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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…
Lok Wah Noah So, Margaret Woon Man Fok, Kenny Yat Hong Kwan, Kwok Keung Boris Fung
The management of gouty tophi has generally shifted from surgical excision to conservative therapy due to surgery’s traditional association with high wound complication rate. Yet there are still patients who are indicated for surgical excision of gouty tophi,…
Iskander Al-Githmi
Background: Primary spontaneous pneumothorax is a relatively common condition in young adults. Although blebs and bullae are frequently found in patients with primary spontaneous pneumothorax, they are very rarely the actual cause of the pneumothorax. Objecti…
Eddy Oleko Ekuke, Yassine Kdhissi, Fatoumata Djouldé Smith Diallo, Pierlesky Elion Ossibi, Hicham El Bouhadoutti, El Bachir Benjelloun, Ouadii Mouaqit, Benajah Dafr-Allah, Abdelmalek Ousadden, Khalid Mazaz, Khalid Ait Taleb
Neuroendocrine tumors (NET) of the gallbladder are a rare entity with only 0.2% of all NET located in the gall bladder. Well-differentiated NETs occur at a relatively lower age group unlike other gallbladder tumors, whereas neuroendocrine carcinoma (NEC) occu…
Alhassane Traoré, Bakary Tientigui Dembélé, Ibrahima Diakité, Adégné Togo, Lassana Kanté, Amadou Traoré, Madiassa Konaté, Boubacar Karembé, Abdoulaye Diarra, Amadou Bah, Boubacar Sidibé, Tany Koné, Astan Koné, Nouténé Koné, Djibo Mahamane Diango, Gangaly Diallo
Goal: To determine hospital frequency, to describe the clinical and therapeutic aspects and to determine the prognosis. Patients and Methods: This was a retrospective and prospective study carried out in the General Surgery Department from 1 January 1999 to 3…
Federico Benetti, Natalia Scialacomo
Introduction: Here we will describe the actual surgical technique to perform the left mammary artery bypass to the left anterior descending artery, and the results of this operation in the Benetti Foundation in the last 20 years. Materials and Methods: The in…
José Luis Ruiz-Gómez, Roberto Fernández Santiago, Antonio López Useros, Carlos Redondo-Figuero, José C. Manuel-Palazuelos
Traditionally surgeons learned surgical techniques by training them directly in the patient by imitating the actions of the surgeon with more experience. Today this methodology is difficult to apply, since there are multiple factors that hinder its use. The l…
Raíssa Teixeira Rosalino, Natália Iwakura Martelli, Neil F. Novo, Willy Marcus França
Introduction: volume increase of Pediatric Surgery (PedSur) due to factors not yet fully clarified contrast with the scarcity of pediatric surgeons in Brazil and globally. Geographic distribution, surgical care costs, and graduation period might contribute to…
Takanori Ayabe, Masaki Tomita, Shigeko Shimizu, Etsuko Yokoyama, Manabu Okumura, Koichiro Itai, Kunihide Nakamura
Background: We experienced a very rare complication, that is, an unexpected postoperative paraplegia due to the incidental migration of oxidized regenerated cellulose used for hemostasis of intercostal space bleeding. Patients and Methods: The objective is to…
Choua Ouchemi, Ali Mahamat Moussa, Moussa Kalli, Taday Moussa, Telniaret Armel, Sadie Ismael Guire, Sani Rachid
Introduction: The extrinsic compression of the third portion of the duodenum between the superior mesenteric artery and the aorta defines superior mesenteric artery syndrome. It determines an acute or chronic high intestinal obstruction pattern. We report the…
Jordan L. White, Francis A. Buzad, Herschel B. Patel
We retrospectively collected data on 130 minimally invasive colon resection cases performed by the same surgeon from April 2005 to February 2017, of which 35 were completed laparoscopically and 95 were completed robotically. The first 30 robotic cases were al…
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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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