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Section edited by René Fahrner
This section publishes articles covering all aspects of visceral surgery and general surgeries not covered by other sections. Submissions can cover training, practice and basic research. Randomized controlled trials are particularly encouraged.
Research article
Case cancellation (CC) has significant impact on the efficiency of operating room (OR) management, which can be mitigated by taking preventive measures. In this study, using the data of the West China Hospital...
BMC Surgery 2017 17:100
Published on: 11 September 2017
Case report
The metastasis of malignant tumors to the spleen is rare, and only a small percentage of cases can be treated surgically, as splenic metastases generally occur in the context of multivisceral metastatic cancer...
BMC Surgery 2017 17:96
Published on: 29 August 2017
Study protocol
Pancreatic cancer is the fourth leading cause of cancer-related death. While surgical resection remains the foundation for potentially curative treatment, survival benefit is achieved with adjuvant oncological...
BMC Surgery 2017 17:94
Published on: 25 August 2017
Research article
Advanced minimally invasive techniques including robotic surgery are being employed with increasing frequency around the world, primarily in order to improve the surgical outcomes of laparoscopic gastrectomy (...
BMC Surgery 2017 17:93
Published on: 24 August 2017
Research article
Over the past decade, mini-laparoscopic cholecystectomy (MLC) and single-port laparoscopic cholecystectomy (SILC) have been the two main successful mini-invasive surgical interventions for the treatment of cho...
BMC Surgery 2017 17:91
Published on: 22 August 2017
Research article
This study aimed to reveal the appropriate timing for the intravenous administration of flurbiprofen axetil for preventing mesenteric traction syndrome (MTS), caused by prostacyclin release.
BMC Surgery 2017 17:90
Published on: 11 August 2017
Research article
The objective was to evaluate cost-utility of bariatric surgery in Germany for a lifetime and 10-year horizon from a health care payer perspective.
BMC Surgery 2017 17:87
Published on: 3 August 2017
Technical advance
Donor organ shortage is a significant problem in kidney transplantation. Improvement of perfusion techniques can increase the number of available organs. The aim of this study is to investigate the efficiency ...
BMC Surgery 2017 17:88
Published on: 3 August 2017
Research article
We reviewed our experience with patients presenting with trauma and peritonitis who underwent an open abdomen (OA) procedure, and compared outcomes between Negative Pressure Wound Therapy (NPWT) and a modified...
BMC Surgery 2017 17:86
Published on: 21 July 2017
Research article
Chronic debilitating pain is a rare but significant cause of postoperative morbidity after inguinal surgery. Such pain is usually of neuropathic origin and frequently caused by intraoperative nerve damage. In ...
BMC Surgery 2017 17:85
Published on: 20 July 2017
Research article
The presence and the prognostic significance of perigastric tumor deposits (TDs) in primary gastric cancer have not been extensively studied. The aim of this study was to evaluate the prognostic significance p...
BMC Surgery 2017 17:84
Published on: 19 July 2017
Research article
Cost reduction measures in medicine are gaining greater importance nowadays, especially in high-volume procedures such as laparoscopic appendectomy (LAE). Currently there are two common methods of dissecting t...
BMC Surgery 2017 17:80
Published on: 11 July 2017
Research article
One–stage laparoscopic common bile duct (CBD) stone clearance and laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LCBDE+LC) for cholecystocholedocholithiasis ( CCL) can be performed with similar short and long-term outcomes tha...
BMC Surgery 2017 17:79
Published on: 6 July 2017
Research article
There is a growing recognition of the importance of patient experience in healthcare, however little is known in the context of emergency abdominal surgery. This study sought to quantify the association betwee...
BMC Surgery 2017 17:76
Published on: 1 July 2017
Case report
Although foreign bodies (FBs) typically pass spontaneously and uneventfully through the digestive tract, a subset of such bodies may become trapped, eventually leading to significant injury. In particular, the...
BMC Surgery 2017 17:73
Published on: 24 June 2017
Research article
Endoscopic resection (ER) has been widely accepted as the standard treatment for early gastric cancer (EGC). However, in patients considered to have undergone non-curative ER due to their potential risk of lym...
BMC Surgery 2017 17:72
Published on: 20 June 2017
Research article
While immunohistochemistry (IHC) methods have been widely conducted for the diagnosis of Hirschsprung disease (HSCR) in developed countries, there are very few studies on their use in developing countries wher...
BMC Surgery 2017 17:71
Published on: 19 June 2017
Research article
As life expectancy continues to increase around the world, the use of minimally invasive surgery (MIS) could be beneficial for octogenarian and older gastric cancer patients.
BMC Surgery 2017 17:68
Published on: 12 June 2017
Research article
Radical antegrade modular pancreatosplenectomy (RAMPS), first reported by Strasberg in 2003, has attracted increasing attention in the treatment of left-sided pancreatic cancer. The limited number of cases eli...
BMC Surgery 2017 17:67
Published on: 5 June 2017
Research article
Recently, skeletal muscle depletion (sarcopenia) has been reported to influence postoperative outcomes after certain procedures. This study investigated the impact of sarcopenia on postoperative outcomes follo...
BMC Surgery 2017 17:64
Published on: 26 May 2017
