Burden of Injuries Avertable By a Basic Surgical Package in Low- and Middle-Income Regions: A Systematic Analysis From the Global Burden of Disease 2010 Study Hideki HigashiJan J. BarendregtTheo Vos OriginalPaper Open access 10 July 2014 Pages: 1 - 9
Charitable Platforms in Global Surgery: A Systematic Review of their Effectiveness, Cost-Effectiveness, Sustainability, and Role Training Mark G. ShrimeAmbereen SleemiThulasiraj D. Ravilla OriginalPaper Open access 29 March 2014 Pages: 10 - 20
Equitable Access to Comprehensive Surgical Care: The Potential of Indigenous Private Philanthropy in Low-Income Settings Lubna SamadMehreen IqbalAamir J. Khan Original Scientific Report 11 November 2014 Pages: 21 - 28
Global Public Health Impact of Recovered Supplies from Operating Rooms: A Critical Analysis with National Implications Eric L. WanLi XieRichard J. Redett Original Scientific Report 16 October 2014 Pages: 29 - 35
Congenital Anomalies in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: The Unborn Child of Global Surgery Nicole A. SitkinDoruk OzgedizDiana L. Farmer Scientific Review Open access 19 August 2014 Pages: 36 - 40
Unmet Burden of Cleft Lip and Palate in Rural Gujarat, India: A Population-Based Study Monty U. KhajanchiHemant ShahNobhojit Roy OriginalPaper 08 May 2014 Pages: 41 - 46
Comparison of Two Models of Surgical Care for Patients with Cleft Lip and Palate in Resource-challenged Settings Percy Rossell-PerryEddy SeguraOmar Cotrina-Rabanal OriginalPaper 20 December 2013 Pages: 47 - 53
Comparison of Two Models of Surgical Care for Patients with Clefts in Peru K. A. Kelly McQueen EditorialNotes 06 June 2014 Pages: 54 - 54
Prevalence of Surgical Conditions in Individuals Aged More Than 50 Years: A Cluster-Based Household Survey in Sierra Leone Evan G. WongThaim B. KamaraAdam L. Kushner OriginalPaper 05 May 2014 Pages: 55 - 61
Injury, Disability and Access to Care in Rwanda: Results of a Nationwide Cross-Sectional Population Study Robin T. PetrozeShahrzad JoharifardJ. Forrest Calland OriginalPaper 28 May 2014 Pages: 62 - 69
Using a Hybrid Electronic Medical Record System for the Surveillance of Adverse Surgical Events and Human Error in A Developing World Surgical Service Grant LaingJohn BruceDamian Clarke Original Scientific Report 29 August 2014 Pages: 70 - 79
Reporting of Adverse Events in Surgical Trials: Critical Appraisal of Current Practice Rachel RosenthalHenry HoffmannHeiner C. Bucher Original Scientific Report 09 September 2014 Pages: 80 - 87
A Meta-analysis of the Predictive Accuracy of Postoperative Mortality Using the American Society of Anesthesiologists’ Physical Status Classification System Chieh Yang KooJoseph A. HyderSatya Krishna Ramachandran Original Scientific Report 19 September 2014 Pages: 88 - 103
Predicting Acute Appendicitis? A comparison of the Alvarado Score, the Appendicitis Inflammatory Response Score and Clinical Assessment D. KollárD. P. McCartanJ. Dowdall Original Scientific Report 23 September 2014 Pages: 104 - 109
The Magic of an Appendicitis Score Roland E. Andersson Invited Commentary 09 October 2014 Pages: 110 - 111
Erratum to: Predicting Acute Appendicitis? A Comparison of the Alvarado Score, the Appendicitis Inflammatory Response Score and Clinical Assessment D. KollárD. P. McCartanJ. Dowdall Erratum 15 October 2014 Pages: 112 - 112
The Significance of Atrial Fibrillation in Patients Aged ≥55 years Undergoing Abdominal Surgery Hadiza S. KazaureSanziana A. RomanJulie A. Sosa Original Scientific Report 16 September 2014 Pages: 113 - 120
Sutured Repair of Primary Small Umbilical and Epigastric Hernias: Concomitant Rectus Diastasis Is a Significant Risk Factor for Recurrence Gernot KöhlerRuzica-Rosalia LuketinaKlaus Emmanuel Original Scientific Report 13 September 2014 Pages: 121 - 126
Sutured Repair of Primary Small Umbilical and Epigastric Hernia: Concomitant Rectus Diastasis is a Significant Risk-Factor for Recurrence Danny Rosin Invited Commentary 18 September 2014 Pages: 127 - 127
Laparoscopic Peritoneal Dialysis Catheter Insertion Using Nitrous Oxide under Procedural Sedation Robert WuAllan OkrainecTodd Penner Original Scientific Report 05 September 2014 Pages: 128 - 132
IC on: Laparoscopic Peritoneal Dialysis Catheter Insertion Using Nitrous Oxide Under Procedural Sedation Danny Rosin Invited Commentary 16 September 2014 Pages: 133 - 133
Adult Intussusception: A Retrospective Review Hirotaka HonjoMakio MikeNobuyasu Kano Original Scientific Report Open access 06 September 2014 Pages: 134 - 138
Effect of Antiplatelet Therapy on Patients Undergoing Gastroenterological Surgery: Thromboembolic Risks Versus Bleeding Risks During Its Perioperative Withdrawal Takahisa FujikawaAkira TanakaHisatsugu Maekawa Original Scientific Report 09 September 2014 Pages: 139 - 149
Incidence of Venous Thromboembolism and Its Pharmacological Prophylaxis in Asian General Surgery Patients: A Systematic Review Danson X. W. YeoSameer JunnarkarTony Chun Yeung Pang Scientific Review 05 September 2014 Pages: 150 - 157
Thoracoscopic Aortopexy for Tracheomalacia David C. van der ZeeMarieke Straver Original Scientific Report 18 September 2014 Pages: 158 - 164
New Injury Severity Score Is a Better Predictor of Mortality for Blunt Trauma Patients Than the Injury Severity Score Hani O. EidFikri M. Abu-Zidan Original Scientific Report 05 September 2014 Pages: 165 - 171
Utility of Extended FAST in Blunt Chest Trauma: Is it the Time to be Used in the ATLS Algorithm? Yassir AbdulrahmanShameel MusthafaHassan Al-Thani Original Scientific Report 10 September 2014 Pages: 172 - 178
Long-Term Follow-Up After Non-operative Management of Biloma Due to Blunt Liver Injury Nobuichiro TamuraSatoshi IshiharaKoichiro Suzuki Original Scientific Report 10 September 2014 Pages: 179 - 183
Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Patients with Unilateral Bloody Nipple Discharge; Useful When Conventional Diagnostics are Negative? L. van GelderR. H. C. BisschopsP. W. Plaisier Original Scientific Report 15 August 2014 Pages: 184 - 186
Intraoperative Frozen Section for the Evaluation of Extrathyroidal Extension in Papillary Thyroid Cancer Young Min ParkSoo-Geun WangByung-Joo Lee Original Scientific Report 18 September 2014 Pages: 187 - 193
Intraoperative Diagnosis of Central Compartment Lymph Node Metastasis Predicts Recurrence of Patients with Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma and Clinically Node-Negative Lateral Neck and May Guide Extent of Initial Surgery Chang Wook LeeGyungyup GongJong-Lyel Roh Original Scientific Report 19 September 2014 Pages: 194 - 202
Is Resection of an Esophageal Epiphrenic Diverticulum Always Necessary in the Setting of Achalasia? Marco E. AllaixBernardo A. Borraez SeguraMarco G. Patti Surgical Symposium Contribution 05 September 2014 Pages: 203 - 207
Effectiveness of Antireflux Surgery for the Cure of Chronic Cough Associated with Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease Marialuisa LugaresiBeatrice AraminiSandro Mattioli Original Scientific Report 05 September 2014 Pages: 208 - 215
Major Post-Operative Complications Predict Long-Term Survival After Esophagectomy in Patients with Adenocarcinoma of the Esophagus Guillaume LucMarlène DurandDenis Collet Original Scientific Report 05 September 2014 Pages: 216 - 222
A Meta-Analysis of Short-Term Outcomes of Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and BMI ≤35 kg/m2 Undergoing Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass Wen-Sheng RaoCheng-Xiang ShanMing Qiu Original Scientific Report 27 August 2014 Pages: 223 - 230
No Patients to Resect or Transplant: An Analysis of Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma Admitted to a Major African Referral Hospital Adam GyeduWilliam R. ShraunerT. Peter Kingham Original Scientific Report 29 August 2014 Pages: 231 - 236
Safe Hepatectomy Selection Criteria for Hepatocellular Carcinoma Patients: A Validation of 336 Consecutive Hepatectomies. The BILCHE Score Matteo DonadonGuido CostaGuido Torzilli Original Scientific Report 13 September 2014 Pages: 237 - 243
Risk Factors for Malignancy in Branched-Type Intraductal Papillary Mucinous Neoplasms of the Pancreas During the Follow-Up Period Yuichiro KatoShinichiro TakahashiMasaru Konishi Original Scientific Report 07 October 2014 Pages: 244 - 250
Implementing an Enhanced Recovery Program After Pancreaticoduodenectomy in Elderly Patients: Is It Feasible? Mariëlle M. E. CoolsenMaikel BakensCornelis H. C. Dejong Original Scientific Report 12 September 2014 Pages: 251 - 258
The Impact of Standard Protocol Implementation on the Quality of Colorectal Cancer Pathology Reporting Peter IhnátPatricie DelongováPavel Zonča Original Scientific Report 19 September 2014 Pages: 259 - 265
Long-Term Evolution of Acute Colonic Diverticulitis After Successful Medical Treatment Loris TrentiEsther KreislerSebastiano Biondo Original Scientific Report 05 September 2014 Pages: 266 - 274
Risk Factors and Preventive Measures for Acute Urinary Retention after Rectal Cancer Surgery Soo Young LeeSung-Bum KangMyong Hoon Ihn Original Scientific Report 05 September 2014 Pages: 275 - 282
Surgery for Secondary Aorto-Enteric Fistula or Erosion (SAEFE) Complicating Aortic Graft Replacement: A Retrospective Analysis of 32 Patients with Particular Focus on Digestive Management Thibaut SchoellGilles ManceauMehdi Karoui Original Scientific Report 05 September 2014 Pages: 283 - 291
Robotic Spleen Preserving Distal Pancreatectomy: How I Do It (with Video) Dimitrios NtourakisJacques MarescauxPatrick Pessaux Original Scientific Report with Video 09 September 2014 Pages: 292 - 296