BMC Surgery

Featured article: Beliefs of Trainee Surgeons towards Placebo

This is a survey on the attitudes and beliefs of British Orthopaedic trainee surgeons towards placebo in the context of surgical research as well as clinical practice. Results showed that most trainees believe that the placebo effect is real but its mechanisms of actions and its pervasive nature remain underappreciated.

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| 11 July 2018

Comparison of Mesh Fixation Techniques in Elective Laparoscopic Repair of Incisional Hernia-ReliaTack™ v ProTack™ (TACKoMesh) - A double-blind randomised controlled trial

Authors: Aali J. Sheen, J. James Pilkington, Minas Baltatzis, Ahmed Tyurkylmaz, Panagiotis Stathakis, Saurabh Jamdar and Ajith K. Siriwardena
Content type: Research article
| 6 July 2018

Comparison of intraoperative handling and wound healing between (NEOSORB® plus) and coated polyglactin 910 suture (NEOSORB®): a prospective, single-blind, randomized controlled trial

Authors: Bum Sik Tae, Ju Hyun Park, Jung Kwon Kim, Ja Hyeon Ku, Cheol Kwak, Hyeon Hoe Kim and Chang Wook Jeong
Content type: Research article
| 19 June 2018

Blunt liver trauma: a descriptive analysis from a level I trauma center

Authors: Ibrahim Afifi, Sheraz Abayazeed, Ayman El-Menyar, Husham Abdelrahman, Ruben Peralta and Hassan Al-Thani
Content type: Case report
| 19 June 2018

Long standing biliary colic masking chylous ascites in laparoscopic roux-en-Y gastric bypass; a case report

Authors: Louai R. Zaidan, Elhaitham K. Ahmed, Bachar Halimeh, Yasser Radwan and Khalil Terro
Content type: Case report
| 19 June 2018

Robotic enucleation for pediatric insulinoma with MEN1 syndrome: a case report and literature review

Authors: Mei Liang, Jialin Jiang, Hongmei Dai, Xiafei Hong, Xianlin Han, Lin Cong, Anli Tong, Fang Li, Yaping Luo, Weinan Liu, Liangrui Zhou, Wenyu Di, Wenming Wu and Yupei Zhao

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| 29 February 2004

Furuncular myiasis of the breast caused by the larvae of the Tumbu fly (Cordylobia anthropophaga)

Authors: Charles Adeyinka Adisa and Augustus Mbanaso
Content type: Research article
| 5 July 2012

Complications and nutrient deficiencies two years after sleeve gastrectomy

Authors: Nicole Pech, Frank Meyer, Hans Lippert, Thomas Manger and Christine Stroh
Content type: Research article
| 1 July 2007

Epiploic appendagitis – clinical characteristics of an uncommon surgical diagnosis

Authors: Michael Sand, Marcos Gelos, Falk G Bechara, Daniel Sand, Till H Wiese, Lars Steinstraesser and Benno Mann
Content type: Debate
| 24 October 2014

Treatment of the diabetic foot – to amputate or not?

Authors: Elroy P Weledji and Pius Fokam
Content type: Research article
| 8 March 2015

The effect of melatonin on bacterial translocation following ischemia/reperfusion injury in a rat model of superior mesenteric artery occlusion

Authors: Murat Ozban, Cagatay Aydin, Nural Cevahir, Cigdem Yenisey, Onur Birsen, Gulistan Gumrukcu, Berrin Aydin and Ibrahim Berber

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BMC Surgery is an open access, peer-reviewed journal that considers articles on surgical research, training, and practice.

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Hayley Henderson, BioMed Central

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Marco Allaix, University of Torino, Italy
Mustafa Cikirikcioglu, University Hospital of Geneva
Maurits de Brauw, Slotervaart Hospital
René Fahrner, University Hospital Jena, Germany
Mark Hammerberg, Denver Health Medical Center

René Fahrner - Section Editor

Dr. René Fahrner graduated in medicine at the Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Germany and completed his doctoral thesis in the field of liver transplantation. His research interests are basic and clinical research in general and visceral surgery with the main focus on liver surgery including liver injury and regeneration as well as immunological aspects.

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Comparison of Mesh Fixation Techniques in Elective Laparoscopic Repair of Incisional Hernia-ReliaTack™ v ProTack™ (TACKoMesh) - A double-blind randomised controlled trial

Comparison of intraoperative handling and wound healing between (NEOSORB® plus) and coated polyglactin 910 suture (NEOSORB®): a prospective, single-blind, randomized controlled trial

Blunt liver trauma: a descriptive analysis from a level I trauma center

Long standing biliary colic masking chylous ascites in laparoscopic roux-en-Y gastric bypass; a case report

Robotic enucleation for pediatric insulinoma with MEN1 syndrome: a case report and literature review

Furuncular myiasis of the breast caused by the larvae of the Tumbu fly (Cordylobia anthropophaga)

Complications and nutrient deficiencies two years after sleeve gastrectomy

Epiploic appendagitis – clinical characteristics of an uncommon surgical diagnosis

Treatment of the diabetic foot – to amputate or not?

The effect of melatonin on bacterial translocation following ischemia/reperfusion injury in a rat model of superior mesenteric artery occlusion

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René Fahrner - Section Editor

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Chronic sleep deprivation could be an important driver of depression in young women

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Deep genetic divergence among Bale monkeys in continuous forest and forest fragments

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