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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…
Mahmoud F. Sakr, Mohamed E. Elserafy, Hossam M. Hamed, Mohammad A. Ramadan, Hisham E. Kantoush, Hisham M. El-Torky
Objectives: Different surgical techniques, with variable morbidity and recurrence rates, have been advocated for the management of chronic pilonidal sinus (PNS). This study was conducted to report the outcome of surgical treatment of 634 cases of chronic PNS…
Yoshihiko Kurimoto, Atsushi Watanabe, Tetsuya Koyanagi, Toshiro Ito, Tetsuya Higami, Kunihiko Maekawa, Katsutoshi Tanno, Yasufumi Asai
Purpose: We report our experience of Video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) to treat acute blunt traumatic hemothorax using mini-thoracotomy. Methods: We designed a prospective study to determine if VATS with mini-thoracotomy benefits for patients with blunt…
Yoshinori Ishii, Hideo Noguchi, Mitsuhiro Takeda, Junko Sato, Yoichiro Domae
We hypothesized that a hip brace may prevent the initial dislocation in the early postoperative period after total hip arthroplasty (THA). We performed a prospective evaluation of the efficacy of a brace in preventing dislocation in 54 primary THAs in 43 pati…
Dominique Elias, Léon Maggiori, Pascuale Misitano, Frederic Deschamps, Frédéric Dumont, Michel Ducreux, Diane Goéré
Objective: To analyze the volumetric modifications of the non tumourous part of the liver when liver metastases (LM) decrease under chemotherapy. Methods: Patients were highly selected based on the following criteria: multiple bilateral large colorectal LM, r…
Jose M. Ramia, Roberto De La Plaza, Jose Quiñones, Pilar Veguillas, Farah Adel, Jorge García-Parreño
Aim: To perform an update of liver resection as treatment of liver metastases of gynecological cancers, as well as an update on these metastases. Bibliographical search: PubMed Search 1990-2011 in English language. Authors reviewed only relevant articles. Res…
David O. Irabor
The study is a retrospective study of 30 patients who had operations for obstructive jaundice at the University College Hospital Ibadan, Nigeria between 1998 and 2003. The aim was to see if one could predict the patients at risk of bleeding by analysing the r…
Ebru Demiralay, Yaman Saglam, Gulum Altaca, Banu Bilezikci, Handan Ozdemir
Purpose: K-ras mutations were reported to be in 40% - 60% of patients with sporadic colorectal cancers (CRCs). HER-2/neu oncogene that is important in breast carcinoma was reported in CRCs in several studies. The aims of our study are to determine; the freque…
Gerald Gubler, Selim Dincler, Johann Steurer, Peter Buchmann
Background: Randomized controlled trials have demonstrated that the rate of anastomotic leakage after laparoscopic colorectal surgery does not differ between patients with or without preoperative bowel preparation. There is, however, still an ongoing discussi…
Tuangsit Wataganara, Poomporn Uschararattanasopon, Chayawat Phatihattakorn, Chanin Limwongse, Sommai Viboonchart, Katika Nawapun
Heterokaryotypic monozygotic twins are rare. We report a set of monochorionic diamniotic twins complicated with lethal malformations and hydrops in one fetus at menstrual age of 16 weeks’. Sonographic appearances and genetic am-niocentesis result suggested fo…
Foot-Juh Lian, Wen-Chiuan Tsai, Cheng-Ta Hsieh
Peripheral T-cell lymphoma is a rather uncommon non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma with the initial manifestation of spinal cord compression. Herein, we reported a 74-year-old woman with sustained neck pain radiating into the right shoulder and arm and weakness of the ri…
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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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