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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…
Ahmed Z. Kaleem, Nabish Naheed, Syed M. Ahmad, 1 1
Background: Anastomotic leak is the most dreaded complication and it accounts for one third of post-operative deaths in colorectal surgery. There is strong need of research in this field in order to reduce anastomotic leak rate. If there was a test available…
Olaf Teubner, Claus D. Heidecke, Thomas Kohlmann, Kaja Ludwig, Maciej Patrzyk
Background: Multiple studies from the last five years have demonstrated that single-incision laparoscopic surgery cholecystectomy (SILS) is not only feasible but also produces a result comparable with that of conventional laparoscopic cholecystectomy (CLC). M…
Mushtaq Chalkoo, Mujahid Ahmad Mir, Hilal Makhdoomi
Objectives: To determine the feasibility and patient’s outcome of laparoscopic transabdominal preperitoneal mesh hernioplasty for inguinal hernias. Patients and Methods: This study was carried out from March 2011 to April 2014. A total of 130 patients underwe…
Michael S. Toder, Andrew I. Shevela, Alexander A. Shevela, Paul A. Zheleznyi, Anna P. Zheleznaia, Igor V. Mayborodin
Screw metal implants (3S, Israel) with rough or smooth polished surface were introduced in a tibial proximal condyle of not purebred rabbits. The condition of surrounding tissues in 2 and 6 months after implantation was compared by light microscopy and X-ray…
Rahul R. Sima, Clement S. Rajan, Srikanth K. Aithal
Meckel’s diverticulum complicating pregnancy is indeed a rare occurrence. The anatomical and physiological changes that occur in pregnancy make the clinical presentation and preoperative diagnosis of an acute abdomen extremely difficult. Even imaging modaliti…
Henrique de Aguiar Wiederkehr, Caroline Aragão de Carvalho, Matheus Ruggeri, Lucca Cajazeira Campos, Barbara de Aguiar Wiederkehr, Julio Cesar Wiederkehr
Biliary atresia (BA) is the result of a process of unknown etiology which can occur as an isolated lesion or in association with several congenital abnormalities and remains the main indications of liver transplantation among infants. One of the malformations…
Jianming Zhu, Jianping Huang
Aim: The aim is to shift the 5 mm port from the right upper abdomen to the umbilicus in three-port laparoscopic cholecystectomy to obtain better cosmetic results. Methods: The three ports in conventional three-port laparoscopic cholecystectomy were placed in…
André Luis Hecht Sartori, Marina Ferreira Rosa de Vilhena, Gabriela Samaha França, Willy Marcus França
In gastroschisis (G), the lesion degree of exposed intestinal segments is related to the time of its contact with the amniotic fluid (AF) and exposure to meconium which is the cause of intestinal morphological and histological alterations. The outcome of thes…
Kazuya Naritomi, Yuya Tanaka, Hiroki Ureshino, Yoshihiro Uchino, Motohisa Kuwahara, Yuhei Kitazato, Masahiro Kawabata, Masae Mano
We have experienced three inverted Meckel’s diverticula with ileus that are diagnosed before surgery and treated with laparoscopic surgery. The patients were 22, 26, and 29 years of age. The history of ileus for each patient differed, being the first experien…
Gabriel B. Tofani, Gustavo P. Irffi, Lucas F. Silva, Cynthia C. M. da Silva, Bráulio R. G. M. Couto, Gilberto D. Miranda, Carlos E. F. Starling
The objective of this study is to answer three main questions: What is the risk of wound infection for patients undergoing hip arthroplasty? What are the main etiologicagents of surgical site infection (SSI)? What are the risk factors most associated with sur…
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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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