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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…
M. Georgina Uberti, Yvonne N. Pierpont, Rajat Bhalla, Karan Desai, Martin C. Robson, Wyatt G. Payne
The various fibroproliferative disorders affecting humans have in common excess fibroblast activity and persistent overexpression or dysregulated activity of transforming growth factor beta (TGF- β ). Cancer has many similar characteristics. Antineoplastic dr…
Ahmed M. A. Kensarah, Nisar Haider Zaidi, Abdulhaleem Noorwali, Hager Aref, Ahmed Mohammed Makki, Afaf Ghunaim, Wail Tashkandi, Sara Mohammad Beayari, Adel Johari
Purpose: To evaluate Charcot neuroarthropathy in diabetic foot patients at tertiary hospital. Methods and Material: It is a retrospective study from 2005 to 2015 of Charcot foot patients in diabetic patients admitted in King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Jed…
Ahmed N. Ghanem, Salma A. Ghanem
Based on clinical and experimental work two new types of volumetric overload shocks are reported : volumetric overload shock type one and type two depending on the type of fluid causing their induction. Volumetric overload shock type one is induced by sodium-…
Ismaïl Lawani, Dansou Gaspard Gbéssi, Aboudou Raimi Kpossou, Yacoubou Imorou Souaïbou, Freddy H. R. Gnangnon, Francis Moïse Dossou, Delphin Kuassi Mehinto, Jean-Léon Olory-Togbé
The cola nut ( Cola nitida ), is a rare foreign body. Its voluntary ingestion, for ritual practices, is a situation of exceptional occurrence, and jamming it in the esophagus is a therapeutic emergency. Here, we report the case of an adult patient, with a col…
Yogesh Salphale, Prakash Lalwani, Bhaskaran Shivashankar, Wasudeo Mahadeo Gadegone, Kiran Janwe, Satyajeet Jagtap
Getting the trajectory of the proximal femoral nail in the right direction is essential to achieve a good result in the technically demanding surgery of proximal femoral fracture. Either an inappropriate starting point or a failure to match the chosen implant…
K. Alubaidi, G. Clarke, A. Jamil, E. Ghareeb
Background: Single session, multiple Band Ligations (BL) for haemorrhoids has been practised in the UK for more than 40 years. It has been claimed that multiple BL in a single session can cause pain and discomfort [1]-[3], although this issue has not been for…
Kassem Alubaidi, Ashish Kiran Shrestha, Meera Joshi, Sanjoy Basu
Objective: To present our technique of laparoscopic repair of giant para-oesophageal hernia with biological prosthesis (porcine dermis). Method: Our technique involves creating a pneumoperitoneum with standard port placement for anti-reflux surgery, mediastin…
Ugur Sungurtekin, Murat Ozban, Halil Erbis, Onur Birsen
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to demonstrate loose silk seton actually acts as a slow cutting seton contrary to the idea of simply drainage. Besides, to show the effect of loose seton on patient’s incontinence is mostly proportional to the degree of…
Christine S. M. Lau, Ronald S. Chamberlain, 1 1, 1 1
Background: The incidence of in-hospital adverse events is about 10%, with a majority of these related to surgery, and nearly half considered preventable events. In attempts to improve patient safety, the World Health Organization (WHO) developed a checklist…
Hana’a Tashkandi, Nisar Haider Zaidi, Abdulrehman Sibiani
Background: To determine the usefulness of metallic stent in advanced oesophageal malignancies. Methods: In a retrospective study conducted at the Endoscopy Unit of King Abdulaziz University Hospital, patients underwent stent placement, with or without pallia…
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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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