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Volume 10;  2010
Case Report
Cystic colon duplication causing intussusception in a 25-year-old man: report of a case and review of the literature
Carolin Reiser-Erkan, Mert Erkan, Erika Ulbrich, Jörg Nährig, and Jörg Kleeff
BMC Surg. 2010; 10: 19. Published online 2010 June 23. doi: 10.1186/1471-2482-10-19.
PMCID: PMC2909170
Case report
Benign Ancient Schwannoma of the abdominal wall: An unwanted birthday present
Ravi K Bhatia, Ayan Banerjea, Manisha Ram, and Bryony E Lovett
BMC Surg. 2010; 10: 1. Published online 2010 January 6. doi: 10.1186/1471-2482-10-1.
PMCID: PMC2820463
Acute paranoid psychosis as sole clinical presentation of hepatic artery thrombosis after living donor liver transplantation
Armin D Goralczyk, Volker Meier, Giuliano Ramadori, Aiman Obed, and Thomas Lorf
BMC Surg. 2010; 10: 7. Published online 2010 February 22. doi: 10.1186/1471-2482-10-7.
PMCID: PMC2836309
Primary tubercular caecal perforation: a rare clinical entity
Devendra K Jain, Gaurav Aggarwal, Parvinder S Lubana, Sonia Moses, and Nitin Joshi
BMC Surg. 2010; 10: 12. Published online 2010 March 31. doi: 10.1186/1471-2482-10-12.
PMCID: PMC2855525
Research articles
Indications and outcome of pediatric tracheostomy: results from a Nigerian tertiary hospital
Adeyi A Adoga and Nuhu D Ma'an
BMC Surg. 2010; 10: 2. Published online 2010 January 12. doi: 10.1186/1471-2482-10-2.
PMCID: PMC2824666
Use of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors and risk of re-operation due to post-surgical bleeding in breast cancer patients: a Danish population-based cohort study
Rune Gärtner, Deirdre Cronin-Fenton, Heidi H Hundborg, Lars Pedersen, Timothy L Lash, Henrik Toft Sørensen, and Niels Kroman
BMC Surg. 2010; 10: 3. Published online 2010 January 24. doi: 10.1186/1471-2482-10-3.
PMCID: PMC2823600
Potential hospital cost-savings attributed to improvements in outcomes for colorectal cancer surgery following self-audit
Louisa G Gordon and Andreas Obermair
BMC Surg. 2010; 10: 4. Published online 2010 January 27. doi: 10.1186/1471-2482-10-4.
PMCID: PMC2835671
Experimental investigation of the elasticity of the human diaphragm
Gerhard Steinau, Christian Hohl, Andreas Prescher, Daniel Kaemmer, and Gabriele Böhm
BMC Surg. 2010; 10: 5. Published online 2010 January 30. doi: 10.1186/1471-2482-10-5.
PMCID: PMC2835672
Emergency open cholecystectomy is associated with markedly lower incidence of postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) than elective open cholecystectomy: a retrospective cohort study
Jeffrey M East and Derek IG Mitchell
BMC Surg. 2010; 10: 6. Published online 2010 February 12. doi: 10.1186/1471-2482-10-6.
PMCID: PMC2838816
Moderately differentiated colorectal adenocarcinoma as a lymph node metastatic phenotype: comparison with well differentiated counterparts
Shozo Yokoyama, Katsunari Takifuji, Tsukasa Hotta, Kenji Matsuda, Toshiji Tominaga, Yoshimasa Oku, Toru Nasu, Koichi Tamura, Junji Ieda, and Hiroki Yamaue
BMC Surg. 2010; 10: 8. Published online 2010 March 8. doi: 10.1186/1471-2482-10-8.
PMCID: PMC2837857
Functional outcome after perineal stapled prolapse resection for external rectal prolapse
Franc H Hetzer, Amir H Roushan, Katja Wolf, Ulrich Beutner, Jan Borovicka, Jochen Lange, and Lukas Marti
BMC Surg. 2010; 10: 9. Published online 2010 March 8. doi: 10.1186/1471-2482-10-9.
PMCID: PMC2843648
Anterior cervical discectomy with fusion in patients with cervical disc degeneration: a prospective outcome study of 258 patients (181 fused with autologous bone graft and 77 fused with a PEEK cage)
Bjarne Lied, Paal Andre Roenning, Jarle Sundseth, and Eirik Helseth
BMC Surg. 2010; 10: 10. Published online 2010 March 21. doi: 10.1186/1471-2482-10-10.
PMCID: PMC2853514
Predictive model of biliocystic communication in liver hydatid cysts using classification and regression tree analysis
Hadj Omar El Malki, Yasser El Mejdoubi, Amine Souadka, Raouf Mohsine, Lahcen Ifrine, Redouane Abouqal, and Abdelkader Belkouchi
BMC Surg. 2010; 10: 16. Published online 2010 April 16. doi: 10.1186/1471-2482-10-16.
PMCID: PMC2867769
Predicting survival after pulmonary metastasectomy for colorectal cancer: previous liver metastases matter
Ulrich Landes, John Robert, Thomas Perneger, Gilles Mentha, Vincent Ott, Philippe Morel, and Pascal Gervaz
BMC Surg. 2010; 10: 17. Published online 2010 June 3. doi: 10.1186/1471-2482-10-17.
PMCID: PMC2887792
Study protocol
Hand-assisted retroperitoneoscopic versus standard laparoscopic donor nephrectomy: HARP-trial
Leonienke FC Dols, Niels FM Kok, Turkan Terkivatan, TC Khe Tran, Frank CH d'Ancona, Johan F Langenhuijsen, Ingrid RAM zur borg, Ian PJ Alwayn, Mark P Hendriks, Ine M Dooper, Willem Weimar, and Jan NM IJzermans
BMC Surg. 2010; 10: 11. Published online 2010 March 25. doi: 10.1186/1471-2482-10-11.
PMCID: PMC2856541
A prospective, randomized, double-blinded single-site control study comparing blood loss prevention of tranexamic acid (TXA) to epsilon aminocaproic acid (EACA) for corrective spinal surgery
Kushagra Verma, Thomas J Errico, Kenneth M Vaz, and Baron S Lonner
BMC Surg. 2010; 10: 13. Published online 2010 April 6. doi: 10.1186/1471-2482-10-13.
PMCID: PMC2858129
Clinical study to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of the Aesculap Activ-L™ artificial disc in the treatment of degenerative disc disease
James J Yue and Fred F Mo
BMC Surg. 2010; 10: 14. Published online 2010 April 9. doi: 10.1186/1471-2482-10-14.
PMCID: PMC2858130
A therapeutic exploratory study to determine the efficacy and safety of calcineurin-inhibitor-free de-novo immunosuppression after liver transplantation: CILT
Armin D Goralczyk, Andreas Schnitzbauer, Tung Y Tsui, Giuliano Ramadori, Thomas Lorf, and Aiman Obed
BMC Surg. 2010; 10: 15. Published online 2010 April 9. doi: 10.1186/1471-2482-10-15.
PMCID: PMC2858131
A prospective cohort study to investigate cost-minimisation, of Traditional open, open fAst track recovery and laParoscopic fASt track multimodal management, for surgical patients with colon carcinomas (TAPAS study)
Jurrian C Reurings, Willem R Spanjersberg, Henk JM Oostvogel, Erik Buskens, John Maring, Flip Kruijt, Camiel Rosman, Peter van Duivendijk, Cees HC Dejong, and Cees JHM van Laarhoven
BMC Surg. 2010; 10: 18. Published online 2010 June 14. doi: 10.1186/1471-2482-10-18.
PMCID: PMC2901198
Research Article
Ten-year audit of Lichtenstein hernioplasty under local anaesthesia performed by surgical residents
Hannu Paajanen and Riitta Varjo
BMC Surg. 2010; 10: 24. Published online 2010 August 4. doi: 10.1186/1471-2482-10-24.
PMCID: PMC2921348
Study Protocol
A prospective, randomised, controlled, double-blind phase I-II clinical trial on the safety of A-Part® Gel as adhesion prophylaxis after major abdominal surgery versus non-treated group
Reinhold Lang, Petra Baumann, Karl-Walter Jauch, Claudia Schmoor, Christine Weis, Erich Odermatt, and Hanns-Peter Knaebel
BMC Surg. 2010; 10: 20. Published online 2010 July 6. doi: 10.1186/1471-2482-10-20.
PMCID: PMC2912830
A randomised, multi-centre, prospective, double blind pilot-study to evaluate safety and efficacy of the non-absorbable Optilene® Mesh Elastic versus the partly absorbable Ultrapro® Mesh for incisional hernia repair
Christoph Seiler, Petra Baumann, Peter Kienle, Andreas Kuthe, Jens Kuhlgatz, Rainer Engemann, Moritz v Frankenberg, and Hanns-Peter Knaebel
BMC Surg. 2010; 10: 21. Published online 2010 July 12. doi: 10.1186/1471-2482-10-21.
PMCID: PMC2913910
Decompressive laparotomy with temporary abdominal closure versus percutaneous puncture with placement of abdominal catheter in patients with abdominal compartment syndrome during acute pancreatitis: background and design of multicenter, randomised, controlled study
Dejan V Radenkovic, Djordje Bajec, Nenad Ivancevic, Vesna Bumbasirevic, Natasa Milic, Vasilije Jeremic, Pavle Gregoric, Aleksanadar Karamarkovic, Borivoje Karadzic, Darko Mirkovic, Dragoljub Bilanovic, Radoslav Scepanovic, and Vladimir Cijan
BMC Surg. 2010; 10: 22. Published online 2010 July 12. doi: 10.1186/1471-2482-10-22.
PMCID: PMC2913911
A multicenter randomized clinical trial investigating the cost-effectiveness of treatment strategies with or without antibiotics for uncomplicated acute diverticulitis (DIABOLO trial)
Çağdaş Ünlü, Niels de Korte, Lidewine Daniels, Esther CJ Consten, Miguel A Cuesta, Michael F Gerhards, Anna AW van Geloven, Edwin S van der Zaag, Joost AB van der Hoeven, Rutger Klicks, Huib A Cense, Rudi MH Roumen, Quirijn AJ Eijsbouts, Johan F Lange, Paul Fockens, Corianne AJM de Borgie, Wilem A Bemelman, Johannes B Reitsma, Hein BAC Stockmann, Bart C Vrouenraets, and Marja A Boermeester
BMC Surg. 2010; 10: 23. Published online 2010 July 20. doi: 10.1186/1471-2482-10-23.
PMCID: PMC2919453
DIRECT trial. Diverticulitis recurrences or continuing symptoms: Operative versus conservative Treatment. A MULTICENTER RANDOMISED CLINICAL TRIAL
Bryan JM van de Wall, Werner A Draaisma, Esther CJ Consten, Yolanda van der Graaf, Marten H Otten, G Ardine de Wit, Henk F van Stel, Michael F Gerhards, Marinus J Wiezer, Huib A Cense, Hein BAC Stockmann, Jeroen WA Leijtens, David DE Zimmerman, Eric Belgers, Bart A van Wagensveld, Eric DJA Sonneveld, Hubert A Prins, Peter PLO Coene, Tom M Karsten, Joost M Klaase, Markwin G Statius Muller, Rogier MPH Crolla, and Ivo AMJ Broeders
BMC Surg. 2010; 10: 25. Published online 2010 August 6. doi: 10.1186/1471-2482-10-25.
PMCID: PMC2928179
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