Showing papers in "International Journal of Surgery in 2016"

TL;DR: The SCARE Guideline is presented, consisting of a 14-item checklist that will improve the reporting quality of surgical case reports, and was approved by the participants.

TL;DR: The PROCESS Guideline, consisting of an eight item checklist that will improve the reporting quality of surgical case series is presented and authors, reviewers, editors, journals, publishers and the wider surgical and scholarly community are encouraged to adopt these.

TL;DR: The use of Proficiency-based VR training, under supervision with prompt instructions and feedback, and the use of haptic feedback, has proven to be the most effective way of delivering the virtual reality training.

TL;DR: The relationship between factors and inflammatory pathways that characterize hepatic IRI, MMPs and current pharmacological approaches to this disease are explored.

TL;DR: The existing evidence indicate that no superiority exists between the two surgical approaches for the treatment of LDH in terms of functional outcome, complication rate and reoperation rate, in spite of that PELD surgical group can achieve shorter operation time and hospital stay than OLM surgical group.

TL;DR: Investigating patients' perception of neck scar cosmesis, its impact on quality of life (QoL) and evaluating patient preference with regards to scar location indicates the need to divert research from miniaturising neck scars to concealing them in extracervical sites.

TL;DR: Pre-operative and postoperative stoma education in an enhanced recovery programme is associated with a significantly shorter hospital stay without any difference in re-admission rate or early stoma-related complications.

TL;DR: Full implementation of the ERAS protocol significantly improves short term outcomes both in comparison to the high- and low-compliant groups.

TL;DR: Post-operative malnutrition is extremely rare after restrictive surgery (ring, sleeve gastrectomy) although may occur after malabsorbative surgery (bypass, biliary pancreatic shunt) and is due to the restriction and change in absorption.

TL;DR: Laroscopic transperitoneal adrenalectomy is up to now a safe and standardized procedure with a shorter learning curve and a similar low morbidity rate, even for tumors larger than 6 cm, Nevertheless, further studies are needed to objectively evaluate these techniques.

TL;DR: PCNL has emerged as most efficient procedure among these approaches to stone removal, though not devoid of complications and requirement for skills, and the drive for minimal invasive approach should not compromise stone clearance.

TL;DR: Overall, CEA did not effectively detect treatable recurrences at an early stage, and a clinically relevant effect on patient mortality remains to be proven.

TL;DR: With the reported incidence of GBP malignancy at just 0.57%, a management approach based on risk assessment, clear surveillance planning, and multi disciplinary team (MDT) discussion should be adopted.

TL;DR: The objective of this research is to conduct a Delphi consensus exercise amongst experienced case report reviewers and editors to develop the Surgical CAse REport (SCARE) Guidelines.

TL;DR: This meta-analysis revealed no significant differences between mechanical and hand-sewn anastomosis except for greater incidence rates of postoperative bleeding and wound infection with the use of circular staplers.

TL;DR: A systematic review of the literature and evidence on outcomes after treatment for acute diverticulitis with abscess formation concluded that acute surgery should be reserved for critically ill patients failing non-operative treatment.

TL;DR: The objective of this review is to summarize the current state of the art of the management of NP and to clarify some aspects about its diagnosis and treatment.

TL;DR: Both surgery related and non-surgery related risk factors that can be modified must be identified to improve colorectal care.

TL;DR: Preoperative ALP, GGT and LDH could predict prognosis in HBV-related HCC patients who received curative liver resection, even in cirrhosis subgroup.

TL;DR: SASI bypass is a promising operation that offers excellent weight loss and diabetic resolution and is a therapeutic option for obese T2DM patients.

TL;DR: Thromboelastography (TEG) or Rotational Thromboelsastometry (ROTEM) are two viscoelastic analyzers capable of providing Viscoelastic testing.

TL;DR: The data studying the role of Oxalobacter formigenes in kidney stone disease in humans and animals, the effect of antibiotics on its colonization, and the potential role of probiotics and whole microbial communities as therapeutic interventions are examined.

TL;DR: Thyroid malignancy in Graves' disease requiring surgical treatment should be considered as likely as in other hyperthyroid diseases needing surgical treatment, and Clinicians should consider screening selected patients with Graves' Disease for nodules whilst being aware of potentially over-diagnosing papillary micro-carcinoma.

TL;DR: It is suggested that the relative changes in the serum levels of calcium and phosphorus on the second postoperative day may be reliable predictors of post-thyroidectomy hypoparathyroidism.

TL;DR: Several predictive factors for CLNM could be considered in preoperative clinical decision regarding the necessity of prophylactic central lymph node dissection in cN0 PTC patients.

TL;DR: The analysis of best available evidence mainly from heterogeneous observational studies has demonstrated that laparoscopic evaluation of haemodynamically stable patients with PAT may be safe and can reduce post-operative complications and length of hospital stay.

TL;DR: Staple line reinforcement using buttressing or roofing materials could reduce staple line hemorrhage and overall complications in laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy and it took longer operative time.

TL;DR: Laroscopic surgery is comparable with open surgery in the setting of repair for perforated peptic ulcer disease and has the obvious advantages of the lower surgical site infection rate, shorter nasogastric tube duration and less postoperative pain.

TL;DR: Implementing a policy mandating the submission of a completed reporting guideline checklist for observational studies, RCTs and systematic reviews can increase compliance and is advocated for other journals and for other study types.

TL;DR: Multi-disciplinary specialist-led interventions in the preoperative phase could decrease incidence and severity of delirium and should be focused on identified high-risk patients.