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  1. Intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (ICC) is often diagnosed at an advanced stage resulting in a low resectability rate. Even after potentially curative resection the risk for tumor recurrence is high. Although th...

    Authors: Fabian Bartsch, Felix Hahn, Lukas Müller, Janine Baumgart, Maria Hoppe-Lotichius, Roman Kloeckner and Hauke Lang

    Citation: BMC Surgery 2020 20:75

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  2. The objective of the study was to investigate the association between obesity and the presence of secondary surgery following neurolysis, direct nerve repair, or nerve grafting in patients with traumatic brach...

    Authors: Pichitchai Atthakomol, Kamilcan Oflazoglu, Kyle R. Eberlin, Jonathan Winograd, Neal C. Chen and Sang-Gil Lee

    Citation: BMC Surgery 2020 20:73

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  4. Simultaneous dislocation of the radial head and distal radio-ulnar joint without fracture (Criss-Cross Injury) in an adult patient is rarely reported in previous studies. The pathological changes and injury pa...

    Authors: Xiang-Yun Jin, Wen-Bo Zhao, Yu-Qi Dong and Yi-Gang Huang

    Citation: BMC Surgery 2020 20:71

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  6. Various techniques are used to detect intraoperative bleeding points in thyroid surgery. We aimed to assess the effect of increasing peak airway pressure to 30, 40 and 50 cm H2O manually in detecting intraoperati...

    Authors: Cigdem Akyol Beyoglu, Serkan Teksoz, Aylin Ozdilek, Murat Akcivan, Emre Erbabacan, Fatis Altindas and Guniz Koksal

    Citation: BMC Surgery 2020 20:69

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  8. The diagnosis of gallbladder tuberculosis remains elusive even to the most experienced clinicians. Our aim is to describe our experience of this rare disease, and to raise awareness of the increasing likelihoo...

    Authors: Tewodross Getu Wolde, Kuirong Jiang, Yi Miao and Jishu Wei

    Citation: BMC Surgery 2020 20:67

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  9. The development of adjacent segment degeneration (ASD) following ACDF is well established. There is no analytical study related to effects of plate profile on the biomechanics of the adjacent-level after ACDF....

    Authors: Xin-Feng Li, Lin-Yu Jin, Chao-Ge Liang, Hong-Ling Yin and Xiao-Xing Song

    Citation: BMC Surgery 2020 20:66

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  10. The aim of this study was to compare quilting suture with conventional suture on the formation of seroma at pectoral area after mastectomy (ME) with sentinel lymph nodes biopsy (SLN) or axillary lymph nodes di...

    Authors: Yuhui Wu, Shouman Wang, Jian Hai, Jie Mao, Xue Dong and Zhi Xiao

    Citation: BMC Surgery 2020 20:65

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  11. Anastomotic leakage is a dangerous postoperative complication of oesophageal surgery. The present study aimed to develop a simple and practical scoring system to predict the risk of anastomotic leakage after o...

    Authors: Chengya Huang, Haixia Yao, Qi Huang, Huijie Lu, Meiying Xu and Jingxiang Wu

    Citation: BMC Surgery 2020 20:64

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  12. Right extended liver resection is frequently required to achieve tumor-free margins. Portal venous embolization (PVE) of the prospective resected hepatic segments for conditioning segments II/III does not alwa...

    Authors: Nadja Lehwald-Tywuschik, Sascha Vaghiri, Jan Schulte am Esch, Salman Alaghmand, Yan Klosterkemper, Lars Schimmöller, Anja Lachenmayer, Hany Ashmawy, Andreas Krieg, Stefan A. Topp, Alexander Rehders and Wolfram Trudo Knoefel

    Citation: BMC Surgery 2020 20:63

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  14. Intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (ICC) is often diagnosed in advanced stage. Aim of this study was to analyse the influence of resection margins and tumor distance to the liver capsule on survival and recurrenc...

    Authors: Fabian Bartsch, Janine Baumgart, Maria Hoppe-Lotichius, Beate K. Straub, Stefan Heinrich and Hauke Lang

    Citation: BMC Surgery 2020 20:61

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  15. The association between delayed gastric emptying (DGE) after pancreatoduodenectomy (PD) and pancreatic reconstruction technique remain unclear. The aim of this study is to investigate whether the occurrence of...

    Authors: S. Hayama, N. Senmaru and S. Hirano

    Citation: BMC Surgery 2020 20:60

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  16. To assess the safety, tumor control and renal function preservation of the emergency retroperitoneal laparoscopic partial nephrectomy (LPN) for ruptured renal angiomyolipoma (AML) and summarize our single-cent...

    Authors: Wei He, Xiaoxu Chen, Haiyong Ji, Jianwei Wang and Zhihong Niu

    Citation: BMC Surgery 2020 20:59

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  17. Single-stage repair of incisional hernias in contaminated fields has a high rate of surgical site infection (30–42%) when biologic grafts are used for repair. In an attempt to decrease this risk, a novel graft...

    Authors: Samuel Minor, Carl J. Brown, Paul S. Rooney, Jason P. Hodde, Lisa Julien, Tracy M. Scott, Ahmer A. Karimuddin, Manoj J. Raval and P. Terry Phang

    Citation: BMC Surgery 2020 20:58

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  18. Rectal cancer (RC) surgery often results in permanent colostomy, seriously limiting the quality of life (QOL) in patients in terms of bowel function. This study aimed to examine defecation function and QOL in ...

    Authors: Guojun Tong, Guiyang Zhang, Jian Liu, Zhaozheng Zheng, Yan Chen, Min Li, Yan Zhong, Pingping Niu and Xuting Xu

    Citation: BMC Surgery 2020 20:57

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  19. Retrohepatic inferior vena cava (RIVC) resection without reconstruction in ex vivo liver resection and autotransplantation (ERAT) for advanced alveolar echinococcosis (HAE) is unclear.

    Authors: Xianwei Yang, Tao Wang, Junjie Kong, Bin Huang and Wentao Wang

    Citation: BMC Surgery 2020 20:56

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  20. Abdominal myomectomy (AM) and laparoscopic myomectomy (LM) are commonly see surgery for the uterine fibroids, several randomized controlled trials (RCTs) have compared the role of AM and LM, the results remain...

    Authors: Ruixin Chen, Zhiying Su, Lingling Yang, Luping Xin, Xiaodong Yuan and Yanlong Wang

    Citation: BMC Surgery 2020 20:55

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  21. Distal gastrectomy with lymph node dissection, a standard operative technique for gastric cancer treatment, is safely performed because the stomach has a rich vascular supply. Gastric remnant necrosis caused b...

    Authors: Jumpei Shibata, Motoi Yoshihara and Takehito Kato

    Citation: BMC Surgery 2020 20:54

    Content type: Case report

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  22. When considering “early stoma closure”, both standardized inclusion/exclusion criteria and standardized methods to assess anastomosis are necessary to reduce the risk of occult anastomotic leakage (AL). Howeve...

    Authors: Daichi Kitaguchi, Tsuyoshi Enomoto, Yusuke Ohara, Yohei Owada, Katsuji Hisakura, Yoshimasa Akashi, Kazuhiro Takahashi, Koichi Ogawa, Osamu Shimomura and Tatsuya Oda

    Citation: BMC Surgery 2020 20:53

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  23. As surgery remains the cornerstone of colorectal cancer (CRC) treatment, the number of older patients presented for colorectal resection is rapidly increasing. Nevertheless, the choice to operate an oldest-old...

    Authors: Chiara Giannotti, Andrea Massobrio, Daniela Cannata, Alessio Nencioni, Fiammetta Monacelli, Alessandra Aprile, Domenico Soriero, Stefano Scabini and Davide Pertile

    Citation: BMC Surgery 2020 20:52

    Content type: Case report

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  24. The purpose of this study was to summarize our clinical experience with transscrotal transverse incision in the treatment of low and middle cryptorchidism in children.

    Authors: Yun-jin Wang, Liu Chen, Qi-liang Zhang, Yu Lin, Xu Cui, Jian-cai Chen and Chao-ming Zhou

    Citation: BMC Surgery 2020 20:51

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  25. Many options exist for the management of cholelithiasis and secondary choledocholithiasis. Among them, laparoscopic common bile duct exploration (LCBDE) with choledocotomy followed by laparoscopic cholecystect...

    Authors: Xiao-Bin Yang, An-Shu Xu, Jian-Gang Li, Yong-Ping Xu, De-Song Xu, Chao-Chun Fu, Da-Bo Deng, Jie Li and Ma-Zhong Zhang

    Citation: BMC Surgery 2020 20:50

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  26. Pheochromocytoma (PCC) and Paraganglioma (PGL) are rare neuroendocrine neoplasms. These tumors harbour disastrous consequences during surgery due to catecholamine hypersecretion if they are undiagnosed or prep...

    Authors: Schauki Mahmoud, Maissam Salami and Hosam Salman

    Citation: BMC Surgery 2020 20:49

    Content type: Case report

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  27. Internal hernia (IH) is a serious complication following laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (LRYGB), and closure of mesenteric defect has been recommended to reduce this complication. But what kind of mater...

    Authors: Jingge Yang, Bingsheng Guan, Shifang Huang, Juzheng Peng, Tsz Hong Chong, Cunchuan Wang and Tsz Kin Mak

    Citation: BMC Surgery 2020 20:48

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  28. In pelvic surgery, it is important to anticipate potential anatomic variations, which may be unknown, and inter-relationships among intrapelvic vessels. Here, we comprehensively analyzed intrapelvic vessel pat...

    Authors: Atsushi Hamabe, Takashi Harino, Takayuki Ogino, Tsukasa Tanida, Shingo Noura, Shunji Morita and Keizo Dono

    Citation: BMC Surgery 2020 20:47

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  29. This study investigated perioperative clinical risk factors for early post-transplant bacteremia in patients undergoing living donor liver transplantation (LDLT). Additionally, postoperative outcomes were comp...

    Authors: Jaesik Park, Bae Wook Kim, Ho Joong Choi, Sang Hyun Hong, Chul Soo Park, Jong Ho Choi and Min Suk Chae

    Citation: BMC Surgery 2020 20:2

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  30. Although biologic agents have revolutionized the medical management of severe ulcerative colitis (UC), there is considerable controversy regarding adverse effects of vedolizumab on surgical outcomes. We evalua...

    Authors: Jeong Yeon Kim, Karen Zaghiyan, Amy Lightner and Phillip Fleshner

    Citation: BMC Surgery 2020 20:46

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  31. Robot-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (RATS) is useful for surgery in the apical region of the chest cavity, as it narrows towards the head. Here, we describe a nonfunctional, rib-invasive paraganglioma arising...

    Authors: Hiroaki Shidei, Hideyuki Maeda, Tamami Isaka, Takako Matsumoto, Tomoko Yamamoto, Yoji Nagashima and Masato Kanzaki

    Citation: BMC Surgery 2020 20:45

    Content type: Case report

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  32. Resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta (REBOA) causes physiological, metabolic, end-organ and inflammatory changes that need to be addressed for better management of severely injured patient...

    Authors: Mitra Sadeghi, Emanuel M. Dogan, Christina Karlsson, Kjell Jansson, Jenny Seilitz, Per Skoog, Tal M. Hörer and Kristofer F. Nilsson

    Citation: BMC Surgery 2020 20:43

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  33. We herein report a rare case of an ectopic bronchogenic cyst of the gastric cardia. The initial diagnosis was a gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST); however, postoperative pathologic examination confirmed th...

    Authors: Jianchun Xiao, Ruopeng Zhang, Wanqi Chen and Bin Wu

    Citation: BMC Surgery 2020 20:42

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  35. Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass (RYGB) patients overestimate their time spent in moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) to a greater extent post-surgery than pre-surgery. However, there is no data on discrepan...

    Authors: Sofie Possmark, Fanny Sellberg, Mikaela Willmer, Per Tynelius, Margareta Persson and Daniel Berglind

    Citation: BMC Surgery 2020 20:39

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  36. The aim of this study was to assess the learning curve of one anastomosis gastric bypass (OAGB-MGB) at the start of a low volume bariatric unit and analyze its impact as a preceding procedure to Roux-en Y gast...

    Authors: Hung-Chieh Lo

    Citation: BMC Surgery 2020 20:37

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  37. The aim of this study was to investigate the correlation between lumbar multifidus fat infiltration and lumbar postoperative surgical site infection (SSI). Several clinical studies have found that spine postop...

    Authors: Chaohui Sang, Xushi Chen, Hailong Ren, Zhandong Meng, Jianming Jiang and Yi Qin

    Citation: BMC Surgery 2020 20:35

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  39. Laparoscopic one anastomosis gastric bypass has become a prominent bariatric procedure. Yet, early and late complications, primarily leaks and strictures, are not uncommon. This study summarizes our experience...

    Authors: Fadi Younis, Mati Shnell, Nathan Gluck, Subhi Abu-Abeid, Shai Eldar and Sigal Fishman

    Citation: BMC Surgery 2020 20:33

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  40. There are no established standard criteria for choosing the most appropriate procedure of splenic artery dissection during laparoscopic distal pancreatectomy (LDP). The aim of this study was to evaluate the cl...

    Authors: Yusuke Wada, Takeshi Aoki, Masahiko Murakami, Akira Fujimori, Tomotake Koizumi, Tomokazu Kusano, Kazuhiro Matsuda, Koji Nogaki, Tomoki Hakozaki, Hideki Shibata and Kodai Tomioka

    Citation: BMC Surgery 2020 20:32

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  41. Post-hepatectomy liver failure contributes significantly to postoperative mortality after liver resection. The prediction of the individual risk for liver failure is challenging. This review aimed to provide a...

    Authors: Katrin Hoffmann, Alexander Johannes Nagel, Kazukata Tanabe, Juri Fuchs, Karolin Dehlke, Omid Ghamarnejad, Anastasia Lemekhova and Arianeb Mehrabi

    Citation: BMC Surgery 2020 20:31

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  42. Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (LRYGB) and laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) are two representative bariatric surgeries. This study aimed to compare the effects of the LSG and LRYGB based on high-qu...

    Authors: Lihu Gu, Xiaojing Huang, Shengnan Li, Danyi Mao, Zefeng Shen, Parikshit Asutosh Khadaroo, Derry Minyao Ng and Ping Chen

    Citation: BMC Surgery 2020 20:30

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  43. Total pancreatectomy is performed for chronic pancreatitis, tumors involving the entire pancreas or remnant pancreas after pancreatectomy. Gastric venous congestion and bleeding may be associated with total pa...

    Authors: Shuji Kagota, Tetsunosuke Shimizu, Kohei Taniguchi, Atsushi Tomioka, Yoshihiro Inoue, Koji Komeda, Mitsuhiro Asakuma, Sang-Woong Lee, Fumitoshi Hirokawa and Kazuhisa Uchiyama

    Citation: BMC Surgery 2020 20:28

    Content type: Case report

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  44. Technical factors leading to hernia recurrence after transabdominal preperitoneal repair include insufficient dissection, inadequate prosthetic overlap and prosthetic size, improper fixation and folding, or cr...

    Authors: Masanori Sato, Masashi Nozawa, Takahiro Watanabe, Takanobu Onoda, Atsuko Matsuyama, Norihiko Shiiya and Hidetoshi Wada

    Citation: BMC Surgery 2020 20:27

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  45. Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) via total percutaneous transfemoral approach is an increasingly common technique for aortic stenosis treatment. It is primarily indicated in elderly with serious ...

    Authors: Piotr Marciniuk, Dariusz Jagielak, Jan Rogowski, Piotr Gumiela and Kamil Bury

    Citation: BMC Surgery 2020 20:26

    Content type: Case report

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  46. This prospective randomized controlled study was designed to evaluate the effect of fluid restriction alone versus fluid restriction + low central venous pressure (CVP) on hepatic surgical field bleeding, intr...

    Authors: Ling Yu, Hongwei Sun, Huangmo Jin and Hongyu Tan

    Citation: BMC Surgery 2020 20:25

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  47. We report a case of an intraabdominal desmoid tumor that occurred at a gastro-pancreatic lesion with spontaneous cystic features, and present the successful laparoscopic resection of the tumor.

    Authors: Keishi Sugimachi, Tomohiro Iguchi, Mitsuhiko Ohta, Yohei Mano, Terumasa Hisano, Ryohei Yokoyama, Kenichi Taguchi, Masahiko Ikebe, Masaru Morita and Yasushi Toh

    Citation: BMC Surgery 2020 20:24

    Content type: Case report

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  48. Total mesorectal excision (TME) with or without neoadjuvant concurrent chemoradiotherapy (CCRT) is the treatment for rectal cancer (RC). Recently, the use of conventional laparoscopic surgery (LS) or robotic-a...

    Authors: Yi-Ting Chen, Ching-Wen Huang, Cheng-Jen Ma, Hsiang-Lin Tsai, Yung-Sung Yeh, Wei-Chih Su, Chee-Yin Chai and Jaw-Yuan Wang

    Citation: BMC Surgery 2020 20:23

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  49. Rectal amputation (RA) remains an important surgical procedure for salvage despite advances in sphincter-preserving resection, including intersphincteric resection. The aim of this study was to compare short- ...

    Authors: Kimihiko Funahashi, Mayu Goto, Tomoaki Kaneko, Mitsunori Ushigome, Satoru Kagami, Takamaru Koda, Yasuo Nagashima, Kimihiko Yoshida and Yasuyuki Miura

    Citation: BMC Surgery 2020 20:22

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