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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…
Aissatou Taran Diallo, Yaya Diallo, Bah Oumar Raphiou, Koudazankpa Esaïe Mahugbé, Namory Keita, Naby Daouda Camara
Introduction: pelvic abdominal surgery may be associated with urological complications requiring reoperation. The aim of this study was to evaluate the urological surgical complications of gynecological and obstetric procedures conducted at the Ignace Deen Un…
Massamba Miabaou Didace, Boukassa Léon, Lamini Norbert, Massouama Régis, Monka Marius, Ondélé Ngatsé, Bileckot Richard, Ntsiba Honoré
Objective: To evaluate the results of neurolysis of the median nerve to the carpal tunnel in patients operated by the mini-open technique. Methods: The prospective study included 68 patients (16 men and 52 women) aged 43 to 80 years (mean age: 64 years). Pati…
Omar Farouk, Ahmed Senbel, Mosab Shetiwy, Essam Attia, Ahmed Abdallah, Osama El-Damshety, Ashraf Khater, Sameh Roshdy, Amr Abouzid, Amr Hossam, Islam H. Metwally, Omar Hamdy, Amir M. Zaid, Mahmoud Abdelaziz, Mohamed Elmetwally, Adel Fathi, Emad-Eldeen Hamed, Khaled Abdel Wahab, Wagdi El-Kashef, Mohamed Hafez, Khaled Zalata, Mohamed Hegazy, Adel Denewer
Introduction: Nowadays the more accepted surgical option for treating early breast cancer is breast conserving surgery. The main challenge in this type of surgery is to get free safety margins without need of second surgical operation, so many breast surgeons…
Beatriz Dinamarco, Elsner Gonzaga, Willy Marcus França, Pedro Luis Escher Parron, Patrícia Junqueira Mais Soares
Congenital duodenal obstruction (CDO) is one of the most common anomalies presented in the neonatal period of intestinal obstruction, with an incidence of 1:10,000, and Preduodenal Portal Vein (PDPV) is a rare extrinsic cause of CDO. PDPV leads to CDO with a…
Yogesh Salphale, Jagannath Kaginalkar, Wasudeo Mahadeo Gadegone, Kiran Janwe
The distal interlocking is regarded as an inherent part of the antegrade humeral nailing technique. Traditionally the distal locking of intramedullary humeral nails is achieved using a freehand technique. The humerus nailing locking options in the conventiona…
Souleymane Ouedraogo, Cyprien Zaré, Maurice Zida, Julien T. Savadogo, Mamadou Windsouri, Edgar Ouangre, Emile Bandre, Simon S. Traore
Introduction: Cattle are strong animals very often used in agriculture in rural Africa. Unpredictable in their behavior, they regularly inflict injuries to farmers, some of whom are children in rural Africa. Objective: The purpose of this study was to describ…
Mohammad R. Maddah, Caroline G. L. Cao
Simulators play an important role in training surgery residents to perform laparoscopy surgery. Some of these simulators have the capability to track tool motion to assess performance. However, most have not utilized the data to analyze trainee performance in…
Alberto Manuel González Chávez, Ricardo Ray Huacuja Blanco, Mario Andrés González Chávez, Silviano Ríos Pascual, Diego Abelardo Álvarez Hernández, José de Jesús Curiel Valdés
Right iliac fossa pain remains a challenge for clinicians, since it requires considering several differential diagnoses. Acute appendicitis continues to be one of the most important diagnoses to confirm or to rule out in acute abdominal pain, due to the assoc…
Souleymane Ouedraogo, Salam Ouedraogo, Jean-Luc Kambire, Mamadou Windsouri, Mamadou T. Traore, Maurice Zida, , Si Simon Traore
Background: The purpose of this study was to describe the etiologic factors and therapeutic modalities of incisional hernias in the department of surgery at the regional hospital of Tenkodogo, in Burkina Faso. Methods: It is a cross sectional study covering t…
Raminta Černevičiūtė, Shaheel M. Sahebally, Ahmad Mourad, Donatas Inčiūra, Aleksandras Antuševas
Acute upper limb ischemia caused by a gunshot penetrating vascular injury and subsequent arterial embolization by foreign body is uncommon in everyday practice and is associated with high morbidity/mortality rates, especially with emergency surgery. We presen…
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