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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…
Adel Tolba, Wael Shelfa, Hazem Nour, Hessen Yaser, Mansour Salah
Introduction: Abdominal wall defects and muscle redundancy in the form of protruded abdomen still represent a challenging problem. The aim of this article is to reconstruct the abdominal wall and regain the abdominal contour through the application of biosynt…
Motohisa Kuwahara, Masato Iwami, Masae Mano, Toshihiko Moroga, Akinori Iwasaki
An 80-year-old woman underwent a bilateral lung resection for metastases originating from follicular thyroid cancer. The resection was performed 30 years after right hemithyroidectomy to remove the follicular adenoma. Chest X-ray revealed a 30-mm mass shadow…
Seydou Togo, Moussa Abdoulaye Ouattara, Sékou Koumaré, Mody Abdoulaye Camara, Sadio Yena
Internal jugular vein (IJV) ectasia is a rare benign disease. It commonly presents as a unilateral, soft, compressible neck swelling that mostly involves the right side. It is usually a childhood disease and believed to be of congenital origin. Accurate diagn…
Kristina Zviniene, Irena Krasnovaite, Mindaugas Kiudelis
Background: To evaluate the diagnostic possibilities of multislice spiral computed tomography (MSCT) in preoperative gastric cancer staging. Methods: A total of 108 patients who had radical gastric cancer surgery were evaluated with MSCT two weeks before surg…
Gwendolyn M. Garnett, Lynne Wilkens, Whitney Limm, Linda L. Wong, 1 1
Objective: To determine if pancreaticoduodenectomy operative time can provide insight into surgeon performance and thus be considered for use as a quality indicator. Background: Case volume is the traditional quality metric for complex pancreatic surgery, wit…
J. Joseph Anderson, Zflan Swayzee
Arthroscopy of the ankle with micro-fracture technique is one way to initially treat symptomatic talar dome lesions. Human amniotic allograft has been used in similar bone, soft tissue and cartilage defects to aid in healing of tissue using graft cells that h…
John J. Anderson, Loren K. Spencer, Zflan Fowler
Peroneal tendon and retinacular pathology contributes to chronic lateral ankle instability. The “gold standard” surgical treatment for chronic lateral ankle instability has been the Brostrom-Gould procedure with its modifications. An ankle arthroscopy is an a…
Y. S. Salphale, W. M. Gadegone, R. M. Chandak, Jayeshkumar Dave
The debate continues over the management of diaphyseal fractures of the humerus. There are a variety of extramedullary as well as intramedullary implants. We aim to propose a technique of passing the screw intramedullary nails and achieve union with least tra…
Carlo de Werra, Sergio Aloia, Rosa di Micco, Roberto del Giudice, Roberto Tramontano, Francesco Mangani, Ludovica Maria Esposito, Gabriele di Filippo
Surgical site infections (SSIs) are recognized as a common surgical complication, occurring in about 2% - 5% of all surgical procedures. For this reason, it is the second most common nosocomial infection, representing the 19.6% of all infections observed in h…
J. C. Martín del Olmo, Luis García-Vallejo, José Nuñez Gestal, Pablo Concheiro Coello, Francisco Blanco Antona, Miguel Toledano Trincado, Javier Sánchez González, M. Luz Martín Esteban, L. Colao, Carlos Vaquero Puerta, Miguel Carbajo
Background and Objectives: The aim of this study is to evaluate the usefulness of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) for planning surgery and postoperative control of complex cases of abdominal wall hernia. Methods: Included in a prospective data base with more…
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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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