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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…
S. Koumaré, L. Soumaré, M. Sissoko, S. Keïta, M. Camara, O. Sacko, A. Camara, M. Sima, M. Traoré, H. Dicko, B. Bengali, D. Traoré, S. Togo, D. Koné, S. Diallo, M. Sangaré, A. Koïta, Z. Z. Sanogo, D. Sangaré
Aim : To evaluate 15 years practice of coelioscopic Treatment of ectopicpregnancy in the Surgery Department “A” at the University Hospital Point G. Material and Methods: We conducted a descriptive retrospective study at the Surgery Department “A” at the Unive…
Bréhima Bengaly, Abdoulaye Kanté, Drissa Ouattara, Bréhima Coulibaly, Drissa Traoré, Birama Togola, Babou Ba, Souleymane Sanogo, Siaka Diallo, Djibril Traoré, Moustapha Issa Magané, Mariam Daou, Nouhoum Ongoïba
In 7 years, we brought together 100 cases of volvulus of the colon sigmoid to the hospital Sominé Dolo of Mopti among which the handle volvule was found without necrosis in 66 cases and necrosis 34 cases. Seventy-six patients benefited from a sigmoidectomy fo…
Takanori Ayabe, Masaki Tomita, Manabu Okumura, Ryo Maeda, Kunihide Nakamura
Background: We retrospectively analyzed incident reports from surgeons to learn about surgical patient safety and improve surgical quality. Material and Methods: For the 10 years and 3 months between February 2007 and May 2017, 236 incident reports from surge…
Marc R. Matthews, Asia N. Quan, Anushi R. Shah, Carmen I. Tugulan, Beshoy A. Nashed, Ross F. Goldberg, Paola G. Pieri, Luis G. Fernandez, Areta Kowal-Vern, Kevin N. Foster
Background: Septic open abdomens occur in trauma, burn and surgery. Currently, multiple concentrations of hypochlorous acid solutions have effectively decreased the microbiotic burden in wounds. We hypothesized that Vashe ® , a neutral hypochlorous acid s…
Hector M. Lopez, Paloma M. Lugo, Francisco J. Jacome, 1 1
Tuberculosis (TB) incidence within Healthcare workers remains one of the lowest occupation specific rates in the United States. We report a case of a 33-year-old African American male presented with a right chest mass and without fever, chills or cough. Bacte…
Yaqoob Hassan, Nayeem Ul Hassan, Ishfaq Ahmad Gilkar, Ifat Irshad, Y. Bashir, Aashiq Hussain, Syed Mushtaq Ahmad Shah
Background: Midline incisions have advantage of rapid and wide access to the abdominal cavity with minimal damage to muscles, nerves and the vascular supply of the abdominal wall, hence causing minimal long term morbidity. The techniques of wound closure afte…
Philipp R. Scherber, Jurgita Mikneviciute, Gereon Gäbelein, Dorian Igna, Matthias Glanemann
Introduction: Surgical resection is the treatment of choice for pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDA). However, in case of venous tumor in-volvement, carcinomas are classified as borderline resectable and their preferential therapy remains controversial. The…
Hajime Imura, Makoto Shirakawa, Motohiro Maeda, Kenichiro Takahashi, Takahide Yosio, Yuji Maruyama, Takashi Nitta
Background: Patients on hemodialysis are at high risk of adverse cardiac events after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). The aim of this study is to know whether CABG with complete revascularization and similar graft selection can provide equivalent long…
Evgeny Y. Parnes, Maria S. Sayapina, Alexey A. Tryakin, Mohamed Bouchahda, Pasquale F. Innominato, Jean-Francois Morere, Francis A. Levi, Rene Adam
Background: The regional chronomodulated hepatic arterial infusion chemotherapy (HAIC) is an effective regimen for the treatment of patients with unresectable liver metastases from colorectal cancer, especially for the conversion into resectability. Aim: To d…
Lassina Traore, N’Djetche Alexandre Anoh, Auguste Alexandre Adon, Laurent Kouadio, Julien Kouame, Sabine Kanin Aka-Bouede, Germain Koffi Kouadio
Defects of the posterolateral abdominal wall of the abdomen, lumbar hernias are rare. They represent 2% to 3% of hernias of the abdominal wall. This rarity explains the large number of short series and the absence of a well-defined therapeutic modality in the…
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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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