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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…
Dembélé Bakary Tientigui, Traoré Alhassane, Togo Adégné, Kante Lassana, Diakité Ibrahim, Konate Madiassa, Traore Amadou, Diakité Boubacar, Bah Amadou, Sidibé Yoro, Koné Tany, Diop Thiorno Madani, Django Djibo, Diallo Gangaly
The objectives were to determine the frequency of pain in cancer patients and its intensity in cancer pathologies and to evaluate the evolution of pain intensity after analgesic treatment; the effectiveness of its management study involved 121 cases of operat…
Xingming Yang, Wei Shi, Yakun Du, Lei Zhang
Objective: To assess the curative effect of the stage II femoral head necrosis treated by arthroscopy assisted lesion clearance, bone graft and titanium rod support. Methods: All the patients (including 58 patients 74 hips) were diagnosed as stage II femoral…
Christine S. M. Lau, Mahyar Pourriahi, Amanda Ward, Kedar P. Kulkarni, Krishnaraj Mahendraraj, Ronald S. Chamberlain, 1 1, 1 1
Introduction: Mortality following cardiac arrest (CA) is extremely high, with rates as high as 91.5% after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) and 76.1% after in-hospital cardiac arrest (IHCA). This study assessed the clinical profile and outcomes of a larg…
Raymond Englund
Introduction: There is currently no consistent classification of the extent of left common iliac vein compression syndromes such that clinicians working in the area have a common terminology. Hypothesis: To create a classification of left common iliac vein co…
Mumtazdin Wani, Mushtaq Chalkoo, Peer Hilal Ahmad Makhdoomi, Ankush Banotra, Awhad Mueed, Yassar Arafat, Syed Shakeeb
Background: Kashmir valley, being a known conflict zone keeps on receiving war victims due to scuffles between civilians and the government forces. Such upsurges have been noted in the recent past in 2008 and 2010; however, a new face of upheaval took place i…
Raymond Englund
Introduction: This study examined the cause of death of patients with aortic aneurysms treated for this disease between 1987 and 2014 to understand the current natural history of this condition. Methods: This study results from analysis of a prospectively mai…
Pius Agbenorku, Richcane Amankwa, Manolo Agbenorku, Nana Yaa Odamea Asare
Burn wound infection delays wound healing, leading to varying degrees of morbidity and mortality. Various antibiotics are administered to burn patients in burn wound management. The emergence of antibiotic resistance is a menace that costs families and the co…
Moussa Sylla, Pierlesky Elion Ossibi, Issam Yazough, Eddy Oleko Ekuke, El Bachir Benjelloun, Said Ait Laalim, Khalid Mazaz, Khalid Ait Taleb
Retro peritoneal smooth muscle tumors of uncertain malignant potential (STUMP) are rare and often misdiagnosed as leiomyosarcoma. We hereby report the case of a retroperitoneal STUMP diagnosed on a surgical specimen in a 44-year-old woman without any history…
Eddy Oleko Ekuke, Pierlesky Elion Ossibi, El Mahdi Benkoukous, Moussa Sylla, Boubacar Efared, Laila Chbani, Abdelmalek Ousadden, Khalid Mazaz, Khalid Ait Taleb
Colic tuberculosis is rare even in countries endemic to Mycobacterium spp. Its incidence seems to be increasing over the last decade. Presentation in the form of abdominal mass is exceptional and often misdiagnosed as gastrointestinal tumor. The possibility o…
J. A. Viljanto, E. S. Löyttyniemi, T. J. A. Savunen
Objective: To find out possible associations between wound inflammatory cell response and the patients’ survival. Background: Several articles have written about the effects of single inflammatory cell types on wound healing but little is known about the inte…
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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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