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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…
Leh Bi Kalou Ismaèl, Traoré Mamadou, N’Dri Ahou Bernadette, Ekra Amos Serge, Akowendo Ezéchiel, Kouakou Blaise Amos, Bamba Inza, Kouakou Kouamé Bernadin, Anzoua Kouakou Ibrahim, Lebeau Roger, Diané Bamourou
The authors report an observation of a 20-year-old patient, who was referred by the medical emergency department for abdominal distention. The disease would have started with the appearance of abdominal pain, a stop of materials without stopping gases appeare…
Leh Bi Kalou Ismaèl, Anzoua Kouakou Ibrahim, N’Dri Ahou Bernadette, Ekra Amos Serge, Kouakou Blaise Amos, Dager Nahed, Bittar Issam, Emmanuel Gruss
Foreign bodies are a rare cause of appendicitis, because in most cases these ingested foreign bodies cross the digestive tract asymptomatically [1] [2] [3] . However, some penetrate the lumen of the appendix causing its inflammation. We report an unusual obse…
Marcel Sincari, Margarida Conceição
The treatment of pathologies in the thoracic spine is a challenge. The periodic failure of pedicle screw insertion and anatomical variations make the search for an alternative to pedicle screws in thoracic spine surgery necessary. The interlaminar crossed scr…
Coulibaly Amara, Mamadou Almamy Keita, Moussa Sissoko, Drissa Kaloga Bagayoko, Cheickna Tounkara, Idrissa Tounkara, Abdoul Karim Simaga, Bakary Coulibaly, Sidiki Konaré, Adama Drabo, Seydou Sissoko, Sekou Koumaré, Abdoulaye Diarra, Keita Soumaila
We report a case of epididymo-testicular tuberculosis in a 31-year-old man in the surgical department “A” at the University Hospital Point G of Bamako. Epididymitis or orchi-epididymitis is an infection of the epididymis and/or testis. It is the most frequent…
Abdoul Kadri Moussa, Mahamadou Diallo, Kalifa Coulibaly, Layes Touré, Mamadou Bassirou Traoré, Tata Touré, Adegné Togo
Introduction: The localization of bone tuberculosis at the level of the olecranon is rare and can pose a problem of differential diagnosis with a tumoral affection. Only the biopsy allows the diagnosis of certainty. The goal was to report our first case to do…
Anna Turumanya Kalumuna
Background: 25% of all people requiring surgical care are not able to access it due to its high cost. These people stand a high risk of preventable severe morbidity and mortality due to poor prognosis of surgically correctable illnesses. Ambulatory surgical c…
Abdoul Kadri Moussa, Mahamadou Diallo, Layes Touré, Mamadou B. Traoré, Tiéman Coulibaly, Adegné Togo
Introduction: Septic hip arthritis involves the functional prognosis of the hip in case of joint destruction. The aim of this work was to evaluate the hospital frequency, to determine the therapeutic and evolutionary aspects of septic arth ritis of the hip at…
Marcel Sincari, Eduardo Mendes, Luciano Guerra
The article begins with a brief biography of H. Bohlman, a great orthopedist and person with strong impact on modern Medicine and Spine surgery. Using original Bohlamn technique with small modifications (instead of fibula graft used Rialto implant and perform…
Amara Coulibaly, Moussa Sissoko, Sidiki Konaré, Abdoul Karim Simaga, Sekou Koumaré, Drissa K. Bagayoko, Cheichna Tounkara, Zimogo Zié Sanogo
Introduction: Laparoscopic surgery is a surgical technique that allows to intervene under the control of an endoscope, introduced into the abdominal cavity previously distended by an artificial pneumoperitoneum. We propose in this study to bring the assessmen…
Victor Ramos Mussa Dib, Carlos Augusto Scussel Madalosso, Paulo Reis Esselin de Melo, Rui Ribeiro, Gabriela Trentin Scortegagna, Elinton Adami Chaim, 1 1
Obesity has been growing in Brazil and in the world. It is reaching epidemic proportions, and bariatric surgery is the most effective treatment for patients with this disease. Among the procedures described in the literature, ileal surgeries such as biliopanc…
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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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