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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…
Liana V. Gouvêa, Ernane P. F. Novais, Ceci R. Leite, Fábio H. B. Ximenes, Ricardo M. Almeida, R. B. Molás, J. G. C. Palermo, C. E. V. Silva, Jose R. J. Borges, Eduardo M. M. Lima, Roberta Ferro Godoy
In large animal research, when frequent sampling of arterial blood is needed, the carotid artery transposition is the most used technique. The objective of this paper is to describe a new technique for carotid artery transposition in sheep and evaluate its ef…
Jack Contessa, Tassos Kyriakides
BACKGROUND: Attrition in surgical residency programs continues to be a significant challenge. Ap-proximately 20% of residents who begin a categorical surgery residency fail to complete it. A number of studies speculated reasons for this including work hours,…
Iskander Al-Githmi
Complete removal of the thymus and fatty tissue adherent to pericardium is crucial for treating myasthenia gravis. Our aim was to analyze our surgical and clinical results and early experience of robot-assisted thy-mectomy in patients with nonthymomatous myas…
Wuttichai Thanapongsathorn
Purpose: To report a novel technique of laparoscopic 10 mm Single Port Access IntraPeritoneal Onlay Mesh (SPA-IPOM) using bioresorbable composite mesh fixed with Endoclose suture (percutaneous subcutaneous suture) in 3 cases of bilateral inguinal hernia. Meth…
Christopher Bode, Adesoji Ademuyiwa, Sylvester Ikhisemojie
Background: Esophageal Atresia and Tracheo-Esophageal Fistula (EA/TEF) occurs sporadically and its eti-ology is poorly understood. We observed six cases of EA/TEF within three weeks of October 2007 at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Nigeria. Ai…
Gamal Al-Saied, Amin Abokifa, Mohamed Al-Saeed, Mohamed Abdul Aziz, Medhat Ibrahim, Moemen Hafez, Tharwat Hussain, Mohamed Shahin, Dalal Nemenqani, Naglaa Fawzy
Hemangiopericytoma is a rare vascular tumour of infants. Although generally considered to be benign, local recurrence and metastases can occur. Herein, we report on two full term girls, delivered with lumbosacral swelling and left thigh swelling respectively.…
Hirohiko Kakizaki, Yasuhiro Takahashi, Akihiro Ichinose, Masayoshi Iwaki
A 67-year-old male had suffered from eye movement disturbance from Graves’ orbitopathy. His right eye was fixed in an esotropic position. Examination by synoptophore showed that his right eye deviation was 22 degrees medially. The upper eyelid margin reflex d…
Arvind Tripathi, Pandruvada Subramanya Narayana Murthy, Govind Keshri, Man Mohan Singh
Objectives: This study explores feasibility of tissue-engineered osteogenesis using sterile coral implants loaded with homologous osteoblasts to repair bone defects. Study Design: A unilateral 4 mm transverse dis- continuity defect was produced approximately…
Coskun Polat, Murat Burc Yazicioglu, Serkan Turel, Mehmet Nuri Kosar, Yuksel Arikan
Inflammatory fibroid polyp (IFP) is a rare solitary gastrointestinal lesion of unknown etiology. It generally presents as polypoid mass in the gastric antrum. Mostly affects adults at average age of 60 years. IFP can cause different symptoms such as abdominal…
Mustafa Koplay, Alper Hacioglu, Mustafa Cem Algin
Hemangiomas and hepatic metastases are the leading reasons of echogenic masses on ultrasound (US) evaluation of the liver. Lipomas of the liver are extremely rare and have been sporadically reported in the literature during the last century. The present repor…
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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… All articles are open access under a CC BY 4.0 licence, with authors retaining copyright.
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