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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.

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| 18 September 2019

Early outcome of Frey’s procedure for chronic pancreatitis: Nepalese tertiary center experience

Authors: Dhruba Narayan Sah, Ramesh Singh Bhandari, Yogendra Prasad Singh, Pradeep Vaidya, Prasan B. S. Kansakar, Bikal Ghimire, Bishnu Kandel, Jayant Kumar Sah and Paleswan Joshi Lakhey
Content type: Case report
| 18 September 2019

An unusual cause of delayed hematoma after carotid endarterectomy: a case report

Authors: Yi Zhao, Zhichao Lai, Xiaojun Song, Rong Zeng, Changwei Liu, Xuebin Wang, Rui Zhang and Wei Ye
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| 14 September 2019

Laparoscopic vs open colorectal cancer surgery in elderly patients: short- and long-term outcomes and predictors for overall and disease-free survival

Authors: Sicheng Zhou, Xuewei Wang, Chuanduo Zhao, Qian Liu, Haitao Zhou, Zhaoxu Zheng, Zhixiang Zhou, Xishan Wang and Jianwei Liang
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| 13 September 2019

Surgical configurations of the pectoralis major flap for reconstruction of sternoclavicular defects: a systematic review and new classification of described techniques

Authors: Jude Opoku-Agyeman, David Matera and Jamee Simone
Content type: Case report
| 12 September 2019

Small-cell neuroendocrine carcinoma of the ileum: case report and literature review

Authors: Jong Eun Lee, Sung Hoon Hong, Hae Il Jung, Myoung Won Son, Tae Sung Ahn, Sun Wook Han and Jun Hun Cho

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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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G uangde Tu, BMC Series, Shanghai

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Megan Barling, BMC, London

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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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Early outcome of Frey’s procedure for chronic pancreatitis: Nepalese tertiary center experience

An unusual cause of delayed hematoma after carotid endarterectomy: a case report

Laparoscopic vs open colorectal cancer surgery in elderly patients: short- and long-term outcomes and predictors for overall and disease-free survival

Surgical configurations of the pectoralis major flap for reconstruction of sternoclavicular defects: a systematic review and new classification of described techniques

Small-cell neuroendocrine carcinoma of the ileum: case report and literature review

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