The Reporting on ERAS Compliance, Outcomes, and Elements Research (RECOvER) Checklist: A Joint Statement by the ERAS® and ERAS® USA Societies Kevin M. EliasAlexander B. Stonethe ERAS® Society and ERAS® USA Original Scientific Report Open access 16 August 2018 Pages: 1 - 8
Trends in Retention and Decay of Basic Surgical Skills: Evidence from Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia: A Prospective Case–Control Cohort Study Abebe BekeleSahlu WondimuAmezene Tadesse Original Scientific Report 10 August 2018 Pages: 9 - 15
Safety Culture and Perioperative Quality at the Volta River Authority Hospital in Akosombo, Ghana Katherine SmileyLove OforiMarta McCrum Original Scientific Report 14 August 2018 Pages: 16 - 23
The Situation of Safe Surgery and Anaesthesia in Tanzania: A Systematic Review Karolina NybergerDesmond T. JumbamIsabelle Citron Scientific Review Open access 20 August 2018 Pages: 24 - 35
General Thoracic Surgery in Rwanda: An Assessment of Surgical Volume and of Workforce and Material Resource Deficits Adriana G. RamirezNebil NuradinRobert Riviello Original Scientific Report 21 August 2018 Pages: 36 - 43
Assessing the Quality of Life of Patients with Breast Cancer Treated in a Tertiary Hospital in a Resource-Poor Country Chinedu OkoliS. N. C. AnyanwuEric Ihekwoaba Original Scientific Report 27 August 2018 Pages: 44 - 51
Challenges of Costing a Surgical Procedure in a Lower–Middle-Income Country Chanil EkanayakeArunasalam PathmeswaranPrasantha Wijesinghe Original Scientific Report 20 August 2018 Pages: 52 - 59
Sex Disparities in Access to Surgical Care at a Single Institution in Malawi Trista D. ReidSherry M. WrenAnthony G. Charles Original Scientific Report 25 August 2018 Pages: 60 - 66
Clinical Outcomes and Healthcare Costs Associated with Laparoscopic Appendectomy in a Middle-Income Country with Universal Health Coverage Giancarlo BuitragoEdgar JuncaLuis Carlos Leal Original Scientific Report 25 August 2018 Pages: 67 - 74
Increasing and Retaining African Surgeons Working in Rural Hospitals: An Analysis of PAACS Surgeons with Twenty-Year Program Follow-Up Caleb Van EssenBruce C. SteffesMargaret J. Tarpley Original Scientific Report 03 September 2018 Pages: 75 - 86
The Cost of Intramedullary Nailing Versus Skeletal Traction for Treatment of Femoral Shaft Fractures in Malawi: A Prospective Economic Analysis Mohamed Mustafa DiabDavid W. ShearerLinda Chokotho Original Scientific Report 09 August 2018 Pages: 87 - 95
Health Literacy Among Surgical Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis Mélissa RoyJoseph P. CorkumKaren Okrainec Scientific Review 13 August 2018 Pages: 96 - 106
Assessment of Avoidable Readmissions in a Visceral Surgery Department with an Algorithm: Methodology, Analysis and Measures for Improvement Fabio AgriAnne-Claude GriesserNicolas Demartines Original Scientific Report 16 August 2018 Pages: 107 - 116
Implementation of the World Health Organization Surgical Safety Checklist Correlates with Reduced Surgical Mortality and Length of Hospital Admission in a High-Income Country Elzerie de JagerRonny GunnarssonYik-Hong Ho Original Scientific Report 12 June 2018 Pages: 117 - 124
Ten Years and Counting: Sustaining Effectiveness of the Surgical Safety Checklist Through Ongoing Implementation Efforts Ian SolskyAlex B. Haynes Invited Commentary 14 August 2018 Pages: 125 - 126
Usability of Intraoperative Fluorescence Imaging with Indocyanine Green During Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy After Percutaneous Transhepatic Gallbladder Drainage Shohei YoshiyaRyosuke MinagawaTomoharu Yoshizumi Original Scientific Report 13 August 2018 Pages: 127 - 133
Preoperative Anxiety as a Predictor of Delirium in Cancer Patients: A Prospective Observational Cohort Study Saho WadaHironobu InoguchiKen Shimizu Original Scientific Report 20 August 2018 Pages: 134 - 142
Cognitive Assessment of Surgeons During Surgical Procedures: Influence of Time and Intraoperative Complications Juliana BeneduzziFernando A. M. HerbellaMarco G. Patti Original Scientific Report 13 August 2018 Pages: 143 - 148
Abdominal Wall Reconstruction Utilizing the Combination of Absorbable and Permanent Mesh in a Retromuscular Position: A Multicenter Prospective Study Miguel Ángel García-UreñaJavier López-MonclúsAlvaro Robin Valle de Lersundi Original Scientific Report with Video 21 August 2018 Pages: 149 - 158
Invited Commentary to: Abdominal Wall Reconstruction Utilizing the Combination of Absorbable and Permanent Mesh in a Retromuscular Position: A Multicenter Prospective Study B. Ramana Invited Commentary 25 August 2018 Pages: 159 - 160
Chronic Pain, Quality of Life and Functional Impairment After Emergency Laparotomy Mai-Britt TolstrupTine ThorupIsmail Gögenur Original Scientific Report 03 September 2018 Pages: 161 - 168
Ostomy Usage for Colorectal Trauma in Combat Casualties Luke R. JohnstonMatthew J. BradleyJames E. Duncan Original Scientific Report 20 August 2018 Pages: 169 - 174
Implementation of Current ENETS Guidelines for Surgery of Small (≤2 cm) Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Neoplasms in the German Surgical Community: An Analysis of the Prospective DGAV StuDoQ|Pancreas Registry Ioannis MintzirasTobias Keckfor the StuDoQ|Pancreas study group of the German Society for General and Visceral Surgery (DGAV) Original Scientific Report 10 August 2018 Pages: 175 - 182
Understanding and Practices of Gynaecologists Related to Breast Cancer Screening, Detection, Treatment and Common Breast Diseases: A Study from India Gitika N. SinghAastha AgarwalPriti Kumar Original Scientific Report 26 July 2018 Pages: 183 - 191
Safety and Feasibility of Linear Stapling Device with Bioabsorbable Polyglycolic Acid Sheet for Duodenal Closure in Gastric Cancer Surgery: A Multi-institutional Phase II Study Kazunari MisawaTakaki YoshikawaTakashi Ogata Original Scientific Report 13 August 2018 Pages: 192 - 198
Assessment of the Correlation Between Preoperative and Immediate Postoperative Gastric Volume and Weight Loss After Sleeve Gastrectomy Using Computed Tomography Volumetry Hosam ElbannaSameh EmileAhmed Ghanem Original Scientific Report 09 August 2018 Pages: 199 - 206
Hepatic Pedicle Occlusion with the Pringle Maneuver During Difficult Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy Reduces the Conversion Rate Rongce ZhaoFei LiuBo Li Original Scientific Report with Video 28 September 2018 Pages: 207 - 213
Incidental Gallbladder Cancer: How Residual Disease Affects Outcome in Two Referral HPB Centers from South America Luis GilXabier de AretxabalaOscar Imventarza Original Scientific Report 13 August 2018 Pages: 214 - 220
Liver Resection for Solitary Transplantable Hepatocellular Carcinoma: The Role of AFP-Score Benjamin MenahemChristophe DuvouxAlexis Laurent Original Scientific Report 20 August 2018 Pages: 221 - 229
Enhanced Recovery in Liver Transplantation: A Feasibility Study Raffaele BrustiaAntoine MonselOlivier Scatton Original Scientific Report 09 August 2018 Pages: 230 - 241
Time to Readmission and Mortality Among Patients Undergoing Liver and Pancreatic Surgery Qinyu ChenFabio BaganteTimothy M. Pawlik Original Scientific Report 14 August 2018 Pages: 242 - 251
The Predictive Value of Pulse Wave Velocity for Anastomotic Leakage After Colorectal Surgery A. VenaraR. JaouenA. Hamy Original Scientific Report 14 August 2018 Pages: 252 - 259
Prognostic Impact of Perineural Invasion in Rectal Cancer After Neoadjuvant Chemoradiotherapy Chang Hyun KimSeung-Seop YeomJae Hyuk Lee Original Scientific Report 27 August 2018 Pages: 260 - 272
Outcomes Following Non-operative Management of Thoracic and Thoracoabdominal Aneurysms Gabriele PiffarettiAlessandro BacuzziMatteo Tozzi Original Scientific Report 20 August 2018 Pages: 273 - 281
Predicting Survival of Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia on the First Day of Life Chaeyoun OhJoong Kee YounSung-Eun Jung Original Scientific Report 30 August 2018 Pages: 282 - 290
Letter to the Editor: A Prospective Comparative Study on Improvement of Hyperthyroid Cardiovascular Dysfunction in Patients Undergoing Total Thyroidectomy Versus Medical Management M. ShreyamsaV. Sasi MouliAnand Kumar Mishra Letter to the Editor 02 May 2018 Pages: 291 - 291
Letter to the Editor: Effect of Statin Therapy on Survival After Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis Kosmas I. Paraskevas Letter to the Editor 10 May 2018 Pages: 292 - 293
Letter to the Editor: Are American Surgical Residents Prepared for Humanitarian Deployment? A Comparative Analysis of Resident and Humanitarian Case Logs David J. Read Letter to the Editor 25 April 2018 Pages: 294 - 294
Authors’ Reply: Are American Surgical Residents Prepared for Humanitarian Deployment? A Comparative Analysis of Resident and Humanitarian Case Logs David Kuwayama Reply, Letter to the Editor 26 June 2018 Pages: 295 - 296
Letter to the Editor: A Consensus-Based Criterion Standard for the Requirement of a Trauma Team Christian Waydhas Letter to the Editor 18 June 2018 Pages: 297 - 298