1. Editorial

   • Julie Ann Sosa

   Editorial Perspective 11 March 2020 Pages: 1335 - 1335

   

2. Meta-analysis of Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) Protocols in Emergency Abdominal Surgery

   • Shahab Hajibandeh
   • Shahin Hajibandeh
   • Thomas Satyadas

   Scientific Review 02 January 2020 Pages: 1336 - 1348

   

3. Ethics as a Non-technical Skill for Surgical Education in Sub-Saharan Africa

   • Margaret J. Tarpley
   • Ainhoa Costas-Chavarri
   • John L. Tarpley

   Surgery in Low and Middle Income Countries 02 January 2020 Pages: 1349 - 1360

4. Malnutrition in Acute Care Surgery Patients in Rwanda

   • Egide Abahuje
   • Irenee Niyongombwa
   • Jennifer Rickard

   Surgery in Low and Middle Income Countries 02 January 2020 Pages: 1361 - 1367

5. Surgical Task-Sharing to Non-specialist Physicians in Low-Resource Settings Globally: A Systematic Review of the Literature

   • Ryan Falk
   • Robert Taylor
   • Roohina Virk

   Scientific Review 08 January 2020 Pages: 1368 - 1386

   

6. Using the World Society of Emergency Surgery (WSES) Triage Tool to Evaluate Timing of Emergency Surgery in Rwanda

   • Eugene Tuyishime
   • Paulin Ruhato Banguti
   • Giles Cattermole

   Surgery in Low and Middle Income Countries 13 January 2020 Pages: 1387 - 1394

   

7. Reducing Gastroschisis Mortality: A Quality Improvement Initiative at a Ugandan Pediatric Surgery Unit

   • A. Wesonga
   • M. Situma
   • K. Lakhoo

   Surgery in Low and Middle Income Countries Open access 21 January 2020 Pages: 1395 - 1399

8. An International Collaborative Study on Surgical Education for Quality Improvement (ASSURED): A Project by the 2017 International Society of Surgery (ISS/SIC) Travel Scholars International Working Group

   • Anip Joshi
   • Bernardo Borraez-Segura
   • Michael G. Sarr

   Surgery in Low and Middle Income Countries 06 January 2020 Pages: 1400 - 1411

   

9. Preoperative Antisepsis with Chlorhexidine Versus Povidone-Iodine for the Prevention of Surgical Site Infection: a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

   • Shi Chen
   • Jun Wu Chen
   • Chun Cheng Xu

   Scientific Review 29 January 2020 Pages: 1412 - 1424

   

10. Single-Port Laparoscopic Repair of Perforated Duodenal Ulcers

    • Tri Huu Nguyen
    • Thanh Nhu Dang
    • Thomas Schnelldorfer

    Original Scientific Report 02 January 2020 Pages: 1425 - 1430

    

11. A Low-Cost Synthetic Abdominal Wall Model (“Raj Model”) for the Training of Laparoscopic Port Insertion

    • Mithun Kailavasan
    • Christopher Berridge
    • Basavaraj Gowda

    Innovative Surgical Techniques Around the World 02 January 2020 Pages: 1431 - 1435

    

12. Evolving Indications for Lower Limb Amputations in South Africa Offer Opportunities for Health System Improvement

    • Muhammad Zafar Khan
    • Michelle TD Smith
    • Damian L Clarke

    Scientific Review 02 January 2020 Pages: 1436 - 1443

    

13. Predicting Intestinal Ischaemia in Patients with Adhesive Small Bowel Obstruction: A Simple Score

    • Mahdi Bouassida
    • Ghazi Laamiri
    • Hassen Touinsi

    Original Scientific Report 10 January 2020 Pages: 1444 - 1449

    

14. Improvement in Hyperglycemia Prevents Surgical Site Infection Irrespective of Insulin Therapy in Non-diabetic Patients Undergoing Gastrointestinal Surgery

    • Ayami Yoneda
    • Yoshio Takesue
    • Naohiro Tomita

    Original Scientific Report Open access 23 January 2020 Pages: 1450 - 1458

    

15. Appropriate Source Control and Antifungal Therapy are Associated with Improved Survival in Critically Ill Surgical Patients with Intra-abdominal Candidiasis

    • Ting Yan
    • Shuang-Ling Li
    • Dong-Xin Wang

    Original Scientific Report Open access 21 January 2020 Pages: 1459 - 1469

    

16. Injury Pattern and Injury Severity of In-Hospital Deceased Road Traffic Accident Victims in The Netherlands: Dutch Road Traffic Accidents Fatalities

    • Henry A. Leijdesdorff
    • Stijn Gillissen
    • Pieta Krijnen

    Original Scientific Report 02 January 2020 Pages: 1470 - 1477

17. Rural Trauma Team Development Course Instills Confidence in Critical Access Hospitals

    • Zachary M. Bauman
    • John Loftus
    • Lisa L. Schlitzkus

    Original Scientific Report 01 January 2020 Pages: 1478 - 1484

18. Predicting the Outcome of Non-operative Management of Splenic Trauma in South Africa

    • Matthew C. Hernandez
    • Michael D. Traynor
    • Damian L. Clarke

    Surgery in Low and Middle Income Countries 13 January 2020 Pages: 1485 - 1491

19. Mild and Moderate Traumatic Brain Injury and Gender-Based Critical Care Outcomes

    • Adel Elkbuli
    • Zachary Smith
    • Dessy Boneva

    Original Scientific Report 21 January 2020 Pages: 1492 - 1497

20. Risk Factors for and Prediction Model of Skip Metastasis to Lateral Lymph Nodes in Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma

    • Daixing Hu
    • Huapeng Lin
    • Xinliang Su

    Original Scientific Report 20 December 2019 Pages: 1498 - 1505

    

21. The Association Between Chronic Lymphocytic Thyroiditis and the Progress of Papillary Thyroid Cancer

    • Inhwa Lee
    • Hyeung Kyoo Kim
    • Jeonghun Lee

    Original Scientific Report 08 January 2020 Pages: 1506 - 1513

    

22. Foley Balloon Facilitates Creation of Working Space in Transoral Thyroidectomy

    • Tsung-Jung Liang
    • Chung-Yu Tsai
    • I-Shu Chen

    Innovative Surgical Techniques Around the World 02 January 2020 Pages: 1514 - 1517

    

23. Single Gland, Ectopic Location: Adenomas are Common Causes of Primary Hyperparathyroidism in Children and Adolescents

    • Robert D. Rampp
    • Edna E. Mancilla
    • Heather Wachtel

    Original Scientific Report 03 January 2020 Pages: 1518 - 1525

    

24. The Efficacy of Prophylactic Negative Pressure Wound Therapy for Closed Incisions in Breast Surgery: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

    • David Cagney
    • Lydia Simmons
    • Henry Paul Redmond

    Scientific Review 03 January 2020 Pages: 1526 - 1537

    

25. Gynaecomastia in the Durban Breast Unit: A Comparison of HIV- and Non-HIV-Infected Individuals

    • Safeeya Osman
    • E. Mansoor
    • I. Buccimazza

    Original Scientific Report 02 January 2020 Pages: 1538 - 1546

    

26. The Impact of Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy on Margin Re-excision in Breast-Conserving Surgery

    • Liam A Devane
    • Chwanrow K Baban
    • Ruth S Prichard

    Original Scientific Report 30 January 2020 Pages: 1547 - 1551

    

27. Fibroepithelial Lesions (FELs) of the Breast: Is Routine Excision Always Necessary?

    • Jessica Limberg
    • Kelly Barker
    • Jennifer L. Marti

    Original Scientific Report 23 January 2020 Pages: 1552 - 1558

    

28. Decreases in the Psoas Muscle Index Correlate More Strongly with Survival than Other Prognostic Markers in Esophageal Cancer After Neoadjuvant Chemoradiotherapy Plus Esophagectomy

    • Yuta Kawakita
    • Satoru Motoyama
    • Yoshihiro Minamiya

    Original Scientific Report 06 January 2020 Pages: 1559 - 1568

    

29. Prediction of Postoperative Mortality in Patients with Organ Failure After Gastric Cancer Surgery

    • Ji-Ho Park
    • Hyuk-Joon Lee
    • Han-Kwang Yang

    Original Scientific Report 28 January 2020 Pages: 1569 - 1577

    

30. Bile Leak Reduction with Laparoscopic Versus Open Liver Resection: A Multi-institutional Propensity Score-Adjusted Multivariable Regression Analysis

    • Alison A. Smith
    • Dominique J. Monlezun
    • Joseph F. Buell

    Original Scientific Report 02 January 2020 Pages: 1578 - 1585

    

31. One-Step Multichannel Percutaneous Transhepatic Cholangioscopic Lithotripsy Applied in Bilateral Hepatolithiasis

    • Haisu Tao
    • Ping Wang
    • Canhua Zhu

    Original Scientific Report 28 January 2020 Pages: 1586 - 1594

    

32. Microwave Thermoablation of Colorectal Liver Metastases Close to Large Hepatic Vessels Under Pringle Maneuver Minimizes the “Heat Sink Effect”

    • R. Rhaiem
    • R. Kianmanesh
    • T. Piardi

    Original Scientific Report 21 January 2020 Pages: 1595 - 1603

    

33. A Real-World, Population-Based Analysis of the Outcomes of Colorectal Cancer Patients with Isolated Synchronous Liver or Lung Metastases Treated with Metastasectomy

    • Hani Oweira
    • Arianeb Mehrabi
    • Omar Abdel-Rahman

    Original Scientific Report 03 January 2020 Pages: 1604 - 1611

    

34. Risk Factors for Prolonged Postoperative Ileus in Colorectal Surgery: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

    • Andrea Carolina Quiroga-Centeno
    • Kihara Alejandra Jerez-Torra
    • Sergio Alejandro Gómez-Ochoa

    Scientific Review 07 January 2020 Pages: 1612 - 1626

    

35. Incidence of Incisional Hernia Repair After Laparoscopic Compared to Open Resection of Colonic Cancer: A Nationwide Analysis of 17,717 Patients

    • Kristian Kiim Jensen
    • Andreas Nordholm-Carstensen
    • Lars Nannestad Jorgensen

    Original Scientific Report 10 January 2020 Pages: 1627 - 1636

    

36. The Effect of Immunosuppression on Emergency Colectomy Outcomes: A Nationwide Retrospective Analysis

    • Majed W. El Hechi
    • Jae Moo Lee
    • April E. Mendoza

    Original Scientific Report 10 January 2020 Pages: 1637 - 1647

    

37. Impact of Modified Frozen Elephant Trunk Procedure on Downstream Aorta Remodeling in Acute Aortic Dissection: CT Scan Follow-Up

    • Luca Koechlin
    • Josefin Kaufmann
    • Denis A. Berdajs

    Original Scientific Report 13 January 2020 Pages: 1648 - 1657

    

38. Risk Factors for Occult Lymph Node Metastasis in Peripheral Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer with Invasive Component Size 3 cm or Less

    • Youngkyu Moon
    • Si Young Choi
    • Kyo Young Lee

    Original Scientific Report 07 January 2020 Pages: 1658 - 1665

    

39. Emergency Surgery for Blunt Cardiac Injury: Experience in 43 Cases

    • Jin-Mou Gao
    • Ding-Yuan Du
    • Chao-Pu Liu

    Original Scientific Report 08 January 2020 Pages: 1666 - 1672

    

40. The Role of Ultrasound for Detecting Occult Penetrating Cardiac Wounds in Hemodynamically Stable Patients

    • Adolfo Gonzalez-Hadad
    • Alberto F. García
    • Ramiro Manzano-Nunez

    Surgery in Low and Middle Income Countries 13 January 2020 Pages: 1673 - 1680

    

41. Correction to: Prognostic Assessment of Non-functioning Neuroendocrine Pancreatic Neoplasms as a Basis for Risk-Adapted Resection Strategies

    • F. M. Watzka
    • F. Meyer
    • T. J. Musholt

    Correction 12 February 2020 Pages: 1681 - 1681

42. Letter to the Editor: Factors Influencing a Medical Student’s Decision to Pursue Surgery as a Career

    • Ahmed Soualhi
    • Masud Awil
    • Furhan Mukhtar

    Letter to the Editor 02 January 2020 Pages: 1682 - 1682

43. Letter to the Editor: Primary Aldosteronism: Does Underlying Pathology Impact Clinical Presentation and Outcomes Following Unilateral Adrenalectomy?

    • Abhishek Arora
    • Chandan Jha
    • Prashant Singh

    Letter to the Editor 03 January 2020 Pages: 1683 - 1684

44. Author’s Reply: Primary Aldosteronism: Does Underlying Pathology Impact Clinical Presentation and Outcomes Following Unilateral Adrenalectomy?

    • Omair A. Shariq
    • Travis J. McKenzie

    Reply, Letter to the Editor 27 February 2020 Pages: 1685 - 1686

45. Letter to the Editor: Single Dose Steroid Injection After Loss of Signal (LOS) During Thyroid Surgery is Effective to Recover Electric Signal Avoiding Vocal Cord Palsy and the Need of Staged Thyroidectomy: Prospective Evaluation on 702 Patients

    • Nurcihan Aygun
    • Mehmet Uludag

    Letter to the Editor 28 February 2020 Pages: 1687 - 1688

46. Author’s Reply: Single Dose Steroid Injection After Loss of Signal (LOS) During Thyroid Surgery is Effective to Recover Electric Signal Avoiding Vocal Cord Palsy and the Need of Staged Thyroidectomy: Prospective Evaluation on 702 Patients

    • Gianluca Donatini
    • Jerome Danion
    • Jean Louis Kraimps

    Reply, Letter to the Editor 10 March 2020 Pages: 1689 - 1690

47. Letter to the Editor: Relevance of Level IIb Neck Dissection in Patients with Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinomas

    • Abhinav Thaduri
    • Achyuth Panuganti
    • Pankaj Kumar Garg

    Letter to the Editor 27 February 2020 Pages: 1691 - 1692

48. Authors’ Reply: Relevance of Level IIb Neck Dissection in Patients with Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinomas

    • Seiji Hosokawa
    • Daiki Mochizuki
    • Hiroyuki Mineta

    Reply, Letter to the Editor 02 March 2020 Pages: 1693 - 1693