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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…
Abdulmohsen A. Al-Mulhim, Mohamed A. Elsharawy, Naif Al Awad
The relationship between student gender and examination of medical knowledge and clinical competence has been assessed by a number of studies from western countries with controversial results. The aim of this study was to investigate if gender would make a di…
Ioannis Anastasiou, Anastasios Mihalakis, Vassilios Mygdalis, George Koutalellis, Ioannis Adamakis, Constantinos Constantinides, Dionisios Mitropoulos
Purpose: To evaluate the rate of any type of anticoagulant drug use in urological inpatients and patients awareness of their effect on coagulation. Material and methods: This observational study was conducted prospectively in a cohort of 193 consecutive urolo…
Bibiana Dello Russo, Eduardo Luis Baroni, Nicolas Saravia, Valeria Amelong, Fabiana Lubiniecky, Marcelo Asprea, Gustavo Williams, Susana Rodriguez
Background: Femoral head deformity is the most severe sequela of ischemic necrosis in skeletally immature patients. Development of severe deformity shortens useful survival time of the joint due to the appearance of early degenerative changes. Preservation of…
Jeremiah Moshy, Elizabeth Dimba, Tom Ocholla, Mark Chindia
Objective: To characterize the diagnostic features of ossifying fibroma (OF) and fibrous dysplasia (FD) of the jaw bones. Study Design: A histopathological and radiological analysis with full clinical documentation. Setting: University of Nairobi Dental Teach…
Osama Elsewaisy, Yasmin Ameen, Daniel Sydenham
Introduction: Surgical site infections (SSIs) remain the most common health care associated infections in the surgical population. Preoperative surgical preparation solutions containing alcohol are believed to be best at eradicating skin microorganisms. The e…
Bogdan Protyniak, Michael C. Meadows, H. Rae Pak, Ronald S. Chamberlain
Background: Global guidelines for venous thromboembolism (VTE) prophylaxis of patients undergoing major surgery are well established. However, their applicability and safety in patients receiving neuraxial anesthesia is unproven. We sought to evaluate the saf…
Christine Stroh, Rudolf Weiner, Thomas Horbach, Kaja Ludwig, Miriam Dressler, Stefanie Wolff, Hans Lippert, Martin Büsing, Uwe Schmidt, Thomas Manger
Background: Since January 1st of 2005, the situation of bariatric surgery is being analyzed in Germany. The data is registered prospectively in cooperation with the Institute of Quality Assurance in Surgery at the Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg. Metho…
R. P. S. Punia, Irneet Mundi, Arjun Dass, Harsh Mohan
Respiratory epithelial adenomatoid hamartoma (REAH) is an uncommon lesion of the upper aerodigestive tract. It usually presents as a nasal or as a sinus or nasopharyngeal mass. The potential danger associated with REAH is the risk of misdiagnosis. Recognition…
Joseph L. Laratta, Tatiana N. Buhtoiarova, Lauren S. Sparber, Ronald S. Chamberlain
Introduction: Gastritis cystica profunda (GCP) is a rare tumor which occurs more commonly in patients with prior gastric surgery. The nonspecific symptoms and radiographic appearance of this tumor mimic that of other hyperproliferative conditions making diagn…
Alberto Kiss, Daniele Corona, Oscar Kiss
Inguinal hernia is one of the commonest medical problems in Africa and the treatment via open repair is considered as one of the most affordable and secure procedures. In the industrialized countries, the gold standard treatment is represented by placing a pr…
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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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