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    World Journal of Surgery: Volume 48, Issue 11

    2557-2792
    November 2024
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ISSUE INFORMATION

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Issue Information

  • Pages: 2557-2562
  • First Published: 13 November 2024

BREAST SURGERY

The impact of topical tranexamic acid on drain duration and seroma volume in axillary lymph node dissection for breast cancer: A randomized controlled trial

Akhil Goud Pachimatla,  Santosh Irrinki,  Siddhant Khare,  Nirmal Raj,  Gurpreet Singh,  Ishita Laroiya, 
  • Pages: 2563-2570
  • First Published: 08 October 2024
Key points

  • We evaluated the use of single and multiple doses of topical tranexamic acid for reducing drain volume and duration.

  • We noticed no significant effects.

  • There were no increased complications or drug side effects noticed.

CARDIOTHORACIC SURGERY

Cost-effectiveness analysis of valvular surgery in high- and low- to middle-income countries: A scoping review

Vongai Mlambo,  Kelly Hyles,  Songnan Wang,  Yihan Lin, 
  • Pages: 2571-2585
  • First Published: 20 October 2024

COLORECTAL SURGERY

Single-stapled colorectal anastomotic techniques: Do not cross the line

Paul Cavallaro,  Stefan D. Holubar, 
  • Pages: 2586-2591
  • First Published: 30 September 2024

GENERAL SURGERY

Impact of patient's sex on groin hernia repair: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Carlos André Balthazar da Silveira,  Sergio Mazzola Poli de Figueiredo,  Ana Caroline Dias Rasador,  Yasmin Meirelles Dias,  Rafael Ribeiro Hernandez Martin,  Miguel Godeiro Fernandez,  Shirin Towfigh, 
  • Pages: 2592-2603
  • First Published: 20 September 2024

Shouldice versus Lichtenstein inguinal hernia repair: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Bernardo Fontel Pompeu,  Eric Pasqualotto,  Patrícia Marcolin,  Lucas Monteiro Delgado,  Beatriz D’Andrea Pigossi,  Luís Fernando Paes Leme,  Megan Melland-Smith,  Sergio Mazzola Poli de Figueiredo, 
  • Pages: 2604-2614
  • First Published: 17 September 2024

Desarda versus Lichtenstein inguinal hernia repair: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Bernardo Fontel Pompeu,  Eric Pasqualotto,  Patrícia Marcolin,  Lucas Monteiro Delgado,  Ana Gabriela Ponte Farias,  Beatriz D’Andrea Pigossi,  Lucas Soares de Souza Pinto Guedes,  Sergio Mazzola Poli de Figueiredo, 
  • Pages: 2615-2628
  • First Published: 29 September 2024

Irrigation with fibrinolytic agents versus saline for percutaneous drainage of abdominal abscesses: A meta-analysis with trial sequential analysis of randomized trials

Augusto Graziani e Sousa,  Amanda Godoi,  Cynthia Florêncio de Mesquita,  Enrico Prajiante Bertolino,  Stalin Isaias Canizares Quisiguina,  Sergio Mazzola Poli de Figueiredo, 
  • Pages: 2629-2636
  • First Published: 19 October 2024

Toward Environmentally sustainable surgery: Waste recycling in general surgery operating room. Preliminary cognitive audit

Lucia Romano,  Antonio Giuliani,  Mario Muselli,  Ettore Lupi,  Enzo Iacomino,  Paola De Nardi,  Fabio Vistoli, 
  • Pages: 2637-2643
  • First Published: 29 May 2024

INVITED COMMENTARY

The sustainability audit: Performative or transformative, the choice is ours

Robert K. Goldman,  Kathryn Goldman, 
  • Pages: 2644-2645
  • First Published: 22 September 2024

GENERAL SURGERY

Priority areas for outcomes improvement among older adults undergoing inpatient general surgery inclusive of geriatric-pertinent complications

Hadiza S. Kazaure,  Kimberly S. Johnson,  Ronnie Rosenthal,  Sandhya Lagoo-Deenadayalan, 
  • Pages: 2646-2657
  • First Published: 27 September 2024

Predictors of appendicectomy one year after antibiotic treatment for acute appendicitis: Insights from a prospective, multicentre, observational study

Hannah Javanmard-Emamghissi,  Brett Doleman,  Jonathan N. Lund,  Marianne Hollyman,  Susan J. Moug,  Gillian M. Tierney, on behalf of The COVID: HAREM (Had Appendicitis and Resolved/Recurred Emergency Morbidity/Mortality) Collaborative Group , 
  • Pages: 2658-2668
  • First Published: 26 September 2024
Open Access

Clinical and computed tomography outcomes after mesh-enforced hiatoplasty and anterior hemi-fundoplication in large hiatal hernia repair

Julian Süsstrunk,  Daniel Stimpfle,  Alexander Wilhelm,  Enea Marco Ghielmini,  Silke Potthast,  Urs Zingg, 
  • Pages: 2669-2677
  • First Published: 20 September 2024

Unveiling patterns in pediatric appendectomy: A comparative study on healthcare resource capacity and surgical decisions in Brazil

Paulo Henrique Moreira Melo,  Luiza Telles,  Ayla Gerk Rangel,  Enzzo Barrozo Marrazzo,  Madeleine Carroll,  Roseanne Ferreira,  David P. Mooney,  Gabriel Schnitman, 
  • Pages: 2678-2685
  • First Published: 22 October 2024

EDUCATION, TRAINING, AND WORKFORCE

Surgical training trends in the Americas: A cross-continental assessment of minimally invasive surgery and open surgery among surgical trainees

Benjamin P. Cassidy,  C. Sierra Stingl,  Napoleón Méndez,  Gustavo M. Machain,  Felipe Vega-Rivera,  Marcelo A. F. Ribeiro Jr.,  Hernan Sacoto,  Pablo Ottolino,  Susan K. Beitia,  Martha Quiodettis,  Edgar B. Rodas,  Mike M. Mallah, 
  • Pages: 2686-2696
  • First Published: 19 October 2024

ENDOCRINE SURGERY

Track recurrence after remote-access thyroid surgeries: A systematic review

Moon Young Oh,  Young Jun Chai, 
  • Pages: 2697-2707
  • First Published: 29 September 2024

HUMANITARIAN, CONFLICT, GLOBAL SURGERY

Open Access

The role of indigenous healers in treating surgical conditions in the rural Eastern Cape of South Africa

Neha Sangana,  Paolo Rodi,  Ntombekhaya Tshabalala,  Ethan Bell,  Patheka Mhlatyelwa,  Andrew Miller,  Gubela Mji,  Kathryn Chu, 
  • Pages: 2708-2715
  • First Published: 15 October 2024

Enhancing trauma care in Ukraine amid conflict: A successful implementation of the modified advanced trauma life support course in an active war zone

Ali Dzhemiliev,  Beck Lienau,  Nelya Melnitchouk,  Alexis Schmid,  Gideon Loevinsohn,  Oleksii Lopatniuk,  Noah Carton-Rossen,  Meaghan Sydlowski,  Anton Darnytskyi,  Kathleen Murray,  Olha Kushner,  Jonathan Strong,  Lindsey Martin,  Javed Ali,  John Roberts,  David Mooney,  Beth Hochman,  Mike Owens,  Feroze Sidhwa,  Ivan Rudas,  Vladyslav Hvozd,  Susanna Aksenkova,  Oleg V. Mazurenko,  Kyrylo Kliukach,  Sean M. Kivlehan,  Geoffrey A. Anderson, 
  • Pages: 2716-2727
  • First Published: 07 October 2024

Telesurgery for humanitarian care—Highlighting its potential for improving healthcare in conflict zones

Laila Rahmah,  Ardalan Shariat, 
  • Pages: 2728-2730
  • First Published: 06 August 2024

Reducing harm associated with prehospital tourniquet application in resource-limited settings

Hannah Wild,  Zakaria A. A. Zeba,  Yves Aziz Nacanabo,  Serhii V. Tertyshnyi,  Moumini Niaone,  Eileen Bulger,  Charles Mock,  Henrik Hedelin, 
  • Pages: 2731-2735
  • First Published: 17 October 2024

SURGICAL ONCOLOGY

Optimal results through enhanced recovery: Achieving textbook outcomes with high compliance in elective liver surgery

Juliette Gosse,  Pascale Mariani,  Eddy Cotte,  Guillaume Passot,  Adeline Germain,  Olivier Detry,  Abdourahamane Kaba,  Aurélien Dupre,  Toufik Bouhadiba,  Ahmet Ayav,  Gabriel Thierry,  Prisca Combari.-Ancellin,  Aziz Atallah,  Daniele Sommacale,  Giuliana Amaddeo,  Karem Slim,  Raffaele Brustia, 
  • Pages: 2736-2748
  • First Published: 10 October 2024

Clinical significance of the CALLY index in patients with gastric cancer undergoing gastrectomy

Katsunobu Sakurai,  Naoshi Kubo,  Tsuyoshi Hasegawa,  Junya Nishimura,  Yasuhito Iseki,  Takafumi Nishii,  Toru Inoue,  Masakazu Yashiro,  Yukio Nishiguchi,  Kiyoshi Maeda, 
  • Pages: 2749-2759
  • First Published: 30 September 2024
Open Access

Preoperative identification of early extrahepatic recurrence after hepatectomy for colorectal liver metastases: A machine learning approach

Jun Kawashima,  Yutaka Endo,  Selamawit Woldesenbet,  Odysseas P. Chatzipanagiotou,  Diamantis I. Tsilimigras,  Giovanni Catalano,  Muhammad Muntazir Mehdi Khan,  Zayed Rashid,  Mujtaba Khalil,  Abdullah Altaf,  Muhammad Musaab Munir,  Alfredo Guglielmi,  Andrea Ruzzenente,  Luca Aldrighetti,  Sorin Alexandrescu,  Minoru Kitago,  George Poultsides,  Kazunari Sasaki,  Federico Aucejo,  Itaru Endo,  Timothy M. Pawlik, 
  • Pages: 2760-2771
  • First Published: 19 October 2024

TRAUMA

Open Access

Preventability of injury-related morbidity & mortality at four hospitals in Cameroon: A systematic approach to trauma quality improvement

Dennis J. Zheng,  Lidwine Nsen Mbuh,  Rasheedat Oke,  Signe Mary Magdalene Tanjong,  Melissa Carvalho,  Banaken Louis Herman,  Débora Guidam,  Ndiformuche Zikirou Mbengawoh,  René Nlong Mang,  Fanny Nadia Dissak-Delon,  S. Ariane Christie,  Alain Chichom-Mefire,  Catherine Juillard, 
  • Pages: 2772-2780
  • First Published: 02 August 2024

INVITED COMMENTARY

Global partnerships for quality improvement: A step toward a better future for trauma care in low- and middle-income countries

David N. Naumann, 
  • Pages: 2781-2782
  • First Published: 23 September 2024

TRAUMA SURGERY

Open Access

The influence of socioeconomic status on management and outcomes in major trauma: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Amanda Koh,  Alfred Adiamah,  Georgia Melia,  Lauren Blackburn,  Adam Brooks, 
  • Pages: 2783-2792
  • First Published: 09 October 2024