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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…
Tadao Okada, Shohei Honda, Hisayuki Miyagi, Masashi Minato, Akinobu Taketomi
Aim: Chylothorax is a recognized complication after surgery for congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) in a neonate. Management strategies for chylothorax include cessation of enteral feedings, repeated aspiration, chest drainage, and total parenteral nutritio…
Kenji Yamada, Tadao Okada, Shohei Honda, Hisayuki Miyagi, Hitoshi Ono, Yuji Morimoto, Hiroaki Yaguchi, Toshi Tugawa, Akinobu Taketomi
Malignant hyperthermia (MH) is a rare but fatal complication that develops under general anesthesia. Particularly, reports of postoperative MH are rare. This report describes the very rare case of a 29-year-old woman with neurological impairment complicated b…
Chaitanya H. Raut, Atul Kumar, Fanindra Singh Solanki, Shabbir Hussain, Deepti B. Sharma, Dhananjay Sharma
Squamous cell carcinoma of scrotum is not common. It was the first cancer directly associated with a specific occupation i.e. chimney sweeps. We report a case of squamous cell carcinoma of scrotum developed in a patient of stricture urethra with multiple peri…
Norihiko Ishikawa, Masahiko Kawaguchi, Hideki Moriyama, Go Watanabe
Introduction: Single Incision Laparoscopic Surgery (SILSTM) has been developed as a less invasive laparoscopic surgery. On the other hand, robotically assisted surgical technology has offered new options for minimally invasive surgery. In this study, we repor…
Chris Y. K. Tang, Boris Kwok-Keung Fung, C. P. Lung
Subungual melanoma, a relatively uncommon disease, has a worse prognosis than cutaneous melanoma in other sites. Both this life-threatening disease and its treatment cause cosmetic and functional impairment to the patient. The diagnosis is often delayed and r…
Antonios-Apostolos K. Tentes, Odysseas Korakianitis, Nikolaos Pallas, Christos Mavroudis, Panagiotis Sarlis, Anastasios Liberis, Athanasios Pagalos, Stephanos Popidis
Background-Aims: Peritoneal colorectal carcinomatosis is a potentially curative disease. The purpose of the study is the retrospective analysis of survival of the patients with peritoneal colorectal carcinomatosis that underwent cytoreductive surgery and peri…
Kenneth M. Nugent, Michael Phy, Rishi Raj
Obstructive sleep apnea has been linked to higher rates of post-operative complications in some studies. We examined the prevalence of obstructive sleep apnea and its impact on post-operative complications in 125 patients (21 prospective, 104 retrospective) u…
Kenichi Kurita, Yu Ito, Atsushi Nakayama, Atsushi Abe, Kana Mukai, Kou Kawahara, Michie Ito, Miru Takami, Michiko Shimooka
Velopharyngeal closure function following modified unified velopharyngeal plasty performed by a single surgeon was evaluated pre- and postoperatively in 14 children with cleft palate after cleft palate closure and no improvement by speech training. Subjects w…
Bjørn Jostein Christensen, Kjetil Berge, Hege Wergedahl, Pavol Bohov, Rolf Kristian Berge, Einar Svendsen, Asgaut Viste
Background: Bioactive fatty acids such as the eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) and the modified fatty acid analogue, tetradecylthioacetic acid (TTA), are known to influence inflammatory processes in the body. Our aim was to investiga…
Hisayuki Miyagi, Tadao Okada, Shohei Honda, Masashi Minato, Akinobu Taketomi
We report the very rare case of a huge appendical abscess with extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Escherichia coli ( E. coli ) as the pathogen. There have been several reports of appendical infections such as appendicitis and appendical abscess…
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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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