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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…
Amadou Bah, Amadou Maiga, Boubacar Y. Sidibé, Ibrahim Diakité, Tani Koné, Zakari Saye, Arouna Doumbia, Amadou Traoré, Madiassa Konaté, Pierre Coulibaly, Amadou A. Traoré, Bakary T. Dembélé, Lassana Kanté, Boubacar Karembé, Assitan Koné, Andre Kassogue, Amidou Almeimoune, Adegne Togo
Affecting young women, lactating adenoma is a rare benign tumor of the breast. It is seen mainly in the third trimester of pregnancy and in the postpartum period. Clinically, it is a solid mass, mobile typically benign but its character of rapid evolution is…
Sangare Sidy, Traore Lamine Issaga, Kouyate Mamaye, Sogoba Gaoussou, Katile Drissa, Guindo Youssouf, Traore Djibril, Traore Allassane, Dembélé Bakary Tientigui, Togo Adégné, Traore Drissa
Situs inversus is a rare congenital anomaly referring to the mirror image of the abdominal and thoracic viscera. It can be discovered routinely or on the occasion of a complication related or not to situs inversus. We report a case of Situs inversus discovere…
Xinming Yang, Chaowei Yang, Lixing Chen, Yao Yao, Ye Tian, Yupeng Sun
Background : As the global novel coronavirus pneumonia (NCP) remains severe, elderly people are at high risk for NCP and osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures, with high complications and mortality. How to treat patients and protect medical staff from…
Cyril Kamadjou, Divine Enoru Eyongeta, Annie Wadeu Kameni, Herve Moby Mpah, Justin Kamga, Bertin Njinou Ngninkeu, Fru Angwafo
Background and Aim: Radical cystectomy is the treatment of choice for muscle-invasive bladder cancer. Although open surgery is currently the gold standard for this procedure, it can also be done via laparoscopy. We aimed to evaluate the oncologic results and…
Hafsa Al Idrissi, Lovely M. Annamma, Sabrin Ali Azim, Thankappan Chandrathara, 1 1
Background: Implant placement using a conventional surgical guide and digital surgical guide techniques is well documented in the literature. The most frequently reported disadvantages of conventional surgical guide placement are lack of accuracy in implant p…
Maïga Amadou, Saye Zakari, Sidibé Boubacar Yoro, Diakité Ibrahima, Bah Amadou, Diallo Mahamadou, Diallo Aly Boubacar, Traoré Bathio, Moussa Diassana, Koné Tani, Doumbia Arouna Adama, Traoré Amadou, Diallo Mamadou, Traoré Djibril, Konaté Moussa, Saadé Oumou Hélène, Kanté Lassana, Konaté Madiassa, Dembélé Souleymane, Samaké Moussa, Keita Mory, Dembélé Bakary Tientigui, Traoré Alhassane, Togo Adégné
Our objectives were to determine the frequency of breast cancer in young women, to determine the risk factors for breast cancer in young women, to detail the diagnostic process of the disease, to determine the different therapeutic strategies. This was a retr…
Paulo Reis Esselin de Melo, Thonya Cruz Braga, Danilo Fossalussa Minari, José Humberto Cardoso Resende
Obesity is a difficult disease to control; bariatric surgery is one of the tools used to treat obesity and its comorbidities. The present case was chosen because it concerns a very obese patient whose proposed surgery — duodenal switch — resulted in traoperat…
Coulibaly Kalifa, Sanogo Cheick Oumar, Tambassi Sory Ibrahim, Diallo Aboubacar, Traoré Soumana, Touré Laye, Moussa Abdoul Kadri, Diallo Mahamadou, Diallo Cheickh Tidiane, Keïta Mohamed
Introduction: Tibial plateau fractures are solutions of continuity of the epiphyseal-metaphyseal block of the upper end of the tibia of which at least one line enters the joint. They threaten the stability and mobility of the knee and can compromise walking a…
Cyril Kamadjou, Emmanuel Muhawenimana, Innocent Nzeyimana, Achille Mbassi, Bertin Njinou Ngninkeu, Fru Angwafo
Background and Aim: Ever since the first-ever laparoscopic nephrectomy performed in 1991 by Clayman, laparoscopy has become the technique of choice for benign renal pathologies and also for cancerous lesions. In this paper, we present and evaluate the results…
Emile Kouakou Tano, Priscilla Felicia Tano, Paa Ekow Hoyte-Williams, Alexander Oti Acheampong, Peter Donkor, Solomon Obiri Yeboah
Background: Cleft lip and palate (CLP) is one of the most prevalent congenital malformations affecting the face worldwide, with high prevalence in Asians, Americans, and Caucasians and low in Africans. Orofacial Clefts (OFCs) are among the causes of perinatal…
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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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