Defining the Three Delays in Referral of Surgical Emergencies from District Hospitals to University Teaching Hospital of Kigali, Rwanda Christophe MpirimbanyiEgide AbahujeJennifer Rickard Surgery in Low and Middle Income Countries 03 April 2019 Pages: 1871 - 1879
Perioperative Mortality Rates as a Health Metric for Acute Abdominal Surgery in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review and Future Recommendations Marie-Rachelle FelizaireTiffany ParadisDan L. Deckelbaum Scientific Review 05 April 2019 Pages: 1880 - 1889
Spontaneous Retroperitoneal and Rectus Sheath Hemorrhage—Management, Risk Factors and Outcomes Josefine S. BaekgaardTrine G. EskesenGeorge C. Velmahos Original Scientific Report 08 April 2019 Pages: 1890 - 1897
A 5-Year Evaluation of the Implementation of Triple Diagnostics for Early Detection of Severe Necrotizing Soft Tissue Disease: A Single-Center Cohort Study Femke NawijnRoderick M. HouwertFalco Hietbrink Original Scientific Report Open access 05 April 2019 Pages: 1898 - 1905
Risk Factors for Incarceration in Patients with Primary Abdominal Wall and Incisional Hernias: A Prospective Study in 4472 Patients Dimitri SneidersYagmur YurtkapThe Hernia-Club Members Original Scientific Report Open access 12 April 2019 Pages: 1906 - 1913
Clinical and Functional Outcome After Abdominal Wall Incisional Hernia Repair: Evaluation of Quality-of-Life Improvement and Comparison of Assessment Scales Leo LicariGiovanni GuercioGiuseppe Salamone Original Scientific Report 22 April 2019 Pages: 1914 - 1920
Small and Laterally Placed Incisional Hernias Can be Safely Managed with an Onlay Repair Rudolf SchrittwieserFerdinand KöckerlingAlexander H. Petter-Puchner Original Scientific Report Open access 11 March 2019 Pages: 1921 - 1927
The Cholecystectomy As A Day Case (CAAD) Score: A Validated Score of Preoperative Predictors of Successful Day-Case Cholecystectomy Using the CholeS Data Set A. M. El-SharkawyN. TewariCholeS Study Group, West Midlands Research Collaborative Original Scientific Report Open access 23 April 2019 Pages: 1928 - 1934
Laparoscopic Transcystic Versus Transductal Common Bile Duct Exploration: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis Shahin HajibandehShahab HajibandehYogesh Kumar Scientific Review 16 April 2019 Pages: 1935 - 1948
Low Preoperative Mental and Physical Health is Associated with Poorer Postoperative Recovery in Patients Undergoing Day Surgery: A Secondary Analysis from a Randomized Controlled Study Ulrica NilssonKaruna DahlbergMaria Jaensson OriginalPaper Open access 01 April 2019 Pages: 1949 - 1956
The Efficacy and Safety of High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU) Therapy for Benign Thyroid Nodules—A Single Center Experience from Singapore Prajwala S. PrakashHan Boon OhKee Yuan Ngiam Original Scientific Report 12 March 2019 Pages: 1957 - 1963
Practice Patterns in Parathyroid Surgery: A Survey of Asia-Pacific Parathyroid Surgeons Rufi ChenHan Boon OhJulie A. Miller Original Scientific Report 02 April 2019 Pages: 1964 - 1971
Timing of Parathyroidectomy Does Not Influence Renal Function After Kidney Transplantation Willemijn Y. van der PlasMostafa El MoumniThe Dutch Hyperparathyroidism Study Group Original Scientific Report Open access 24 February 2019 Pages: 1972 - 1980
Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Events After Parathyroidectomy in Patients on Renal Replacement Therapy Kerstin M. IvarssonShahriar AkaberiMartin Almquist Original Scientific Report Open access 13 May 2019 Pages: 1981 - 1988
Is There an Optimal Time for Parathyroidectomy in Patients with Secondary Hyperparathyroidism? Tracy S. Wang Invited Commentary 14 June 2019 Pages: 1989 - 1990
Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy in Early Breast Cancer: Magnetic Tracer as the Only Localizing Agent Vivian ManTing Ting WongAva Kwong Original Scientific Report 19 March 2019 Pages: 1991 - 1996
Significance of Intramural Metastasis in Patients with Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma: An Indicator of Aggressive Cancer Behavior Akihiko OkamuraMasayuki WatanabeShinji Mine Original Scientific Report 16 April 2019 Pages: 1997 - 2005
The Benefits of Docetaxel Plus Cisplatin and 5-Fluorouracil Induction Therapy in Conversion to Curative Treatment for Locally Advanced Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma Masashi TakeuchiHirofumi KawakuboYuko Kitagawa Original Scientific Report 09 April 2019 Pages: 2006 - 2015
Proposal of a Scoring Scale to Estimate Risk of the Discontinuation of S-1 Adjuvant Monotherapy in Patients with Stage II to III Gastric Cancer: A Multi-Institutional Dataset Analysis Akimitsu IizukaMitsuro KandaYasuhiro Kodera Original Scientific Report 08 February 2019 Pages: 2016 - 2024
Propensity Score-Matched Analysis of Pure Laparoscopic Versus Hand-Assisted/Hybrid Major Hepatectomy at Two Western Centers G. FiorentiniF. SwaidD. A. Geller Original Scientific Report 05 April 2019 Pages: 2025 - 2037
Infrahepatic Inferior Vena Cava Semi-Clamping can Reduce Blood Loss During Hepatic Resection but Still Requires Monitoring to Avoid Acute Kidney Injury Taisuke ImamuraYusuke YamamotoKatsuhiko Uesaka Original Scientific Report 02 April 2019 Pages: 2038 - 2047
Short- and Long-Term Outcomes of Liver Resection for Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma Associated with the Metabolic Syndrome Christian HobeikaFrançois CauchyOlivier Soubrane OriginalPaper 04 April 2019 Pages: 2048 - 2060
Intraoperative Body Fluid Amylase as a Novel Indicator of Postgastrectomy Pancreatic Fistula Toshiro TaniokaKazuyuki KojimaMikito Inokuchi Original Scientific Report 22 March 2019 Pages: 2061 - 2068
The Clinical Implications of Peripancreatic Fluid Collection After Distal Pancreatectomy Jun YoshinoDaisuke BanMinoru Tanabe Original Scientific Report 19 April 2019 Pages: 2069 - 2076
Years of Life Lost for Older Patients After Colorectal Cancer Diagnosis Federico MazzottiAlessandro CucchettiJan Willem T. Dekker Original Scientific Report 12 March 2019 Pages: 2077 - 2085
The “Short-Cut” Laparoscopic Reverse Approach: A Novel Strategy for Synchronous Colorectal Cancer and Liver Metastases Requiring Major or Complex Procedures? Mehdi KarouiOlivier Scatton Innovative Surgical Techniques Around the World 19 March 2019 Pages: 2086 - 2089
Postoperative Urinary Retention After Laparoscopic Colorectal Resection with Early Catheter Removal: A Prospective Observational Study Jens Ravn EriksenPia Munk-MadsenIsmail Gögenur Original Scientific Report 16 April 2019 Pages: 2090 - 2098
Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery (VATS) Talc Pleurodesis Versus Pleurectomy for Primary Spontaneous Pneumothorax: A Large Single-Centre Study with No Conversion Harish MithiranLowell LeowJohn Kit Chung Tam Original Scientific Report 09 April 2019 Pages: 2099 - 2105
Evaluation of a Novel Bony Landmark-Based Method for Teaching Percutaneous Insertion of Subclavian Venous Catheters in Pediatric Patients Zhiyang Jace LinYork Tien LeeAmos Hong Pheng Loh Original Scientific Report 05 April 2019 Pages: 2106 - 2113
Letter to Editor: Can Mainstreaming Surgery Advocacy into NCD Advocacy Help Us Overcome the NCD Epidemic? Manon PigeoletIsobel MarksWaruguru Wanjau Letter to the Editor 08 February 2019 Pages: 2114 - 2115