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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…
Tamer A. El-Bakary, S. Abdelazim, Bashdar Ramadan Mawolood, Mohamed S. Hashish
Background: About 25% - 35% of breast cancers are non-palpable at the time of diagnosis. Wire guided localization (WGL) had been considered as the standard technique for many years for excision of theses breast lesions. The aim of this study is to assess the…
Brian Beaubien, Richard M. Salib, Louis C. Fielding, Jon E. Block
Low back pain (LBP) is one of the most prevalent, disabling and costly medical conditions affecting modern society. LBP presents a significant challenge to effective treatment due to often multifactorial or unknown etiology. Since the 1980s, the sacroiliac (S…
Bruce Mitchell, Tomas MacPhail, David Vivian, Paul Verrills, Adele Barnard
Background: Sacroiliac joint (SIJ) pain presents as a deep and somatic pain, predominantly affecting the lower back and buttock and referring down the leg, sometimes as far as the foot. Given that the features of SIJ pain are non-specific and that this referr…
Bruce Mitchell, Tomas MacPhail, David Vivian, Paul Verrills, Adele Barnard
Background: The sacroiliac joint (SIJ) is an important cause of chronic low back pain, implicated in 15% - 30% of all cases. While radiofrequency neurotomy (RFN) is the interventional treatment of choice for spinal pain originating from the facet joints, fewe…
Tomaz Velnar, Gorazd Bunc, Lidija Gradisnik, 1 1
The biological tissue is affected by external and internal deformation forces: tractive/tensile forces, shearing and compressive forces. The bone is deformed under the effect of a force. If the load exceeds the bone solidity limitation, fracture occurs. A mat…
Hironobu Takano, Yuma Ebihara, Yo Kurashima, Soichi Murakami, Toshiaki Shichinohe, Satoshi Hirano
Introductions: Gastrectomy, which is the standard surgical procedure for gastric cancer, has gradually come to be performed laparoscopically. Laparoscopic distal gastrectomy (LDG) has been adopted gradually and performed for advanced gastric cancer. However,…
Thomas von Ahnen, Martin von Ahnen, Ulrich Wirth, Anna Barisic, Hans Martin Schardey, Stefan Schopf
Background: Postoperative hemorrhage remains an uncommon but potentially life-threatening complication of thyroid surgery. The aim of this case-controlled study was to compare the effectiveness of PerClot ® hemostatic agent with hemostasis by conventional…
Takayuki Okumoto, Masaki Yazawa, Yoshikazu Inoue, Kazuo Kishi
Fibrous dysplasia is a benign osseous disease, although radical resection is commonly recommended because of the possibility of recurrence or malignant change. However, radical resection is undesirable, particularly in the maxillofacial region, because facial…
Masaki Yazawa, Hayato Nagashima, Katsuya Suzuki, Kazuo Kishi
Background: Cases of acquired saddle nose have been reported; however, reports of sarcoidosis with acquired saddle nose are very rare. The main cause of sarcoidosis is estimated to be an abnormal immune reaction rather than infection. Aim: Rhinoplasty using a…
Basim Jasim Abdulhussein, Yarub Fadhil Hussein, Abdulsalam Hatem Nawar, Redhwan Ahmed Al-Naggar
Background: Laparoscopic cholecystectomy has become the standard treatment for symptomatic gall bladder disease. However, there still a substantial proportion of patients in whom Laparoscopic cholecystectomy cannot be successfully performed, and for whom conv…
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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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