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  1. 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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  2. 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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  3. 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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  5. 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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  6. 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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  7. 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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  8. 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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  9. 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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  10. 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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  11. 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

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  12. 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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  13. 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

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  14. 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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  15. 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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  16. Surgical site infection (SSI) is one of the most common hospital-acquired infections and is associated with serious impact on the rates of morbidity, mortality as well as healthcare costs. This study examined ...

    Authors: Mohamedraed Elshami, Bettina Bottcher, Issam Awadallah, Ahmed Alnaji, Basel Aljedaili, Haytham Abu Sulttan and Mohamed Hwaihi

    Citation: BMC Surgery 2020 20:21

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  18. Indications for liver surgery are expanding fast and complexity of procedures increases. Preoperative mortality risk assessment by scoring systems is debatable. A previously published externally validated Mort...

    Authors: Tanja Knoblich, Ulf Hinz, Christos Stravodimos, Michael R. Schön, Arianeb Mehrabi, Markus W. Büchler and Katrin Hoffmann

    Citation: BMC Surgery 2020 20:19

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  19. Trans-oral endoscopic thyroidectomy allows obviating scar of the neck that expects to gain quality of life (QOL). However, the benefit of the QOL from this technique has not been adequately investigated, there...

    Authors: Pornthep Kasemsiri, Srongpaun Trakulkajornsak, Piyapong Bamroong, Kanokkarn Mahawerawat, Patorn Piromchai and Teeraporn Ratanaanekchai

    Citation: BMC Surgery 2020 20:18

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  21. The present study aimed to compare the perioperative safety and long-term survival of patients with synchronous colorectal liver metastases undergoing sequential resection (SeR), delayed resection (DeR) and si...

    Authors: Li-Jun Wang, Hong-Wei Wang, Ke-Min Jin, Juan Li and Bao-Cai Xing

    Citation: BMC Surgery 2020 20:16

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  22. Nonfusion fixation is an effective way to treat lumbar degeneration. In the present study, we analyzed the clinical effects and radiographic outcomes of the Isobar TTL system used to treat two-segment lumbar d...

    Authors: Zhi-Sheng Ji, Hua Yang, Yu-Hao Yang, Shao-Jin Li, Jian-Xian Luo, Guo-Wei Zhang and Hong-Sheng Lin

    Citation: BMC Surgery 2020 20:15

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  24. The level VI lymph nodes are anatomically connected to the level VII lymph nodes and papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) can metastasis to both regions. The aim of this study was to identify clinicopathologic fa...

    Authors: Jian Chen, Deguang Zhang, Liang Fang, Gaofei He and Li Gao

    Citation: BMC Surgery 2020 20:13

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  25. To compare the perioperative outcomes and safety of transperitoneal laparoscopic adrenalectomy with those of retroperitoneal laparoscopic adrenalectomy for patients with pheochromocytoma.

    Authors: Yu-Li Jiang, Lu-Jie Qian, Zhen Li, Kang-Er Wang, Xie-Lai Zhou, Jin Zhou and Chun-Hua Ye

    Citation: BMC Surgery 2020 20:12

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  26. While short-term perioperative outcomes have been well studied in Western surgical populations, the aim of this study is to look at the one-year perioperative mortality and its associated factors in an Asian s...

    Authors: Lydia Q. Liew, Wei Wei Teo, Edwin Seet, Lyn Li Lean, Ambika Paramasivan, Joanna Tan, Irene Lim, Jiexun Wang and Lian Kah Ti

    Citation: BMC Surgery 2020 20:11

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  27. Nasolabial cysts are rare, non-odontogenic, soft-tissue cysts that develop between the upper lip and nasal vestibule with an overall incidence of 0.7% out of all maxillofacial cysts. The predominant presentati...

    Authors: Abdulhakeem Almutairi, Abeer Alaglan, Mazyad Alenezi, Sultan Alanazy and Osama Al-Wutayd

    Citation: BMC Surgery 2020 20:10

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  28. Obesity is considered a chronic disease with an increasing prevalence worldwide during the last decades. Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy is the most commonly performed bariatric procedure, due to its relative ...

    Authors: Andrea Lovece, Ioannis Rouvelas, Masaru Hayami, Mats Lindblad and Andrianos Tsekrekos

    Citation: BMC Surgery 2020 20:9

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  29. To observe if closing the mesenteric defect with absorbable sutures creates a safe adhesion compared to non-absorbable suture after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass.

    Authors: Libin Yao, Ponnie Robertlee Dolo, Yong Shao, Chao Li, Jason Widjaja, Jian Hong and Xiaocheng Zhu

    Citation: BMC Surgery 2020 20:8

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  32. The purpose of this study is to identify perioperative marker predicting postoperative surgical site infection (SSI) including with anastomotic leakage (AL) in curative colon cancer patients, laparoscopically.

    Authors: Yuji Toiyama, Yoshinaga Okugawa, Tadanobu Shimura, Shozo Ide, Hiromi Yasuda, Hiroyuki Fujikawa, Yoshiki Okita, Takeshi Yokoe, Junichiro Hiro, Masaki Ohi and Masato Kusunoki

    Citation: BMC Surgery 2020 20:5

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  33. To evaluate the efficacy of a sensitive, real-time tool for identification and protection for parathyroid glands during thyroidectomy.

    Authors: Junsong Liu, Xiaoxia Wang, Rui Wang, Chongwen Xu, Ruimin Zhao, Honghui Li, Shaoqiang Zhang and Xiaobao Yao

    Citation: BMC Surgery 2020 20:4

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  34. Although enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) has made great progress in the field of surgery, the guidelines point to the lack of high-quality evidence in upper gastrointestinal surgery.

    Authors: Zhen-Dong Huang, Hui-Yun Gu, Jie Zhu, Jie Luo, Xian-Feng Shen, Qi-Feng Deng, Chao Zhang and Yan-Bing Li

    Citation: BMC Surgery 2020 20:3

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  35. We reviewed details of Chinese Kimura’s disease (KD) cases. A full clinical analysis was subsequently performed to improve the accuracy of clinical diagnosis and treatment of KD.

    Authors: Guoliang Zhang, Xumao Li, Guangbin Sun, Yitan Cao, Nan Gao and Weidong Qi

    Citation: BMC Surgery 2020 20:1

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  36. Aspergillus fumigatus infections frequently occur after solid organ transplantation. Yet, a fungal thrombosis after liver transplantation is an exceptional finding.

    Authors: Jan-Paul Gundlach, Rainer Günther, Helmut Fickenscher, Marcus Both, Christoph Röcken, Thomas Becker and Felix Braun

    Citation: BMC Surgery 2019 19:200

    Content type: Case report

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  37. The reported incidence of facial weakness immediately after parotid tumor surgery ranges from 14 to 65%. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the incidence of postoperative facial weakness related to paro...

    Authors: Hokyung Jin, Bo Young Kim, Heejung Kim, Eunkyu Lee, Woori Park, Sungyong Choi, Man Ki Chung, Young-Ik Son, Chung-Hwan Baek and Han-Sin Jeong

    Citation: BMC Surgery 2019 19:199

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  38. This retrospective clinical study is to evaluate the safety and efficiency of two different approaches in retroperitoneal laparoscopic adrenalectomy and provide experience and basis for the treatment of adrena...

    Authors: Xuejian Wang, Junqiang Liu, Aozhang Ji, Changli Liu, Sony Nahayo, Lina Wang, Xinqing Zhu, Weiwei Fan, Xishuang Song, Jianbo Wang and Deyong Yang

    Citation: BMC Surgery 2019 19:198

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  39. Ectopic insulinoma is a rare entity that is difficult to diagnose before surgery. This article reports two cases of ectopic insulinoma.

    Authors: Mengqing Sun, Yaping Luo, Yan You, Xianlin Han, Yupei Zhao, Xianlin Han and Yupei Zhao

    Citation: BMC Surgery 2019 19:197

    Content type: Case report

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  40. This study aimed to identify and review associations between the types of sutures used for uterine compression suture (UCS) and its outcomes in postpartum hemorrhage.

    Authors: Shinya Matsuzaki, Mariko Jitsumori, Takeya Hara, Satoko Matsuzaki, Satoshi Nakagawa, Tatsuya Miyake, Tsuyoshi Takiuchi, Aiko Kakigano, Eiji Kobayashi, Takuji Tomimatsu and Tadashi Kimura

    Citation: BMC Surgery 2019 19:196

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  42. Desmoid tumors, also known as aggressive fibromatosis, are extremely rare, accounting for less than 3% of soft-tissue sarcomas and less than 0,03% of all neoplasms. The diagnosis is usually delayed because of ...

    Authors: Yavor Asenov, Stoyan Genadiev, Alexander Timev, Jeni Panaiotova, Valeria Hadjiiska, Tihtchev Veselin and Theophil Sedloev

    Citation: BMC Surgery 2019 19:194

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  43. Vertebral compression fracture is one of the most common complications of osteoporosis. In this study an unilateral curved vertebroplasty device was developed, and the safety, effectiveness, and surgical param...

    Authors: Rui Zhong, Jianheng Liu, Runsheng Wang, Yihao Liu, Binbin Chen, Wei Jiang, Keya Mao and Peifu Tang

    Citation: BMC Surgery 2019 19:193

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  44. There is no quality evidence of the benefit of defunctioning ileostomy (DI) in ileal pouch-anal anastomoses (IPAAs) performed for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), but most surgical teams currently resort to D...

    Authors: Laura Beyer-Berjot, Karine Baumstarck, Sandrine Loubière, Eric Vicaut, Stéphane V. Berdah, Stéphane Benoist and Jérémie H. Lefèvre

    Citation: BMC Surgery 2019 19:192

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  46. In this study, we aimed to compare the kinetics of intact parathyroid hormone (iPTH) during the perioperative period of endoscopic thyroidectomy via bilateral areola approach (ETBAA) in the same period, follow...

    Authors: Daqi Zhang, Tie Wang, Gianlorenzo Dionigi, Jiao Zhang, Yishen Zhao, Gaofeng Xue, Nan Liang and Hui Sun

    Citation: BMC Surgery 2019 19:190

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  47. To compare the efficacy and safety of right internal jugular vein (IJV) approach and right innominate vein (INV) approach for US-guided totally implantable venous access devices (TIVADs), and to explore the ad...

    Authors: Xingwei Sun, Xuming Bai, Jiaofeng Shen, Ziyang Yu, Zhixiang Zhuang and Yong Jin

    Citation: BMC Surgery 2019 19:189

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  48. When restoring the appearance and function of the fingers, hand surgeons face a challenge in choosing a suitable surgical method to repair finger skin defects.

    Authors: Haoliang Hu, Hong Chen, Jinjiong Hong, Weisheng Mao, Mintao Tian, Liping Wang, Jianghui Dong and Xueyuan Li

    Citation: BMC Surgery 2019 19:188

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  49. In high-risk patients with complex pulmonary aspergilloma but unable for lung resection, cavernostomy and thoracoplasty could be performed. This study aimed to evaluate this surgery compared two compressing ma...

    Authors: Nguyen Truong Giang, Le Tien Dung, Nguyen Thanh Hien, Truong Thanh Thiet, Phan Sy Hiep, Nguyen The Vu, Dinh Cong Pho, Nguyen Van Nam and Pham Ngoc Hung

    Citation: BMC Surgery 2019 19:187

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  50. The perioperative factors predicting or influencing early pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma recurrence are unclear. This study attempted to identify the predictive factors for early pancreatic ductal adenocarci...

    Authors: Hironobu Suto, Keiichi Okano, Minoru Oshima, Yasuhisa Ando, Shigeo Takahashi, Toru Shibata, Hideki Kamada, Hideki Kobara, Tsutomu Masaki and Yasuyuki Suzuki

    Citation: BMC Surgery 2019 19:186

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