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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…
Sergio Soto-Hopkins, Hector Milla, Israel Espino-Gaucin
Background: Abdominoplasty is a commonly requested procedure for aesthetic improvement of the affected soft tissue layers of skin, fat, and muscle through the slightest incision feasible. The degree of plicature generates an increase in intraabdominal pressur…
Gang Yang
Hypertensive intracerebral hemorrhage (HICH) refers to intra cerebral hemorrhage at basal ganglia, thalamus, ventricle, cerebellum and brainstem i n patients with history of explicit hypertension disease, excluding secondary cerebral hemorrhage caused by trau…
Silvère Ngakani Offobo, Hilaire Nyamatsiengui, Kundulunga J. Albert Aseke, Ouchiemi Choua
Acute appendicitis is an acute inflammation of the appendix . It is a surgic al emergency. It was a prospective, descriptive and analytical study, between September 2015 and October 2021, focusing on acute appendicitis. It is seen mainly in young subjects and…
Silvère Ngakani Offobo, Hilaire Nyamatsiengui, Louis Clément Obame, Kundulunga Jean Albert Aseke, François Ondo N’Dong
The objective of this study is to determine the epidemiological, clinical, paraclinical, therapeutic aspects, and the sensitivity to antibiotics for acute peritonitis at CHRAB Franceville. This was a prospective, descriptive and analytical study, between Sept…
Sangare Sidy, Sogoba Gaoussou, Traore Lamine Issaga, Kouyate Mamaye, Katile Drissa, Goita Lassana, Dembele Sadio, Traore Allassane, Dembélé Bakary Tientigui, Traore Drissa, Togo Adegné
Lesions resulting from duodenal involvement are rare. Their diagnosis and management remain difficult because of the topographic location of most of th e duodenum in the retroperitoneum. We report a case of isolated duoden al rupture. At the time of the first…
Faisal El Mouhafid, Abderrahmane Hajoujji, Ait Ali Abdelmounaime, Aziz Zentar
Ganglioneuroma is a rare benign tumor Neuronagliomas of the adrenal gland are a rare pathology. Therefore, this case will be of interest to urologists, surgeons, oncologists , and pathologists. Located in the adrenal gland (20%), along the sympathetic chain ,…
Craig McCoy
Identification of the pelvic ureter location is crucial during robotic-assisted sacral colpopexy procedures to avoid iatrogenic injury. In this case study, StimSite™ technology (Allotrope Medical; Houston, TX) was used to assist with ureter identificatio…
Lamine Issaga Traore, Sidy Sangare, Gaoussou Sogoba, Mamaye Kouyate, Abdoulaye Cisse, Bakary Skeita, Sadio Dembele, Lassina Goita, Adama Sdiakité, Mariam Sanogo, Moussa Camara, Drissa Traore
The issue of wound care has always played an important role in the practice of medicine. This is evidenced by Ambroise Paré’s decision to publish his first work on this subject, “La manière de traiter les Plaies” (The Way of Treating Wounds) in 1545. Objectiv…
Petko Stefanovski
Aim: Thoracic paravertebral block is increasingly used as a method of postoperative analgesia in thoracic surgery. We aimed to compare two different methods of implementation: paravertebral thoracic block with a catheter placed in the epidural space, and a si…
Idrissa Tounkara, Boubacar Karembe, Souleymane Thiam, Sayon Diakite, Abdoulaye Diarra, Amadou Traore, Konimba Keita, Oumar Ongoiba, Moussa Sanogo, Moussa L. Coulibaly, Bakary Tientigui Dembele, Adégné Togo
Objective: To study the diagnostic and therapeutic aspects of uncomplicated inguinal hernias in the general surgery unit of CSRéf CII. Method: This was a prospective, descriptive, single-centre study from 1 January 2016 to 31 December 2016 of 84 patients oper…
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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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