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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…
Shahe Boghossian, Arpan Banerjee
Objective: To understand the role of the artery of Drummond in the elderly population. The artery plays a crucial role in the anastamosis between the inferior mesenteric artery and superior mesenteric artery. Its maintenance is particularly important for the…
Tariq Abbas, Ahmed Hayati, Mansour Ali
Background: Cryptorchidism is one of the most common genitourinary disorders in young boys. About 1% - 2% of boys at age of 1 year have an undescended testis (UDT); this disorder is unilateral in about 90% of individuals and bilateral in about 10%. However, b…
Mohammad Moazeni, Maryam Mohseni
Background : Few anthelmintics are available for the treatment of hydatid disease caused by the parasite Echinococcus granulosus . The appearance of resistance to synthetic anthelmintics and the adverse side effects of chemical drugs, stimulated the research…
Mehmet Ali Eryılmaz, Özgür Öner, Ahmet Okuş, Ömer Karahan, Said Bodur, Serden Ay, Seher Civcik
Purpose: In this study, we aimed at comparing the sensitivity and selectivity rates of Ultrasonography (USG), Mamography (MG) and Magnetic Resonance (MR), based on the biopsy results of breast mass lesions. Materials and methods: Between January 2009 and Dece…
Monica Pettersson, Ingegerd Bergbom, Erney Mattsson
Background: Patients with Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm can be treated with two different surgical methods: Open repair (OR) or Endovascular Aortic Repair (EVAR). These two different treatments can probably result in different sense of Health related Quality of l…
Maurice Brygel, Luke J. Bonato, Sam S. Farah
Introduction: Chronic groin pain is both a topical subject and important outcome measurement following inguinal hernia repair. It has been suggested its incidence is related to the management of the nerves of the inguinal canal as well as the type of mesh use…
Mitsuru Hanada, Masaaki Takahashi, Hiroshi Koyama, Yukihiro Matsuyama
In the previous arthroscopic studies, the ratio of presence and type of plica was somewhat different. We arthroscopically investigated and classified suprapatellar plica and medial synovial plica in a Japanese population. Subjects and Methods: The anatomy of…
Marlén Alvite Canosa, Leticia Alonso Fernández, Lucía Dorado Castro, Rocío González López, Ana Álvarez Gutiérrez, Inmaculada Monjero Ares, José Conde Vales, Félix Arija Val
Intussusception is a paediatric condition that rarely presents in adults. We report an exceptional case of ileocolic intussusception prolapsing from the rectum in an adult with Von Recklinghausen′s disease. A 31-year-old man with von Recklinghausen′s disease…
Sharique Nazir, Muhammad Rauf, Ibrahim Jabbour, Jacques Duperval, Armand Asarian, Fatima Shaikh, Philip Xiao, Peter Pappas
Squamous cell carcinoma of the gallbladder is rare and accounts for about 12.7% of all cases of gallbladder cancer. Pure squamous cell carcinoma is even less common with a reported incidence of 3.3%. We present a case of 72 year-old African-American woman wit…
Amit Nandan Dhar Dwivedi, Madhu Jain, Suchi Tripathi, Sunny Garg, Shivi Jain
Context: Secondary infertility is a major public health issue with growing urbanisation and increasing age of marriage among women. Disease limited to low socioeconomic strata is commonly seen in general population. Judicious and accurate assessment of underl…
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