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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.

Content type: Case report
| 12 October 2018

Wide excision and reconstruction surgery for recurrent sweat gland umbilical adenocarcinoma followed by chemotherapy can prevent the risk of recurrences

Authors: Adeodatus Yuda Handaya, Nova Yuli Prasetyo Budi, Guntur Marganing Adi Nugroho and Aditya Rifqi Fauzi
Content type: Research article
| 11 October 2018

Continuous or interrupted suture technique for hepaticojejunostomy? A national survey

Authors: Maximilian Brunner, Jessica Stockheim, Christian Krautz, Dimitrios Raptis, Stephan Kersting, Georg F. Weber and Robert Grützmann
Content type: Research article
| 9 October 2018

Endosuture trainer box simulator as a tool for training and teaching in bariatric laparoscopic surgery

Authors: Luiz Gonzaga de Moura Júnior, Paulo Roberto Leitão de Vasconcelos, Francisco Vagnaldo Fechine, Mayra Sabiá de Moura, Régis Luiz Sabiá de Moura, Hermano Alexandre Lima Rocha and Manoel Odorico de Moraes Filho
Content type: Research article
| 3 October 2018

Lymph node ratio is inferior to pN-stage in predicting outcome in colon cancer patients with high numbers of analyzed lymph nodes

Authors: Manuel O Jakob, Ulrich Guller, Alex Ochsner, Daniel Oertli, Markus Zuber and Carsten T Viehl
Content type: Research article
| 25 September 2018

Safety of expanded criteria for endoscopic resection of early gastric cancer in a Western cohort

Authors: Rimantas Bausys, Augustinas Bausys, Kazimieras Maneikis, Viktorija Belogorceva, Eugenijus Stratilatovas and Kestutis Strupas

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Content type: Case report
| 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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Wide excision and reconstruction surgery for recurrent sweat gland umbilical adenocarcinoma followed by chemotherapy can prevent the risk of recurrences

Continuous or interrupted suture technique for hepaticojejunostomy? A national survey

Endosuture trainer box simulator as a tool for training and teaching in bariatric laparoscopic surgery

Lymph node ratio is inferior to pN-stage in predicting outcome in colon cancer patients with high numbers of analyzed lymph nodes

Safety of expanded criteria for endoscopic resection of early gastric cancer in a Western cohort

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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Media multitasking may be linked to altered perception of other people

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