for its diagnosis and treatment. This research was performed to study the aetiopatholog…
M. Schneider, V. Shapira, V. Chernyavskiy, B. Yoffe
Objectives: To evaluate the early experience of using the BYFix-innovative anastomotic device for creating suture-less vascular anastomosis in major and peripheral arteries surgery. Design: Uncontrolled prospective study. Materials: The BYFix anastomotic devi…
Ali Karbalaeikhani, Alireza Saied
In this clinical trial, 90 patients admitted to orthopedics ward, Shahid Mohammadi Hospital, Bandar Abbass with a long bone fracture, comminuted more than 30%, were randomly divided into two groups. In the first group, after the completion of the operation, a…
Keiichi Uchida, Kohei Otake, Mikihiro Inoue, Yuhki Koike, Kohei Matsushita, Koji Tanaka, Yasuhiro Inoue, Yasuhiko Mohri, Masato Kusunoki
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to determine the presence of bacteriostatic effects of hyaluronan-based bioresorbable membrane (HA/CMC) on selected major bacterial strains in digestive organs. Methods: We firstly evaluated the growth inhibition effect o…
Ezra N. Teitelbaum, Susan M. Hasselquist, Imad A. Tabbara, Gregory D. Trachiotis
Purpose: We present the case of a patient presenting with altered mental status on post-operative day seven after a diagnostic lung biopsy. The diagnosis of carcinomatous letomeningeal metastasis was confirmed. Methods: We discuss meningeal carcinomatosis in…
Mohamed A. Baky Fahmy, Hanaa Abdel Hamid M. Al Abeissy, Mohamed M. Abdalla
Objective: - To evaluate the applicability, feasibility, complications, short and long term results of vaginoplasty by using sigmoid colon graft with stapler assistance for resuming colonic continuity in children with absent vagina. Patients and Methods: - Re…
D. Yi-Po Tsang, Hester Yui-Shan Cheung, Cliff Chi-Chiu Chung, Michael Ka-Wah Li
Endoscopic stenting for malignant large bowel obstruction is common nowadays. However, recurrent obstruction secondary to stent occlusion due to tumour ingrowth or overgrowth might occur. We reported a case of a 70-year-old man with large bowel obstruction in…
Hirohiko Kakizaki, Akihiro Ichinose, Yasuhiro Takahashi, Nobutada Katori, Alejandra A. Valenzuela, Masayoshi Iwaki
A 16-year-old girl was accidentally kicked in her right eye by her cheerleading teammate in an exercise. Upward gaze ability of her right eye was severely impaired and computed tomography (CT) showed a trapdoor fracture of the right orbital floor. After surgi…
Soheil Saadat, Aliashraf Eghbali, Alexander R. Vaccaro, Mahdi Sharif-Alhoseini, Vafa Rahimi-Movaghar
<b>Background</b>: Blunt traumatic cervical spine fractures (TCSF) are serious injuries which may be associated with considerable mortality and morbidity. We describe the epidemiology of blunt traumatic cervical spine fracture in Iran over a definable time pe…
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