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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…
Yu-Ju Hung, Kuo-Hua Lin, Chen-Te Chou, Chih-Jan Ko, Ping-Yi Lin, Chia-En Hsieh, Hsu-Heng Yen, Yao-Li Chen
Artificial vessel grafts are used for outflow reconstruction in living donor liver transplantation (LDLT). We report a very rare case of invasion of an artificial vascular graft into the duodenal bulb after LDLT. A 54-year-old man underwent LDLT in August 201…
Kent C. Sasse, David Warner, Sean M. Ward, Walter Mandeville, Rebecca Evans
Background: Staple line reinforcement material has been demonstrated to raise the burst pressure threshold after linear intestinal stapling. Numerous bioprosthetic materials have been utilized in surgical practice. Porcine urinary bladder matrix (ACell, Inc.)…
Bakary Tientigui Dembélé, Alhassane Traoré, Adégné Togo, Lassana Kanté, Ibrahim Diakité, Bourama Diarra, Amadou Traoré, Madiassa Konaté, Boubacar Karembé, Yacaria Coulibaly, Mamby Keita, Souleymane Diallo, Souleymane Diallo, Gangaly Diallo, 1 1
The operating site infections constitute the major postoperative issue in surgery. Our objectives were to determine the hospital frequency, the risk factors, the involved germs as well as the cost generated by the operating site infections. Method: Our three…
Mariana Vigiola Cruz, Gregory D. Trachiotis, 1 1
Swyer-James-MacLeod syndrome is a rare disease that results in parenchymal damage believed to be caused by recurrent lung infections in childhood. We report a case of a previously healthy young woman that presented with insidious progression of exertional dys…
Takamitsu Sasaki, Daisuke Kato, Satoshi Shinya, Kanefumi Yamashita, Ryo Nakashima, Hironari Shiwaku, Yasushi Yamauchi, Tomoaki Noritomi, Yuichi Yamashita
Background: While the safety of pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD) has improved, the high level of difficulty associated with this operation means that the procedure carries a high mortality rate compared to other gastrointestinal operations. Various trials have be…
Hamid Karimi, Seyed Abbas Motevalian, Mahnoush Momeni, Roya Safari, Mitra Ghadarjani
Mortality rate of burn patients can serve as an objective criterion for quality control and as a measure for research and preventive programs. A prospective study of burn victims, from data of burn registry program, was conducted to determine the etiology, ri…
Teijiro Hirashita, Toshifumi Matsumoto, Koichi Izumi, Masahiko Ikebe, Tokujiro Yano, Yoichi Muto, Susumu Matsuo
Background: Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) is commonly performed for biliary drainage and examination of the biliary and pancreatic duct before pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD). The influence of preoperative post-ERCP pancreatitis on PD is…
Apichat Asavamongkokul, Pojchong Chotiyarnwonga, Pojchong Chotiyarnwonga, Nednapis Tirawanchai, Saranatra Waikakul
Objective: To provide a better prognosis after the treatment of giant cell tumor of bone which is a common benign aggressive bone tumor by the use of thermoablation, Hsp70 expression of the tumor was explored and the relationship between the relative amount o…
Bogdan Protyniak, Ryan N. Cappa, Michael Latzko, Adam M. Kopelan
Introduction: Urachal remnants are rare in adulthood with only a few cases of urachal-sigmoid fistula reported in the literature. We report the first case of a laparoscopic resection of a urachal-sigmoid fistula resulting from diverticulitis in an immunosuppr…
Mohammad-Esmaiil Hassani, Hamid Karimi, Hosein Hassani, Ali Hassani
Background: Distraction Osteogenesis is popular for long bones. And nowadays it has found its role in facial bone deficiency treatments. Purpose: We used our special designed Distractor for advancement of Maxillary deficiencies in cleft lip and palate patient…
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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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