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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…
Giulio Paolo Angelucci, Giovanni Sinibaldi, Paolo Orsaria, Claudio Arcudi, Sergio Colizza
Colorectal Cancer is the second most common cancer in western countries and, currently, surgical resection is still the principal treatment for this pathology. However, the operation carries significant morbidity and mortality, which is associated with an eno…
Mohamed Abdelhamid, Ahmed Mohamed Sadat, Ayman Refaat Abdelhaseeb, Tamer Mohamed Nabil, Mohamed Salah Abdelbasset, Amro Mohamed Ali Bechet, Hesham Ahmed Nafady, Kalid Ahmed Shawky
Background: It is unknown whether stapling the mesh affects recurrence rate, incidence of neuralgia, and port-site hernia. We chose to fix it to the exterior reducing port size, cost and pain , at the same comparing this with traditional mesh stapling . Metho…
Baskar Ranjith Karthekeyan, Periyasamy Thangavelu, Jebaraj Rethinasamy, Mahesh Vakamudi, Siva Muthukumar, Rajeshkumar Kodali, Kamalakannan Sambandham, Sushma Nandipati
Total anomalous pulmonary venous connection becomes a totally different subset when associated with complex congenital anomalies. The combination of two separate life-threatening congenital heart defects complicates the management of these patients. Six patie…
Jing Zhu, Huihua Cai, Donglin Sun
Unlike primary pancreatic carcinoma, metastases to the pancreas are rare and their resection may be performed as a palliative treatment due to poorly defined outcome. We herein present an extremely rare case of pancreatic metastases of malignant fibrous histi…
Lipa Bodner, Sigal Amitay, Ben Zion Joshua
The article evaluates 12 cases of conservative treatment of displaced mandibular fractures in adults. Twelve cases of displaced mandibular fractures treated surgically, either by closed reduction (IMF) or open reduction internal fixation (ORIF) served as cont…
H. M. El Hennawy, H. O. Abu Zaid, Imaad Bin Mujeeb, Eihab A. El Kahlout, El S. M. Bedair
Background: Fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) is considered as the gold standard diagnostic test for the diagnosis of solitary thyroidnodules (STN). Aim : To compare the accuracy of FNAC in diagnosis of thyroid nodules in Al Khor community hospital versu…
Berkane Salah, Abid Larbi
Introduction: The early cancer of gallbladder is an entity which is not well recognized currently. It is a cancer which does not extend beyond the muscularis layer of the gallbladder and it is characterized in almost of cases by the absence of lymph node and…
Lauren T. Moffatt, Rachel T. Ortiz, Bonnie C. Carney, Rachael M. Bullock, Martin C. Robson, Marion H. Jordan, Jeffrey W. Shupp
Wound infections can have devastating effects on healing as well as the health of the patient. Complications increase when the pathogens are capable of producing virulence factors and/or are drug resistant. Novel methods are needed to take on the challenges o…
I. El-Sayes, R. Weiner, M. Talai Rad, S. Wolff, C. Knoll, T. Manger, C. Stroh
Introduction: Sleeve Gastrectomy (SG) is becoming more popular due to its weight reducing effect and promising anti-diabetic efficacy. However, long term results are still lacking. Methods: The study focuses on anti-diabetic efficacy of SG through retrospecti…
Yong Kwon Lee, Corrigan McBride, Valerie Shostrom, Jon Thompson
Background : Marginal ulceration (MU) is a recognized complication of Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) surgery. While several possible risk factors have been reported, the mechanism of MU remains incompletely understood. The aim of this study was to compare th…
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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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