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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…
Fred Dikongue Dikongue, Faustin Tsatedem Atemkeng, Joseph Fondop, Jean Hubert Donfack, Alain Djam, Nkomo Banga, Mbida Mpoame
Buruli ulcer (BU) is a chronic, indolent necrotizing disease of the skin and underlying tissues caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans , which may result in functional disability. This disease is the third most frequent infection after leprosy and tuberculosis caus…
Amy C. Ross, Alejandra Navarro Castaneda, Jared D. Stucki, Katharine A. Dishner, Marisse A. Lardizabal, Bryan J. Roth, Luis G. Fernandez, Samantha A. Delapena, Marc R. Matthews, 1 1, 1 1, 1 1, 1 1, 1 1, 1 1
Necrotic feet secondary to vascular compromise in the diabetic patient may require an emergent guillotine amputation. Unrecognized, retained hardware in a distal ankle years after fracture repair may complicate the intraoperative guillotine amputation at the…
Moussa Diassana, Bathio Traoré, Aly Boubacar Diallo, Mamadou Bernad Coulibaly, Doh Sylla, Amadou Maiga, Aboubacar Karambé, Amadou Bah, Aboubacar Yoro Sidibé, Layes Touré, Ternan Traoré, Ousmane Dembelé, Salif Traoré, Moussa Kanté, Mamadou Sangaré, Kokoroba Sidibé, Youssouf Diakité, Mahamadou Coulibaly, Moro Sidibé, Soumaila Alama Traoré, Moussa Samaké, Nana Kadidia Fofana, Bakary Tientigui Dembélé
Traumatic digestive perforation is the pathological opening of the wall of a hollow organ of the digestive tract (esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine, rectum, and extrahepatic bile ducts) following trauma. Injuries to the digestive viscera, e…
Seydou Sanogo, Soumaila Diallo, Boubacar Karembé, Lassine Cissé, Almami Kire, Moussa Cissé, Abdoulaye Coulibaly, Aboubacar Touré, Boureima Traoré, Moustapha Yossi, Moussa Samaké, Drissa Diarra, Mohamed Traore, Seydou Mariko Mariko, Issa Fomba, Layes Touré, Adégné Togo
Clubfoot malformation is the most common serious congenital anomaly af fecting the foot in children. Its treatment by the Ponseti method is simple, prof itable and widely used in the world. Objective : The objective of this study was to identify the factors o…
Alexandra N. Dominianni, Samantha A. Delapena, Luis G. Fernandez, Mostaffa T. Jabassini, Sean F. O’Keefe, Rachel L. Villanueva, Marc R. Matthews, 1 1, 1 1, 1 1, 1 1, 1 1
Emphysematous cholecystitis is a rare subtype of acute cholecystitis characte rized by the presence of gas in the gallbladder wall secondary to ischemia . Typically, this is a result of cystic artery vascular compromise with a concomitant infection from gas-f…
Junnan Wang, Jiating Hu, Wang Xi, Pengchao Cheng, Pei Wang, Zhinong Wang, Jian Xiao
Background : In recent years, we have established an entry-level Forward Surgical Team (FST) training program in a Chinese military medical univer sity for the 5th grade undergraduates, who would be deployed to different military medical services as primary c…
Victor Ramos Mussa Dib, Carlos Augusto Scussel Madalosso, Carlos Eduardo Domene, Paulo Reis Esselin de Melo, Rui Ribeiro, Gabriela Trentin Scortegagna, Elinton Adami Chaim, 1 1
Obesity has been growing worldwide, reaching epidemic proportions. Bariatric surgery is the most effective and durable treatment for severe obesity and related diseases. Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass (RYGB) and Sleeve Gastrectomy (SG) are the most frequently perfo…
Souleymane Diallo, Sory Ibrahim Tambassi, Bilal Bore, Terna Traore, Kalifa Coulibaly, Laye Touré, Ibrahima Djire, Aboubacar Sidiki Sangare, Salif Kone, Drissa Kaloga Bagayogo, Aboucar Diallo, Souleymane Kone, Mamadou Konaté, Soumana Traoré, Cheick Oumar Sanogo, Ahmadou Ibrahim Drame, Abdoulaye G. Diarra
Introduction : A fracture is a solution in the continuity of a bone. Pelvic limb fractures may involve one or more of the bones. They constitute a real public health problem, which requires the identification of the factors inherent to this phenomenon for bet…
Souleymane Diallo, Sory Ibrahim Tambassi, Kaly Tounkara, Terna Traore, Kalifa Coulibaly, Aboubacar Diallo, Soumana Traore, Aboubacar Sidiki Sangaré, Salif Kone, Drissa Kaloga Bagayoko, Cheick Oumar Sanogo
Introduction: To our knowledge, no scientific study has been conducted at the university hospital of Kati on recent traumatic epiphyseal detachmen t frac tures of the distal femur. However, every day, children present in consulta tion for knee trauma. Conjuga…
Cheick Oumar Sanogo, Mamadou Hawa Daffe, Kalifa Coulibaly, Aboubacar Diallo, Soumana Traore, Sory Ibrahim Tambassi, Mohamed Berthe, Mahamadou Diallo, Souleymane Diallo, Ibrahim Abdou Maiga, Kassim Daouda Berete, Alhassane Barry
Supracondylar fractures of the humerus are the most common traumatic el bow injury in children. Several techniques are described in their support. Blount’s method is one of the widely used orthopedic means. The objective of our study was to evaluate the resul…
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