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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…
Norman Oneil Machado, Nikita Neha Machado
Background-Unusual contents of hernia sac are uncommon, but are likely to be encountered by a surgeon in his career due to the frequency of hernia repair. The aim of this study, is to present our experience of unusual contents in inguinal hernia sac, discuss…
S. S. Pankaja, George J. Valooran, Sri Aurobindo Prasad Das, L. Suvasini, R. Aravind, Vikram Kate, Pankaj Kundra
Isolated involvement of the lower gastrointestinal tract with relative sparing of the oesophagus and the stomach is extremely rare following corrosive agent ingestion. We report a case of isolated full thickness jejunal necrosis following sulphuric acid cockt…
Yong Han Yoon
Chest wall reconstruction after en-bloc tumor resection is very important to preserve functional mobility and to enhance the cosmetic effect. Because they are flexible and pliable, titanium plates are proposed to reconstruct the chest wall, even though such c…
Aly Saber, Mohammad A. Gad, Goda M. Ellabban
Introduction: Acute appendicitis is the major surgical abdominal disease in emergency departments and is also among the five leading causes of litigation against emergency physicians. Delayed diagnosis of appendicitis is more likely to occur in patients, who…
Habib Nouri, Leila Abid, Moez Ouertatani, Dalenda Hentati, Mondher Mestiri, Habib Jaafoura
Study design: The authors report on a clear cell meningioma (CCM) of the sacrum revealed 17 years after a removal of a spinal lesion. A review of 29 spinal CCM previously reported was done. Objective: To focus on clinical and biological behaviour of CCM. Summ…
Ashish O. Sureka, Lynn F. Peng, Olaf Reinhartz, V. Mohan Reddy, Frank L. Hanley
We performed a retrospective analysis of patients with and without 22q11 deletion undergoing surgery for pulmonary atresia with ventricular septal defect and major aortopulmonary collaterals between January 2004 and August 2009 at our institutions. Informatio…
Jawahar Rathod, Kishor Taori, Sachin Dhomne, Prakash Pawar, Devkaran Vaghasiya, Amit Disawal, Amrita Guha, Kiran Naiknavare, Rahul Agale, Prajwleet Gour
Splenic artery aneurysms (SAA) are third most common intra-abdominal aneurysm (after aneurysms of the abdominal aorta and iliac arteries). A splenic artery aneurysm larger than 3 cm is even rare. Splenic artery aneurysms are fatal vascular lesions if ruptured…
Hui-hui Zhang, Fan Qi, Jun Wang, Min-feng Chen, Zhuo Li, Xiong-bing Zu
Backgrounds: Surgical interventions especially minimally invasive treatments are recommended for symptomatic midline prostatic cysts. The endoscopic unroofing of cysts close to urethra is easy and simple, but it has little effect on the large cysts and cysts…
Norman Oneil Machado
Background: Multinodular goiter is a relatively common thyroid disorder with a marked female preponderance. Most of these goiters weigh less than 100 grams with those weighing more than 500 grams being exceptional. The massively expanding goiter due to the st…
Jun Yan, Kazuhito Ogino, Jiro Hitomi
For many years, nerve transfer has been commonly used as a treatment option following peripheral nerve injury, although the precise mechanism underlying successful nerve transfer is not yet clear. We developed an animal model to investigate the mechanism unde…
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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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