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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
| 23 April 2018

Close and regular surveillance is key to prevent severe complications for Peutz-Jeghers syndrome patients without gastrointestinal polyps: case report of a novel STK11 mutation (c.471_472delCT) in a Chinese girl

Authors: Zi-Ye Zhao, Yu-Liang Jiang, Bai-Rong Li, Jing Li, Xiao-Wei Jin, En-Da Yu and Shou-Bin Ning
Content type: Research article
| 18 April 2018

The application of intraoperative ankle dislocation approach in the treatment of the unstable trimalleolar fractures involving posterior ankle comminuted fracture: a retrospective cohort study

Authors: Wenzhao Xing, Peng Xie, Linjie Wang, Changcheng Liu, Jian Cui, Zhiguo Zhang and Liang Sun
Content type: Case report
| 10 April 2018

Successful pulmonary arterial embolization followed by curative surgery for a lepidic predominant lung adenocarcinoma with severe hypoxemia

Authors: Louise Sebane, Mostafa El-Hajjam, Philippe Puyo, Elisabeth Longchampt and Etienne Giroux Leprieur
Content type: Case report
| 10 April 2018

A case of complete splenic infarction after laparoscopic spleen-preserving distal pancreatectomy

Authors: Kenjiro Kimura, Go Ohira, Ryosuke Amano, Sadaaki Yamazoe, Ryota Tanaka, Jun Tauchi and Masaichi Ohira
Content type: Case report
| 10 April 2018

Arteriovenous malformation in the sigmoid colon of a patient with Cowden disease treated with laparoscopy: a case report

Authors: Koichi Inukai, Nobuhiro Takashima, Shiro Fujihata, Hirotaka Miyai, Minoru Yamamoto, Kenji Kobayashi, Moritsugu Tanaka and Tetsushi Hayakawa

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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
| 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: 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: 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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Close and regular surveillance is key to prevent severe complications for Peutz-Jeghers syndrome patients without gastrointestinal polyps: case report of a novel STK11 mutation (c.471_472delCT) in a Chinese girl

The application of intraoperative ankle dislocation approach in the treatment of the unstable trimalleolar fractures involving posterior ankle comminuted fracture: a retrospective cohort study

Successful pulmonary arterial embolization followed by curative surgery for a lepidic predominant lung adenocarcinoma with severe hypoxemia

A case of complete splenic infarction after laparoscopic spleen-preserving distal pancreatectomy

Arteriovenous malformation in the sigmoid colon of a patient with Cowden disease treated with laparoscopy: a case report

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

Epiploic appendagitis – clinical characteristics of an uncommon surgical diagnosis

Complications and nutrient deficiencies two years after sleeve gastrectomy

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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