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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…
Moussa Sissoko, Mahamadou Coulibaly, Oumar Sacko, Sekou Koumaré, Adaman F. Traoré, Soumaîla Keïta, Sidiki Keita, Siaka Diallo, Mossa Camara, Lamine Soumaré, Adama K. Koïta, A. Camara, H. Dicko, D. Goïta, Zimogo Zié Sanogo
Total or partial thyroidectomy has been proposed as the initial treatment for benign euthyroid oiter. The aim of this study is to determine the complications associated with surgical procedures for goiter, based on our experience. Material and method: A retro…
Simon Carnot Ndrianarivony, Fenosoa Vonimbola D’Assise Rakotoarimanana, Andrandraina Iavosoa Randrianantoandro, Rantonirina Henri Andriamanantena, John Bam Razafindrabe
Introduction: Interruptive mandibulectomy is often unavoidable despite the functional postoperative handicaps that it generates. Plate reconstruction is the only possible reconstruction in CHUDR Antananarivo. The objective of this study is to evaluate the ora…
Olakunle F. Babalola, Adedayo I. Salawu, Abiodun I. Okunlola, Oladipo Omoseebi, 1 1, 1 1, 1 1, 1 1
Background: Foreign body granuloma is a rare late complication of fascia lata graft donor site with few reported cases in the literature. It can mimic soft tissue sarcoma. Clinical and radiological findings may not be enough to solve the puzzle and histology…
Souleymane Sanogo, Drissa Traoré, Mamadou Coulibaly, Birama Togola, Bréhima Bengaly, Ousmane Ibréhima Touré, Drissa Ouattara, Bréhima Coulibaly, Babou Ba, Siaka Diallo, Nouhoum Ongoiba
CHU (University Hospital Center) Point G: The department of surgery B is a surgical department of CHU Point G. The department is par excellence a reference department for cases of visceral surgery, cancer surgery, cardiovascular surgery, plastic and endocrino…
Oumar Ongoïba, Idrissa Tounkara, Thiam Souleymane, Charles Dara, Jacques Saye, Karim Dao, Djibril Kassogué
In the literature, the management of enterocutaneous fistula of tuberculosis origin is rare. The aim of this work was to report a case of external digestive fistula of tuberculosis origin in a 10-year-old girl in northern Mali in a situation of armed conflict…
Manabu Watanabe, Hiroaki Kijima, Takayuki Yoshikawa, Kentaro Ohuchi, Yusuke Sugimura, Naohisa Miyakoshi, Yoichi Shimada
Although the relationship between the material properties of the coracoacromial ligament and rotator cuff tears has been clarified, it is difficult to evaluate these properties in the clinical setting. The purpose of this study was to clarify the relationship…
Fatoumata Binta Balde, Abdoulaye Bobo Diallo, Abdoulaye Toure, Daouda Kante, Thierno Mamadou Oury Diallo, Alhafiz Lamadine, Diao Cisse, Olivier Kouadio
Introduction: Urinary incontinence after closure of vesicovaginal fistula is any involuntary loss of urine that a patient complains of. We aim to study the risk factors for urinary incontinence after closure of obstetric vesicovaginal fistula in Guinea in ord…
Abdoulaye Diarra, Koniba Keita, Amadou Traoré, Assitan Koné, Idrissa Tounkara, Issa Traore, Souleymane Thiam, Fadima K. Tall, Daouda Diallo, Madiassa Konate, Aboubacar Koné, Deborah Sanra Sanogo, Ismaël Konare, Alhassane Traoré, Adégné Togo
Introduction: Appendicular abscess is a progressive complication of acute appendicitis in which the spread of infection is contained by the greater omentum and the slender loops resulting in the formation of a true septate abscess of the large peritoneal cavi…
Sidiki Keita, Koniba Keita, Moussa Sissoko, Mahamadou Coulibaly, Lamine Soumare, Oumar Sacko, Sekou Koumare, Adama K. Koita, Soumaîla Keita, Zimogo Zié Sanogo
Introduction: The volvulus of the sigmoid colon is the twist of the sigmoid handle on its mesocolic axis, achieving a low occlusion by strangulation. Methodology: The study was conducted in the surgery “A” department of the Teaching Hospital of Point G in Bam…
Sidiki Keita, Koniba Keita, Moussa Sissoko, Mahamadou Coulibaly, Lamine Soumare, Oumar Sacko, Sekou Koumaré, Adama K. Koita, Soumaîla Keita, Zimogo Zié Sanogo
Introduction: Although its incidence has tended to decrease for several years, stomach cancer remains one of the most frequently diagnosed cancers worldwide. Globally, gastric cancer is the 4 th most common cancer in men, the 5 th in women, and the third lead…
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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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