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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…
Youssouf Sogoba, Boubacar Sogoba, Drissa Kanikomo, Seybou Hassane Diallo, Djenè Kourouma, Oumar Coulibaly, Issa Amadou, Moustapha Mangané, Hamidou Almeimoune, Madani Thierno Diop, Youssoufa Maiga, Broulaye Samaké, Djibo M. Diango
Background: Spinal schwannomas are common tumors of spinal neoplasm and account for about 25% of intradural spinal cord tumors in adults. They are generally benign and slow-growing. Advanced in radiologic and surgical techniques have brought about better surg…
Tetsuya Kawano, Hiroaki Kijima, Toshiaki Aizawa, Shin Yamada, Natsuo Konishi, Hitoshi Kubota, Hiroshi Tazawa, Takayuki Tani, Norio Suzuki, Keiji Kamo, Yoshihiko Okudera, Ken Sasaki, Masashi Fujii, Yosuke Iwamoto, Itsuki Nagahata, Takanori Miura, Naohisa Miyakoshi, Yoichi Shimada
Background: In snowy agricultural areas, weeding and snow shoveling are essential activities, and sports activities are common recreational activities. Clarifying the relationships between the degrees of these activities after total hip arthroplasty (THA) and…
Rosamaria Rodrigues Gomes, Manoel Messias Lima Neto, Ayrton Silva Alves, Cristiane Monteiro da Cruz
Introduction: The inflammatory response is essential to initiate the healing process, and in this response there is an increase in white blood cells and pro-inflammatory compounds. Creactive proteins (CRP), together with the blood leukocyte count, have been u…
Eman A. Eltokhy, Ibtsam Shehta Harera, Loay M. Gertallah, Walid A. Mawla, Ahmed Mahmoud Abdou, Entsar R. Mahdy, Ahmed Embaby
Background: Pregnant women that are complaining from paraumbilical hernia postpone its repair until they get birth. We hypothesized that it will be better to perform hernia repair of such type of hernia simultaneously during performing cesarean section (CS) w…
Mauricio Valdez-Durón, Jorge Fernández-Álvarez, Alberto Manuel González-Chávez, Francisco Ángel Vega-Romero, Ketzalcoatl Tecomahua-Román, Antonio García-Ruiz
Introduction : At least four techniques or approaches to minimize the risk of injury have been introduced. The correlation between techniques and the complication rate is controversial. The objective of the study is to report the incidence of laparoscopic ent…
Konate Madiassa, Traore Amadou, Dembele Bakary Tiéntigui, Karembe Boubacar, Amadou Issa, Mangane Moustaphissa, Diop Thierno Madani, Togo Adégnepierre, Kante Lassana, Traore Alhassane, Bah Amadou, Sidibe Boubacaryoro, Diamoutene Kolo, Samake Moussa, Mounimezié Diarra, Diakite Ibrahim, Coulibaly Yacaria, Keita Soumaila, Legros Jean Remy Mattia Stella, Demane Sofia, Al Naasan Irchid, Diallo Gangaly
We report the case of a 33-year-old man having presented the episodes of abdominal pains since a few months in 2014. He was handled by the anal-gesic and the anti spasmodic by his regular doctor. Symptoms in started up again with renewed vigor in February, 20…
Barend H. Van den Bergh, Deirdré Kruger, Jonathan Kourie, Steve Moeng, Martin C. Robson
Background: Dressing of split-thickness skin graft donor sites can be traumatic for the patient. The most advan ced an d expensive dressings have been compared to the most basic of dressings, with little or no consensus and an unpersuasive level of evidence.…
Amadou Berthé, Mamadou Tidiane Coulibaly, Adama Toutou Diallo, Moumine Zié Diarra, Ibrahim Yattara, Zanafon Outtara, Amidou Domegué Ouattara, Thièrno Madane Diop
Summarizes: The objective of this work was to study the clinical, diagnostic, therapeutic and evolutionary aspects of urological lesions secondary to gynaeco-obstetrical surgery in the urology department of the Gabriel Touré University Hospital. Material and…
Hrishikesh Saodekar, Salphale Yogesh
The cerclage wire is an important adjuvant in the management of Orthopaedic and trauma cases and is particularly useful in long bone fractures. It is especially useful for addressing the fractures, especially the comminuted ones with a butterfly fragment. Ort…
Zida Maurice, Ouangré Edgar, Ouedraogo Souleymane, Doamba Rodrigue, Kafando Roch Justin, Zan Abdoulaye, Traoré Si Simon
Objective : To describe th e etiological, clinical and therapeutic aspects of adults’ intussusception at Yalgado Ouedraogo University Hospital in Ouagadougou (CHU-YO), Burkina Faso. Patients and method: This descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted bet…
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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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