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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…
Tatsuya Mimura, Hidetaka Noma, Hideharu Funatsu
Vitreous surgery has improved remarkably with various advances in surgical instruments and techniques. The two most important breakthrough in recent years have been the introduction of small-gauge pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) systems and new illumination devic…
Amit Goel
Single incision laproscopic surgery is an alternative to conventional multiport laproscopy. Natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery term coined by a Consortium in 2005 remains a research technique with few clinical cases. Single incision surgery offer…
José L. Ortiz Simón, Arturo Minor Martínez, Neftalí Prado Coronado, Ricardo Ordorica Flores
The development of skills and abilities in laparoscopy is directly related to the use of trainers. The trainer should model the patient with all its natural complexities as closely as possible. In this article we propose a system for training the establishmen…
Norihito Wada, Yoshiro Saikawa, Hiroya Takeuchi, Tsunehiro Takahashi, Rieko Nakamura, Hirofumi Kawakubo, Kaori Kameyama, Makio Mukai, Yuko Kitagawa
Background: Laparoscopic wedge resection is accepted as a curative treatment for small- and mediumsized gastroin-testinal stromal tumors (GISTs) of the stomach. Conventional methods involving surgical staplers require relatively large lateral margins, which m…
Mehmet Ali Eryılmaz, Ömer Karahan, İsmet Tolu, Ahmet Okuş, Serden Ay, Barış Sevinç, Ahmet Hakan Halıcı
Purpose: The aim of this study was to compare magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (MRCP) with endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) in diagnosing bile duct pathologies. Materials and Methods: We documented the data of 171 patients with…
Jun Yan, Sanjuro Takeda, Kotaro Fujino, Goro Tajima, Jiro Hitomi
In the published literature as well as in the most commonly used textbooks, the lateral collateral ligament (LCL) is described as having 1 attachment at the lateral epicondyle of the femur and another at the head of the fibula. In this article, we reconsider…
Jean-Baptiste Finel, Stéphanie Mucci, Frédéric Branger, Aurélien Venara, Laure Blanchard, Antoine Hamy
Objectives: The parathyroid cysts (PCs) are rare and their diagnosis and therapeutic management are not clearly established. The aim of the study was to evaluate the characteristics of parathyroid cysts. Methods and Materials: Twenty-five patients with PC wer…
T. Betz, C. Uhl, M. Steinbauer, N. Zorger, I. Töpel
Purpose: To evaluate outcome of interventional and surcigal treatment in infrainguinal bypass occlusion and to identify predictive factors affecting therapeutic success. Material and Methods: Over a period of three years 96 patients with infrainguinal bypass…
Joaquin J. Estrada, Vivek Chaudhry, Jose R. Cintron, Leela M. Prasad, Herand Abcarian
Introduction: The median survival for patients with stage IV rectal cancer is approximately 20 months. Therapy should focus not only on improving survival but also on quality of life. The aim of our study was to determine if chemoradiation (C-RT) would improv…
Kiyosumi Shibata, Hiroaki Kajiyama, Mik Mizuno, Eiko Yamamoto, Fumitaka Kikkawa
Objective: To identify prognostic factors in patients with locally advanced cervical cancer treated with concurrent chemoradiotherapy (CCRT). Methods and Materials: We analyzed 76 patients with FIGO stage IB2 - IVb cervical cancer treated with CCRT between 20…
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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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