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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…
Kazuhiro Sato, Motofumi Suzuki, Masayoshi Nagata, Hiroaki Nishimatsu, Akira Ishikawa, Yasuhiko Igawa, Haruki Kume, Yukio Homma
Backgrounds: It is difficult to develop clear endoscopic field during transurethral resection (TUR) of urethral tumors, because irrigation water easily spills out from the meatus. We have devised a surgical technique to facilitate TUR of urothelial tumors. Me…
Juan Antonio Martín-Cartes, Manuel Bustos-Jiménez, María Jesús Tamayo-López, María del Carmen Palacios-González, Virginia Gómez-Cabeza de Vaca, Antonio Muñoz Ortega
Aggressive angiomyxoma was first described in 1983 by Steeper and Rosai, and fewer than 150 cases have been reported in the world medical literature. It is a soft-tissue tumour of the pelvis and perineum. The recurrence rate is high, and often extensive resec…
Baris D. Yildiz, Erhan Hamaloglu
Efforts to find an ideal model for pancreatitis date back to 1960’s. Many models are suggested since then. Every model has its own advantages and disadvantages. Some of these models test etiology while others simulate the complications of pancreatitis. An ide…
Mark Greenberg, Daniela Carvalho
We present the case of a 4 year old girl whose adenoidectomy had to be performed via an endoscopictrans oral approach due to the unexpected inability to fully open the mouth during the procedure. The patient had previously been taking Risperidone for behavior…
Dogan Yildirim, Oguzhan Sunamak, Ahmet Pergel, Mourad Mounla
Backgrounds: The treatment of choice has been drainage and definitive surgical treatment after an interval for acute pilonidal sinus abscess till now. Because of the high incidence of chronic pilonidal sinus disease following drainage and aiming the cure in o…
Francois Varlet, Emmanuelle Guye, Marie Noelle Varlet, Tronchet Mireille, Mariat Guillaume, Chene Gautier
Isolated mediastinal lymphangiomas are uncommon. We report a case of a 14 × 8 mm right paracardiac cyst diagnosed at 20 weeks’ gestation. The prenatal evolution was uneventful and a magnetic resonance imaging at 31 weeks showed the limited extension of t…
Nishikant Kumar, Laljee Chaudhary
Background: Management of femoral diaphyseal fractures in the age group 616 years is controversial. There has been a resurgence worldwide for operative fixation. Material and methods: Twenty children (15 boys, 5 girls) aged 616 years with femoral diaphyseal f…
Daniel Cochior, Silviu Constantinoiu, Dumitru Peţa, Mariana Cochior, Rodica Bîrlă, Lucian Pripişi
Aim: The goal of this study is to evaluate the open packing of the lesser sac (OPLS) in treatment of infected severe acute pancreatitis Methodology: The study was based on 98 cases in which this technique was applied during the period between 19942007, in two…
Igor Maiborodin, Andrey Shevela, Tatyana Perrin, Ivan Kolesnikov, Vera Matveeva, Alexander Shevela, Boris Sheplev, Irina Kolmakova
Morphological and radiological methods were used to study regeneration of the damaged bone of rat mandibles after application of plateletenriched fibrin clot. A bone hole was artificially created, and in the natural course of regeneration, the hole was immedi…
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