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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…
Sharad P. Paul
Aim: The sternal region, cervico-mandibular region and the intra-mammary region have been the bane of many cutaneous surgeons, with a higher propensity for poor scarring and wound complications. In this article, the author undertakes a review of different met…
Montasir Junaid, Maliha Kazi, Sadaf Qadeer
Spindle cell carcinoma also known as sarcomatoid carcinoma is a rare highly aggressive tumor which is histologically different from squamous cell ca and mesenchymal cancers. Only hands full of cases have been reported in literature since 1957 and hence no pro…
Takanori Ayabe, Masaki Tomita, Naohiro Nose, Takashi Asada, Kunihide Nakamura
Background: Patient-reported outcomes of the quality of life (QOL) after an open thoracotomy have not been studied. To determine the physical and mental changes in surgical patients is very important for medical staffs. The surgical patient’s satisfaction and…
Mohamed Amine Azami, Othman Lahbali, Iliass El Alami, El Amine Ratbi, Fouad Zouidia, Najat Mahassini
Introduction: Cysts of the adrenal gland are rare and are usually discovered incidentally, typically presented with abdominal pain or palpable mass. There are four categories of adrenal gland cyst: epithelial, endothelial, parasitic and pseudocysts. We report…
Eddy Oleko Ekuke, Pierlesky Elion Ossibi, Ouadii Mouaqit, El Bachir Benjelloun, Hicham El Bouhaddouti, Boubacar Efared, Laila Chbani, Abdelmalek Ousadden, Khalid Mazaz, Khalid Ait Taleb
Intussusception in adults is rare and accounts for 1% to 5% of cases of acute bowel obstruction. Moreso, colic intussusception remains exceptional in adults and is usually secondary to an endoluminal lesion. Abdominal intestinal lipomas are rarely responsible…
Hiroki Kasama, Eiren Toh, Joji Mochida, Masahiko Watanabe
We report on a case of a mobile schwannoma of the cauda equina. The patient was a 24-year-old woman who visited our hospital with the chief complaints of low back pain and numbness of the right leg. A tumor was noted from the L2 midbody level to the L3 upper…
Carolina Utsunomiya Muniz, Maíra Stathourakis Sampaio Amaral, Neil Ferreira Novo, Juliana Abeche Fermozelli, Willy Marcus França
Introduction: Central venous access is one of the most common procedures in pediatric surgery worldwide for infusion of antibiotics, electrolytes, chemotherapy, total parenteral nutrition, etc. Local regional complications due the permanence of venous cathete…
Yogesh Salphale, Wasudeo Mahadeo Gadegone, Yogesh Deshmukh, Kuldeep Deshpande, Kiran Janwe, Ravi Alurwar
Reducing the Unstable Intertrochanteric Fractures in a closed manner is challenging especially in the old and aged people with co morbidities. We provide a simple reducing aid to achieve the fracture reduction. This will protect your surgical resident’s or op…
Mujahid Ahmad Mir, Farzana Manzoor, Balvinder Singh, Wasim Raja, Shaukat Jeelani, Waheed Ahmad Zargar, Faraidon Faiq Ahmad, Aung Zar Ko, Imteyaz Ahmad Sofi
Introduction: Breast cancer is the commonest malignancy in women worldwide. There are considerable variations in risk factors and presentation of the disease region wise. The present study aimed to describe clinical and pathological profile of breast cancer p…
Mujahid Ahmad Mir, Sheikh Viqar Manzoor, Farooq Ahmad Reshi, Waheed Ahmad Zargar, Shaukat Jeelani, Faraidon Faiq Ahmad, Aung Zar Ko, Balvinder Singh
Aims and Objectives: To assess efficacy and safety of percutaneous cholecystostomy (PC) in high risk patients with acute cholecystitis. Materials and Methods: The study was carried out in high risk patients with acute calculous or acalculous cholecystitis. Pa…
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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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