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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: Research article
| 11 March 2019

New dedicated blunt straight needles and sutures for uterine compression sutures: a retrospective study and literature review

Authors: Shinya Matsuzaki, Masayuki Endo, Takuji Tomimatsu, Satoshi Nakagawa, Satoko Matsuzaki, Tatsuya Miyake, Tsuyoshi Takiuchi, Aiko Kakigano, Kazuya Mimura, Yutaka Ueda and Tadashi Kimura
Content type: Research article
| 8 March 2019

A scoping review comparing two common surgical approaches to the hip for hemiarthroplasty

Authors: James Fullam, Paraskevas G. Theodosi, John Charity and Victoria A. Goodwin
Content type: Study protocol
| 7 March 2019

A phase II study of intraoperative radiotherapy using a low-energy x-ray source for resectable pancreatic cancer: a study protocol

Authors: Jun Won Kim, Yeona Cho, Hyung Sun Kim, Won Hoon Choi, Joon Seong Park and Ik Jae Lee
Content type: Research article
| 5 March 2019

A comparative study of intraoral versus retromandibular approach in the management of subcondylar fracture

Authors: Seung Min Nam, Yong Bae Kim, Sun Jae Lee, Eun Soo Park and Jang Hyun Lee
Content type: Case report
| 4 March 2019

Alveolar soft part sarcoma metastatic to the breast: a case report

Authors: Yuka Asano, Shinichiro Kashiwagi, Koji Takada, Sadao Tokimasa, Tsutomu Takashima, Masahiko Ohsawa, Kosei Hirakawa and Masaichi Ohira

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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
| 9 December 2009

Risk factors for early recurrence after inguinal hernia repair

Authors: Petra Lynen Jansen, Uwe Klinge, Marc Jansen and Karsten Junge

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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, 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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New dedicated blunt straight needles and sutures for uterine compression sutures: a retrospective study and literature review

A scoping review comparing two common surgical approaches to the hip for hemiarthroplasty

A phase II study of intraoperative radiotherapy using a low-energy x-ray source for resectable pancreatic cancer: a study protocol

A comparative study of intraoral versus retromandibular approach in the management of subcondylar fracture

Alveolar soft part sarcoma metastatic to the breast: a case report

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?

Risk factors for early recurrence after inguinal hernia repair

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René Fahrner - Section Editor

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Recruitment of pregnant women in randomized trials: What could hold us back?

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