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Gossypiboma with perforation of the umbilicus mimicking a complicated urachal cyst: a case report

A retained surgical sponge, also known as a gossypiboma, is a rare cause of serious postoperative complications. Diverse retained surgical materials including instruments such as clamps and sutures have been r...

Authors: Mustapha S. Kabba, Martha Y. Forde, Kevin S. Beckley, Bernadette Johnny, Ann-Marie B. M. Jah-Kabba, Samuel B. Seisay, Alusine M. Dawoh and Temidayo Ogundiran

The quality of lymph node harvests in extralevator abdominoperineal excisions

Lymph node (LN) harvest in colorectal cancer resections is a well-recognised prognostic factor for disease staging and determining survival, particularly for node-negative (N0) diseases. Extralevator abdominop...

Authors: Ben Liu and Ja’Quay Farquharson

IMARI: multi-Interventional program for prevention and early Management of Anastomotic leakage after low anterior resection in Rectal cancer patIents: rationale and study protocol

Anastomotic leakage (AL) is still a common and feared complication after low anterior resection (LAR) for rectal cancer. The multifactorial pathophysiology of AL and lack of standardised treatment options requ...

Authors: M. D. Slooter, K. Talboom, S. Sharabiany, C. P. M. van Helsdingen, S. van Dieren, C. Y. Ponsioen, C. Y. Nio, E. C. J. Consten, J. H. Wijsman, M. A. Boermeester, J. P. M. Derikx, G. D. Musters, W. A. Bemelman, P. J. Tanis and R. Hompes

Clinical pictures mimicking acute hernia complications: are we really daring to violate a traditional abdominal wall surgery dogma?

Acute abdominal wall hernia complications usually require a prompt surgical treatment. The aim of this case series is to report our experience with some unusual cases of apparent acute and subacute hernia comp...

Authors: Michela Zanatta, Giovanna Brancato, Guido Basile, Francesco Basile and Marcello Donati

Temporary pacemaker insertion for severe bradycardia following pneumoperitoneum during robot-assisted radical prostatectomy: a case report

Pneumoperitoneum to maintain a constant gas flow to assist various surgeries is known to cause severe bradycardia and has been linked to heart failure;; however, a recent study demonstrated that it is not link...

Authors: Fumito Yamabe, Yozo Mitsui, Orie Hoshino, Tomo Shimizu, Mizuki Kasahara, Hideyuki Kobayashi and Koichi Nakajima

Primary ileal volvulus: a rare twist in an elderly patient—case report

Small bowel volvulus is a rare entity and it is even rarer for the ileum to undergo torsion without any known predisposing factors. It presents as acute abdomen with features of intestinal obstruction. As it i...

Authors: Srikant Agrawal, Ashwini Ranjan Yadav, Bikash Nepal and Pramod Kumar Upadhyay

Odontoid fractures: impact of age and comorbidities on surgical decision making

Surgical fixation is recommended for type II and III odontoid fractures (OFx) with major translation of the odontoid fragment, regardless of the patient’s age, and for all type II OFx in patients aged ≥50 year...

Authors: Syed Ali Mujtaba Rizvi, Eirik Helseth, Pål Rønning, Jalal Mirzamohammadi, Marianne Efskind Harr, Tor Brommeland, Mads Aarhus, Christina Teisner Høstmælingen, Håvard Ølstørn, Pål Nicolay Fougner Rydning, Magnus Mejlænder-Evjensvold, Nils Christian Utheim and Hege Linnerud

Association of surgical approach and prolonged opioid prescriptions in patients undergoing major pelvic cancer procedures

The rise in deaths attributed to opioid drugs has become a major public health problem in the United States and in the world. Minimally invasive surgery (MIS) is associated with a faster postoperative recovery...

Authors: Marieke J. Krimphove, Xi Chen, Maya Marchese, David F. Friedlander, Adam C. Fields, Lina Roa, Daniel Pucheril, Adam S. Kibel, Nelya Melnitchouk, Richard D. Urman, Luis A. Kluth, Prokar Dasgupta and Quoc-Dien Trinh

Transvaginal natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (vNOTES) hysterectomy for uterus weighing ≥1 kg

The transvaginal natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (vNOTES) applied in gynecology has been developed recent years and been evolving. In this study, we aimed to evaluate the feasibility and effect...

Authors: Xiaojuan Wang, Junwei Li, Keqin Hua and Yisong Chen

A preliminary multicenter evaluation of endoscopic sublay repair for ventral hernia from China

For ventral hernia, endoscopic sublay repair (ESR) may overcome the disadvantages of open sublay and laparoscopic intraperitoneal onlay mesh repair. This retrospective study presents the preliminary multicente...

Authors: Rui Tang, Huiyong Jiang, Weidong Wu, Tao Wang, Xiangzhen Meng, Guozhong Liu, Xiaoyan Cai, Jianwen Liu, Xijun Cui, Xianke Si, Nan Liu and Nina Wei

Dietary macro- and micro-nutrients intake adequacy at 6th and 12th month post-bariatric surgery

Bariatric surgery (BS) is considered as an effective solution to control morbid obesity. Food restrictions resulting from the operation may decrease dietary nutrient intakes, particularly during the first year...

Authors: Maryam Ziadlou, Firoozeh Hosseini-Esfahani, Hassan Mozaffari Khosravi, Farhad Hosseinpanah, Maryam Barzin, Alireza Khalaj and Majid Valizadeh

Percutaneous embolization for a subacute gastric fistula following laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy: a case report and literature review

The management for subacute or chronic fistula after bariatric surgery is very complicated and with no standard protocol yet. It is also an Achilles’ heel of all bariatric surgery. The aim of this case report ...

Authors: Hung-Hsuan Yen, Yu-Ting Lin, Jin-Ming Wu, Kao-Lang Liu and Ming-Tsan Lin

Semi-embedded valve anastomosis a new anti-reflux anastomotic method after proximal gastrectomy for adenocarcinoma of the oesophagogastric junction

There is a high probability of gastroesophageal reflux after laparoscopic proximal gastrectomy for adenocarcinoma of the oesophagogastric junction (AEG). Various anti-reflux anastomotic methods are emerging in...

Authors: Baohua Wang, Yupeng Wu, Haijun Wang, Haiqiang Zhang, Liting Wang and Zhanxue Zhang

Would patients undergo postoperative follow-up by using a smartphone application?

eHealth applications have been proposed as an alternative to monitor patients in frequent intervals or over long distances. The aim of this study was to assess whether patients would accept an application on t...

Authors: Julian Scherer, Frank Keller, Hans-Christoph Pape and Georg Osterhoff

Ruptured liver abscess presenting as pneumoperitoneum caused by Klebsiella pneumoniae: a case report

Spontaneous gas-forming pyogenic liver abscess (GFPLA) is a rare complication with a high fatality rate in spite of aggressive management. Clinical spectrum of GFPLA can mimic hollow viscus perforation as it u...

Authors: Thuong Pham Van, Son Vu Ngoc, Ngoc Anh Nguyen Hoang, Doan Hoang Huu and Tung Anh Dinh Duong

Comparison of robot-assisted retroperitoneal laparoscopic adrenalectomy versus retroperitoneal laparoscopic adrenalectomy for large pheochromocytoma: a single-centre retrospective study

To evaluate the feasibility and safety of robot-assisted retroperitoneal laparoscopic adrenalectomy (RARLA) for large pheochromocytomas (PHEOs; size≥6 cm) compared with retroperitoneal laparoscopic adrenalecto...

Authors: Sheng-Qiang Fu, Chang-Shui Zhuang, Xiao-Rong Yang, Wen-Jie Xie, Bin-Bin Gong, Yi-Fu Liu, Ji Liu, Ting Sun and Ming Ma

Mid- and long-term efficacy of surgical treatment of Vancouver B2 and B3 periprosthetic femoral fractures

The incidence of fractures around the femoral prosthesis among patients undergoing hip arthroplasty is increasing and has become the third leading cause of hip revision. While numerous methods for the surgical...

Authors: Jian-Ning Sun, Yu Zhang, Ye Zhang, Jia-Ming Zhang, Xiang-Yang Chen and Shuo Feng

Timing of administration of indocyanine green for fluorescence-guided surgery in pancreatic cancer: response to Shirakawa et al

Authors: Peter L. Labib

Pediatric liver transplantation and COVID-19: a case report

Immunosuppressed patients, including individuals with organ transplantation, have been among susceptible groups with regard to COVID-19, on the other hand pediatric patients more commonly undergo a mild clinic...

Authors: Hamed Nikoupour, Kourosh Kazemi, Peyman Arasteh, Saba Ghazimoghadam, Hesameddin Eghlimi, Naghi Dara, Siavash Gholami and Saman Nikeghbalian

Preventing clinically relevant pancreatic fistula with combination of linear stapling plus continuous suture of the stump in laparoscopic distal pancreatectomy

Pancreatic fistula is one of the serious complications for patients undergoing distal pancreatectomy, which leads to significant morbidity. The aim of our study is to compare linear stapling closure plus conti...

Authors: Takeshi Aoki, Doaa A. Mansour, Tomotake Koizumi, Kazuhiro Matsuda, Tomokazu Kusano, Yusuke Wada, Tomoki Hakozaki, Kodai Tomioka, Takahito Hirai, Tatsuya Yamazaki, Makoto Watanabe, Koji Otsuka, Ahmed Elewa Abbas Gahin and Masahiko Murakami

The impact of COVID-19 on gastric cancer surgery: a single-center retrospective study

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has been declared a global pandemic by the World Health Organization. Patients with cancer are more likely to incur poor clinical outcomes. Due to the prevailing pandemi...

Authors: Yu-xuan Li, Chang-zheng He, Yi-chen Liu, Peng-yue Zhao, Xiao-lei Xu, Yu-feng Wang, Shao-you Xia and Xiao-hui Du

Small bowel volvulus (SBV) in Northcentral Ethiopia

Small bowel volvulus (SBV) is a benign gastrointestinal surgical condition in which there is a torsion of all or parts of a segment of small bowel on its mesenteric axis. It has been contributed significant bu...

Authors: Atalel Fentahun Awedew, Woldemariam Beka Belay, Bedemariam Tadesse Amsalu and Dawit Zerihun Yalewu

The presentation of spontaneous splenic rupture in a COVID-19 patient: a case report

Splenic rupture is an emergency condition and a vast number of cases are secondary to trauma. Several underlying pathologies have also been associated with splenic rupture, such as hematological diseases, mali...

Authors: Mohammadreza Mobayen, Saeed Yousefi, Mohammadsadegh Mousavi and Amin Shafighi Anbaran

Clinical significance of peripheral blood-derived inflammation markers in advanced gastric cancer after radical resection

The prognostic significance of peripheral blood-derived inflammation markers in patients with gastric cancer (GC) has not been elucidated. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between systemic infl...

Authors: Lihu Gu, Mian Wang, Xuena Cui, Jiahang Mo, Lingling Yuan, Feiyan Mao, Kang Zhang, Derry Minyao Ng, Ping Chen and Dongjie Wang

Incidence and risk factors of inguinal hernia occurred after radical prostatectomy-comparisons of different approaches

To observe cumulative morbidity of postoperative inguinal hernia (PIH) and identify risk factors associated with its development in patients who underwent retropubic radical prostatectomy (RRP), laparoscopic p...

Authors: Lijia Liu, Haoxiang Xu, Feng Qi, Shangqian Wang, Kamleshsingh Shadhu, Dadhija Ramlagun-Mungur and Shui Wang

Combined stomach and duodenal perforating injury following blunt abdominal trauma: a case report and literature review

Gastrointestinal injury following blunt abdominal trauma is uncommon; a combined stomach and duodenal perforating injury is even more rare. Because these two organs are located in different spaces in the abdom...

Authors: Chun-Chi Lai, Hung-Chang Huang and Ray-Jade Chen

Complication of osteo reconstruction by utilizing free vascularized fibular bone graft

The success of free vascularized fibular bone graft (FVFBG) has accelerated the osteo reconstruction which results from trauma, resection of a tumor or an infectious bone segment, or correction of congenital d...

Authors: Qifeng Ou, Panfeng Wu, Zhengbing Zhou, Ding Pan and Ju-yu Tang

Comparison of the efficacy of five standard topical hemostats: a study in porcine liver and spleen models of surgical bleeding

Several topical hemostats are available to help control surgical bleeding. Cutanplast is a highly absorbent and porous gelatin product that is available in Fast sponge and powder forms. This study investigated...

Authors: Valerio Antonio Paternò, Alessandro Bisin and Alessandro Addis

The segment IV approach: a useful method for achieving the critical view of safety during laparoscopic cholecystectomy in patients with anomalous bile duct

The critical view of safety (CVS) method can be achieved by avoiding vasculo-biliary injury resulting from misidentification during laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC). Although achieving the CVS has become popu...

Authors: Shuichi Fujioka, Keigo Nakashima, Hiroaki Kitamura, Yuki Takano, Takeyuki Misawa, Yu Kumagai, Taigo Hata, Tadashi Akiba, Toru Ikegami and Katsuhiko Yanaga

Surgery-associated acquired hemophilia A: a report of 2 cases and review of literature

Acquired Hemophilia A (AHA) is a rare bleeding diathesis in patients with no previous personal or family bleeding history. The diagnosis of this disease often delays due to unfamiliarity of physicians with it,...

Authors: Umar Zeb Khan, Xiangwu Yang, Matiullah Masroor, Abdul Aziz, Hui Yi and Hai Liu

Assessment of the effect of platelet rich plasma on the healing of operated sacrococcygeal pilonidal sinus by lay-open technique: a randomized clinical trial

Sacrococcygeal pilonidal sinus disease (PSD) is an infection of the skin and subcutaneous tissue at the upper part of the natal cleft of the buttocks. Excision and healing by granulation “lay-open” method is s...

Authors: Mohamed M. Gohar, Reda F. Ali, Khaled A. Ismail, Taha A. Ismail and Nahla A. Nosair

Predictors of Poor Postoperative Outcomes in Pediatric Surgery Patients in Rural Ghana

Perioperative complications cause significant pediatric morbidity and mortality in low- and lower middle -income countries. This study investigates factors associated with prolonged length of stay, 90-day read...

Authors: Sarah Peiffer, Anna E. Ssentongo, Laura Keeney, Forster Amponsah-Manu, Richard Yeboako, Richard Ofosu-Akromah, Temitope Ebenezer Arkorful, Eric Agyemang, Anthony Tsai, John Oh and Paddy Ssentongo

How breast cancer treatments affect the quality of life of women with non-metastatic breast cancer one year after surgical treatment: a cross-sectional study in Greece

The continuously increasing survivorship of female breast cancer makes the monitoring and improvement of patients’ quality of life ever so important. While globally there is a growing body of research on healt...

Authors: Aris Yfantis, Pavlos Sarafis, Ioannis Moisoglou, Maria Tolia, George Intas, Ioanna Tiniakou, Konstantinos Zografos, George Zografos, Marianna Constantinou, Athanasios Nikolentzos and Michalis Kontos

Kimura’s disease mimicking thoracic spine dumbbell neurogenic tumor: a case report and literature review

Kimura’s disease is a rare, benign chronic inflammatory disease of unknown etiology that mostly affects Asians. The disease typically presents as subcutaneous masses in the head or neck region that are predomi...

Authors: Siwei Bi, Jun Gu and Chenggong Hu

Percutaneous-perventricular device closure of ventricular septal defect: mid-term follow-up

This report presents updated data and mid-term follow-up information to a former study introducing the novel technique of percutaneous-perventricular device closure of doubly committed subarterial ventricular ...

Authors: Long Wang, Lin Xie, Weiqiang Ruan, Tao Li, Changping Gan and Ke Lin

Five gene signatures were identified in the prediction of overall survival in resectable pancreatic cancer

Although genes have been previously detected in pancreatic cancer (PC), aberrant genes that play roles in resectable pancreatic cancer should be further assessed.

Authors: Chao Wu, Zuowei Wu and Bole Tian

Pneumoperitoneum-induced pneumothorax during laparoscopic living donor hepatectomy: a case report

We present a living donor case with an unexpected large-volume pneumothorax diagnosed using lung ultrasound during a laparoscopic hepatectomy for liver transplantation (LT).

Authors: Min Suk Chae, Jueun Kwak, Kyungmoon Roh, Minhee Kim, Sungeun Park, Ho Joong Choi, Jaesik Park, Jung-Woo Shim, Hyung Mook Lee, Yong-Suk Kim, Young Eun Moon and Sang Hyun Hong

Chronic rhinosinusitis due to cyano-acrylic glue after endoscopic transsphenoidal pituitary surgery

To reduce the risk of cerebrospinal fluid leak, clinicians utilize a filling material placed in the sella followed by floor reconstruction with various materials, including glue sealing. Cyano-acrylic glue Glu...

Authors: Majid Bani-Ata, Firas Alzoubi, Bashar Abuzayed, Ala”a A. Alhowary and Abdelwahab J. Aleshawi

Breast papillary lesions diagnosed and treated using ultrasound-guided vacuum-assisted excision

The management of papillary lesions of the breast remains controversial, and thus, we assessed the value of vacuum-assisted excision (VAE)-guided ultrasound in the diagnosis and treatment of breast papillary l...

Authors: Xiaohui Li, Hua Gao, Minling Xu, Yang Wu and Dezong Gao

Intrapulmonary mature cystic teratoma of the lung: case report of a rare entity

Intrapulmonary teratoma (IPT) is a rare type of extra gonadal teratoma which often presents with non-specific symptoms and can be misdiagnosed as other diseases. Here we report a patient with IPT which was ini...

Authors: Parviz Mardani, Reyhaneh Naseri, Armin Amirian, Reza Shahriarirad, Mohammad Hossein Anbardar, Damoun Fouladi and Keivan Ranjbar

Characteristics of predominantly right-sided colonic diverticulitis without need for colectomy

In China, diverticulitis is more often located in the right colon, mainly in the cecum and ascending colon. Here we study the characteristics of acute colonic diverticulitis and compare various treatments for ...

Authors: Zhi Chen, Bing Zhang, Dan Wu and Ye Jin

Next-generation des-r-carboxy prothrombin for immunohistochemical assessment of vascular invasion by hepatocellular carcinoma

We have previously shown the value of next-generation des-r-carboxy prothrombin (NX-DCP) for predicting vascular invasion in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Since conventional DCP is inaccurate under some cond...

Authors: Shintaro Yamazaki, Tadatoshi Takayama, Tomoharu Kurokawa, Naoaki Shimamoto, Yusuke Mitsuka, Nao Yoshida, Tokio Higaki and Masahiko Sugitani

A rare lumbar pyogenic spondylodiscitis caused by staphylococcus caprae with initial misdiagnosis: case report and literature review

Staphylococcus caprae (Sc) is an uncommon causative organism for human. Lumbar pyogenic spondylodiscitis (LPS) of Sc is extremely rare and only a few cases have been reported. As far as we know, there is no sp...

Authors: Zihan Fan, Yong Yang, Dong Li and Qi Fei

Laparoscopic monolateral suspension for vaginal vault prolapse: a report of an exit surgical strategy during sacralcolpopexy

Vaginal vault prolapse is the most frequent long-term complication in patients undergoing hysterectomy and sacralcolpopexy is considered the gold standard. We report our surgical strategy maintaining single-ar...

Authors: Federico Romano, Andrea Sartore, Denise Mordeglia, Giovanni Di Lorenzo, Guglielmo Stabile and Giuseppe Ricci

A rare case of bowel intussusception due to adenocarcinomatous polyp in a 14 year-old child: case report

Intussusception is a form of intestinal obstruction in which a segment of the bowel prolapses into a more distal segment. It is an uncommon condition in children older than 2 years and causes intestinal obstru...

Authors: Ahmad Sankari Tarabishi, Ziad Aljarad, Baraa Shebli, Ahmad Humam Masri, Rami Anadani, Muhammad Besher Shabouk and Mazen Trissi

Favourable long-term survival of patients with esophageal cancer treated with extended transhiatal esophagectomy combined with en bloc lymphadenectomy: results from a retrospective observational cohort study

Although considered complex and challenging, esophagectomy remains the best potentially curable treatment option for resectable esophageal and esophagogastric junction (AEG) carcinomas. The optimal surgical ap...

Authors: Dino Kröll, Yves Michael Borbély, Bastian Dislich, Tobias Haltmeier, Thomas Malinka, Matthias Biebl, Rupert Langer, Daniel Candinas and Christian Seiler

Fatal course of idiopathic chronic ulcerative enteritis with panenteritis and perforation: a case report and review of literature

Idiopathic chronic ulcerative enteritis (ICUE) is a very rare disease with high mortality. Because of clinical rarity, several small case reports have been published and there is a lack of large sample study. ...

Authors: Chang-Yeon Jung and Jung-Min Bae

A case report of severe degenerative lumbar scoliosis associated with windswept lower limb deformity

The windswept lower limb deformity describes valgus deformity in one leg with varus deformity in the other. It is mostly seen in young children with metabolic bone diseases (such as rickets) and may lead to le...

Authors: Xi Yang, Qiang Zou, Yueming Song, Limin Liu and Chunguang Zhou

Obesity and postoperative outcomes of the patients with laparoscopic adrenalectomy: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Studies have suggested differences in postoperative outcomes between patients with obesity and those without following adrenalectomy, but these remained to be ascertained with synthesis of available evidence. ...

Authors: Celestin Danwang, Valirie Ndip Agbor and Jean Joel Bigna

Biphasic clinical course of a ruptured right gastric artery aneurysm caused by segmental arterial mediolysis: a case report

Gastric artery aneurysms are rarely caused by segmental arterial mediolysis (SAM), a condition that often involves multiple vessels. The clinical course of SAM after vessel rupture may vary depending on the in...

Authors: Yuichiro Kohara, Koji Fujimoto, Hikotaro Katsura, Takashi Komatsubara, Kazuhito Ichikawa and Hiroshi Higashiyama