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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…
Dikongue Dikongue Fred, Mohamadou Guemse, Hans Moevi Akue, Bahebeck Jean, Fondop Joseph
Fracture by firearms is a surgical emergency. The aim of our study was to report our experience in the management of open fractures by firearms and monitoring with a decline of 6 months the lesions observed in peacetime. This retrospective study over 3 years…
Haroutiun Hamzoian, Christine Ochoa, Lekhraj Patel, Kwabena Ayesu
The neurological examination, developed and tested since the 1800s has provided physicians with a vital tool to rapidly assess and provide clues to many of the pathological processes lurking inside the brain and spinal cord. With the advent of magnetic resona…
Tounkara Cheickna, Samaké Hamidou, Koné Abdoulaye, Maiga Boubacar, Diarra Yaya, Kayentao Kassoum, Dolo Amadou, Diallo Mouctar
Malaria is a febrile and hemolyzing erythrocytopathy due to the development and multiplication of one or more of the five plasmodial species dependent on humans: Plasmodium falciparum , P . malariae , P . ovale , P . vivax and P . knowlesi . These parasites a…
Cheickna Tounkara, Hamidou Samake, Bambaké Dembele, Modibo Togola, Bakary Tientigui Dembele, Alhassane Traore, Pierre Adégné Togo, Lassana Kante
Liver abscesses correspond to a newly formed cavity created by necrosis of the liver parenchyma induced by the pathogen. The aim of the present work was to study liver abscesses; determine the frequency; describe the clinical and paraclinical aspects, therape…
Cheickna Tounkara, Oumar Amadou Malle, Amara Coulibaly, A. Boubacar Maiga, Sory Ibrahim Diawara, Kassim Kayentao, Bakary Tientigui Dembele, Alhassane Traore, Adégné Pierre Togo, Lassana Kante
Intussusception is a pathology of infants and young children. Its occurrence in adults is very unusual. In the vast majority of cases, it is secondary to a benign or malignant tumor. Small bowel malignancies are relatively rare, 1 % - 5% of malignant tumors o…
Cheickna Tounkara, Amadou Maiga, Boubacar Yoro Sidibe, Tani Kone, Hamidou Samake, Kaloga Daye Bagayoko, Oumar Amadou Malle, Jean Baptiste Honoré Berthe, Mamadou Lamine Diakite
Ureteral duplication is a congenital malformative uropathy that occurs most often in children. Complete ureteral duplication is defined by a kidney that has two ureters with two orifices that communicate to the bladder through two ureteral meati. It is an ana…
Rahul Winayak, Sanjay V. Joshi, Goran Ahmed, Anne O’Neill, Ishy Gurung, Muhammad Nadeem, Muhammed Alwahid, Sudeendra Doddi, Manas Kumar Dube, Ahmad Mirza, Rishabha D. Sharma
Objectives: To evaluate the impact of adult learning and simulation-based learning (SBL) on surgical trainees’ learning experiences and Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons (FRCS) Section 2 General Surgery examination pass rate. Methods: This was a cro…
Evan Cohen, Melissa Zahl, Lindsay Hock, Michael Olshansky
Spinal epidural abscesses (SEA) are considerably rare and tend to present over two to five vertebral segments. Occasionally, there will be two or more noncontiguous areas of pyogenic collections [1] . Minimal cases have been reported to span the entire verteb…
Omar Sow, Aissé Thioubou, Reymond Saidy, Aboubacar Traoré, Modou D. Ndiaye, Mouhamadou L. Gueye, Ibrahima Ka, Madieng Dieng
Laparoscopic colectomy is a standardized technique for the curative treatment of colon cancer, based on the principles of carcinological surgery. It is rarely performed in our region but common practice in developed countries. We conducted a retrospective stu…
Talal Salem, Cohen Chetty, Ochran Chetty
Background: Drug-resistant epilepsy can be defined as the existence of seizures within 6 months, despite adequate therapy regimens with one or more antiepileptic drugs. Epilepsy surgery has been the standard therapy to help those patients who suffer from drug…
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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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