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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…
Prince Johnson
Background: An intestinal stoma is a surgical opening of the intestine, mostly sutured to the anterior abdominal wall. Stoma prolapse is one of the common complications of stoma. A significant number of stoma prolapse patients require surgical correction. Aim…
Cheng Zhang, Yi Liu, Ming Ma, Shifan Zhang
Objective: To research the expression of hypoxia inducible factor-1 alpha (HIF-1 alpha) on the apoptosis and number of T lymphocyte in Peyer’s patches after severe burn on plateau in rats. Methods: Wistar rats (n = 130) were subjected to deep thickness burn i…
Artur Fracassi Guerra, Mauro Razuk Filho, Neil Ferreira Novo, Willy Marcus França
Introduction : Simple suture isn’t always possible in large congenital diaphragmatic hernia (cdh) defects. Synthetic materials are used for correction such as Silastic®, Gore-Tex ® (GT), Teflon ® or biological, such as autologous muscle patches. It w…
Carlo Doria, Gianfilippo Caggiari, Giulia Raffaella Mosele, Leonardo Puddu, Paolo Tranquilli Leali
Study Design: Retrospective review. Summary of Background Data: Deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism (PE) are potential complications following major orthopaedic surgical procedures. Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is the disease process underlying…
Zahida Akhter, Shahnawaz Mansoor Shah, Perveez Ahmad Malik, Showkat Ahmad Kakroo
Introduction: Pediatric tumors account for a small proportion of all cancers; amongst them neuroblastoma is the most common solid tumor as well as malignant tumor. They have varied clinical presentation. Recent advances in diagnostic methods and multidiscipli…
Joseph Yorke, Pius Agbenorku, Roland Awoonor-Williams, Michael Offoe Adinku, Eseenam Anita Agbeko, Joseph Yaw Manu, Kodwo Aboagye Addae, Papa Kwesi Sonsomir Fiifi Yankson, Dorcas Ahulu, Daniel Anning Gyawu, Nana Esi Abeduwa Abaidoo, Dennis Afful-Yorkee, 1 1
Retroperitoneal liposarcoma is a rare malignant tumour with an incidence of 2.5 per million people annually. It is the most common type of all the retroperitoneal malignant tumours. Early diagnosis of the tumour is difficult because of absence of specific cli…
Haithem Zaafouri, Anis Hasnaoui, Raja Jouini, Dhafer Haddad, Ahmed Bouhafa, Anis Ben Maamer
Collision tumors of adenocarcinoma and MALT (Mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue) lymphoma are often rare findings of resection specimens of gastric carcinomas. The fact that these two histological lesions are contiguous may suggest a common oncogene. As it is…
Lauren S. Sparber, Vijayashree Murthy, Ronald S. Chamberlain, 1 1, 1 1
Introduction: Screening mammography has led to a marked increase in detection of in situ breast tumors in the United States. The University of Southern California/Van Nuys Prognostic Index (USC/VNPI) predicts the recurrence rates of ductal carcinoma in situ (…
Justus Gross, Rainer Petzina, Rouven Berndt, Bernd Panholzer, Andreas Bayer, Katharina Huenges, Leonie Aschauer, Jochen Cremer, Rene Rusch
Recurrent thrombotic occlusions are one major problem in patients with thrombosis of the inferior vena cava. Due to this, we report a new surgical strategy for the construction of aorto-caval (mesen teric-caval) fistula in a patient with homozygous Antithrom…
Jan Gunnar Skogås, Hans Olav Myhre, Asbjørn Ødegård, Gabriel Kiss
The successful outcome of any minimally invasive procedure is highly dependent on the imaging chain, as the medical team has to rely on indirect visualization of the surgical field during the entire procedure. During the last decade, the quality of the images…
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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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