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  1. Spinal-pelvic sagittal balance is important for maintaining energy-efficient posture in normal and diseased states.Few reports to date have evaluated the effect of spinal-pelvic sagittal balance on clinical ou...

    Authors: Li-xian Tan, Xiao-kang Du, Run-min Tang, Li-min Rong and Liang-ming Zhang
    Citation: BMC Surgery 2023 23:334
  2. Preoperative management of Hirschsprung’s disease (HD) is currently being conducted with the goal of performing single-stage radical surgery without ileostomy.

    Authors: Yoichi Nakagawa, Hiroo Uchida, Akinari Hinoki, Takahisa Tainaka, Chiyoe Shirota, Wataru Sumida, Satoshi Makita, Kazuki Yokota, Hizuru Amano, Akihiro Yasui, Takuya Maeda, Daiki Kato and Yousuke Gohda
    Citation: BMC Surgery 2023 23:333
  3. The most common postoperative complication in malignant rectal surgery is anastomotic leakage (AL). AL after anterior or low anterior resection in rectal tumors is a fatal postoperative complication. Recently,...

    Authors: Nobuhisa Matsuhashi, Jesse Yu Tajima, Ryoma Yokoi, Shigeru Kiyama, Masahide Endo, Yuta Sato, Masashi Kuno, Hirokatsu Hayashi, Ryuichi Asai, Masahiro Fukada, Itaru Yasufuku, Yoshihiro Tanaka, Naoki Okumura, Katsutoshi Murase, Takuma Ishihara and Takao Takahashi
    Citation: BMC Surgery 2023 23:332

    The Correction to this article has been published in BMC Surgery 2023 23:383

  4. Microvascular decompression (MVD) is already the preferred surgical treatment for medically refractory neurovascular compression syndromes (NVC) such as hemifacial spasm (HFS), trigeminal neuralgia (TN), and g...

    Authors: Weicheng Peng, Rui Zhao, Feng Guan, Xin Liang, Bei Jing, Guangtong Zhu, Beibei Mao and Zhiqiang Hu
    Citation: BMC Surgery 2023 23:331
  5. Both video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) thymectomy and robot-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (RATS) thymectomy have been suggested as technically sound approaches for early-stage thymic epithelial tumo...

    Authors: Long-fei Zhu, Ling-min Zhang, Chun-jian Zuo, Tian-yu Sun and Bin Jiang
    Citation: BMC Surgery 2023 23:330
  6. Previous anatomical studies of the urogenital fascia (UGF) have focused on males, and there is a lack of relevant anatomical studies on the distribution of the extraperitoneal UGF in females.

    Authors: Zheqi Zhou, Bin Li, Jinsong Zhou, Yanbing Ma, Yang Zhao, Cong Tong, Hui Wang, Dian Jin, Yujie Li and Likun Yan
    Citation: BMC Surgery 2023 23:329
  7. Elliptical excision is the most commonly used method for small benign tumour excision and primary closure. However, elliptical excision remains the topic of debate. The aim of this study was to explore the rel...

    Authors: Rifeng Zou, Feng Lin, Chunyu Hao, Dapeng Zhou, Jiulong Liang and Hongyi Wang
    Citation: BMC Surgery 2023 23:328
  8. Expansive intracranial hematomas (EIH) following traumatic brain injury (TBI) continue to be a public health problem in Uganda. Data is limited regarding the neurosurgical outcomes of TBI patients. This study ...

    Authors: Larrey Kasereka Kamabu, Godfrey S. Bbosa, Hervé Monka Lekuya, Eugene J. Cho, Victor Meza Kyaruzi, Arsene Daniel Nyalundja, Daniel Deng, Juliet Nalwanga Sekabunga, Louange Maha Kataka, Doomwin Oscar Deogratius Obiga, Joel Kiryabwire, Martin N. Kaddumukasa, Mark Kaddumukasa, Anthony T. Fuller and Moses Galukande
    Citation: BMC Surgery 2023 23:326
  9. Contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) has been recently used for the assessment of cervical lymph node metastasis (LNM) to guide surgical operation in patients with papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC). However, th...

    Authors: Zhixin Yang, Xiaofeng Wang, Tao Tao, Jiali Zou, Zhu Qiu, Long Wang, Huimin Du, Ni Chen and Xuedong Yin
    Citation: BMC Surgery 2023 23:325
  10. Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the most common malignancies worldwide. The survival rate after hepatectomy as the first line of treatment for HCC depends on various factors. This study evaluated the ...

    Authors: Mansour Bahardoust, Maryam Zolfaghari Dehkharghani, Pouya Ebrahimi, Maryam Najafirashed, Safa Mousavi, Meisam Haghmoradi, Mohsen Khaleghian and Adnan Tizmaghz
    Citation: BMC Surgery 2023 23:324
  11. With increasing life expectancy, the number of elderly patients (≥ 65 years) with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) has steadily increased. Hepatectomy remains the first-line treatment for HCC patients. However, ...

    Authors: Chuan-Ming Wang, Zi-Xiang Chen, Ping-Chuan Ma, Jiang-Ming Chen, Dong Jiang, Xin-Yuan Hu, Fu-Xiao Ma, Hui Hou, Jin-Liang Ma, Xiao-Ping Geng and Fu-Bao Liu
    Citation: BMC Surgery 2023 23:323
  12. Laparoscopic repeat hepatectomy (LRH) has increased, but appropriate indications for LRH are unclear. This study aimed to clarify appropriate indications for LRH.

    Authors: Takashi Masuda, Yuichi Endo, Shota Amano, Masahiro Kawamura, Atsuro Fujinaga, Takahide Kawasaki, Yoko Kawano, Teijiro Hirashita, Masayuki Ohta and Masafumi Inomata
    Citation: BMC Surgery 2023 23:322
  13. Colorectal cancer (CRC) patients undergoing surgery are at a high risk of developing surgical site infections (SSIs), which contribute to increased morbidity, prolonged hospitalization, and escalated healthcar...

    Authors: Cong Han, Wei Chen, Xiao-Li Ye, Fei Cheng, Xin-You Wang, Ai-Bin Liu, Zai-Hu Mu, Xiao-Jun Jin and Yan-Hong Weng
    Citation: BMC Surgery 2023 23:320
  14. Cannulated screw fixation is essential in treating femoral neck fractures, and the widely used freehand technique has several limitations. Therefore, we designed a new laser-positioning and navigation system a...

    Authors: Hua Gao, Zhenyu Liu, Xiaodong Bai, Gang Wang, Guoqiang Xu, Ji Ma, Yijun Wang, Jiatian Wang, Wentao Chen and Baojun Wang
    Citation: BMC Surgery 2023 23:319
  15. Appendicolithiasis is a risk factor for perforated acute appendicitis. There is limited inpatient data on predictors of progression in appendicolithiasis-associated non-perforated acute appendicitis.

    Authors: Amir H. Sohail, Hazim Hakmi, Koral Cohen, Joshua C. Hurwitz, Jasmine Brite, Sawyer Cimaroli, Harry Tsou Jr., Michael Khalife, James Maurer and Matthew Symer
    Citation: BMC Surgery 2023 23:317
  16. Thanks to the introduction of radiomics, 3d reconstruction can be able to analyse tissues and recognise true hypertrophy from non-functioning tissue in patients treated with major hepatectomies with hepatic mo...

    Authors: Emilio Vicente, Yolanda Quijano, Hipolito Duran, Eduardo Diaz, Isabel Fabra, Luis Malave, Pablo Ruiz, Giada Pizzuti, Chiara Naldini, Giovanni De Nobili, Riccardo Caruso and Valentina Ferri
    Citation: BMC Surgery 2023 23:316
  17. Based on the current trend of increasing incidence of choledocholithiasis, it is of great significance to explore the closure method of the common bile duct during laparoscopic choledocholithotomy.

    Authors: Bo Yuan, Xuanfeng Zhang, Chenchen Kong, Cancan Zhang and Huansong Li
    Citation: BMC Surgery 2023 23:315
  18. This study aimed to examine the incidence of incisional hernia (IH) in elective laparoscopic colorectal surgery (LC) using regulated computed tomography (CT) images at intervals every 6 months.

    Authors: Toshinori Kobayashi, Hisanori Miki, Nobuyuki Yamamoto, Soushi Hori, Masahiko Hatta, Yuki Hashimoto, Hiromi Mukaide, Makoto Yamasaki, Kentaro Inoue and Mitsugu Sekimoto
    Citation: BMC Surgery 2023 23:314
  19. Raynaud’s syndrome (RS), also referred to as Raynaud’s phenomenon, is a vasospastic disorder causing episodic color changes in extremities upon exposure to cold or stress. These manifestations, either primary ...

    Authors: Fengwei Yu, Yongtao Liu, Chengnian Zhang, Botao Pang, Daijie Zhang, Wei Zhao, Xuecheng Li and Weiqiang Yang
    Citation: BMC Surgery 2023 23:313

    The Correction to this article has been published in BMC Surgery 2023 23:347

  20. Early and accurate preoperative diagnosis of complicated appendicitis mandates the identification of new markers. The aim of this study is to determine whether preoperative serum sodium levels are useful for p...

    Authors: Bruno Messias, Isabella Cubas, Caio Oliveira, Flavia Hashimoto, Erica Mocchetti, Tania Ichinose, Jaques Waisberg and Marcelo A. F. Ribeiro Junior
    Citation: BMC Surgery 2023 23:312
  21. The aim of these evidence-based guidelines is to present a consensus position from members of the Italian Unitary Society of Colon-Proctology (SIUCP: Società Italiana Unitaria di Colon-Proctologia) on the diag...

    Authors: Antonio Brillantino, Adolfo Renzi, Pasquale Talento, Francesca Iacobellis, Luigi Brusciano, Luigi Monaco, Domenico Izzo, Alfredo Giordano, Michele Pinto, Corrado Fantini, Marcello Gasparrini, Michele Schiano Di Visconte, Francesca Milazzo, Giovanni Ferreri, Andrea Braini, Umberto Cocozza…
    Citation: BMC Surgery 2023 23:311
  22. Since clinically relevant postoperative pancreatic fistula (CR-POPF) can cause intra-abdominal hemorrhage and abscesses, leading to surgery-related deaths after pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD), its preoperative p...

    Authors: Hiroto Matsui, Yoshitaro Shindo, Daisaku Yamada, Hiroyuki Ogihara, Yukio Tokumitsu, Masao Nakajima, Michihisa Iida, Nobuaki Suzuki, Shigeru Takeda, Yuki Nakagami, Shogo Kobayashi, Hidetoshi Eguchi, Tatsuya Ioka, Yoshihiko Hamamoto and Hiroaki Nagano
    Citation: BMC Surgery 2023 23:310
  23. There is no consensus on the optimal reconstruction technique after proximal gastrectomy. The purpose of this study was to retrospectively compare the surgical outcomes among esophagogastrostomy (EG) anastomos...

    Authors: Jianhua Chen, Fei Wang, Shuyang Gao, Yapeng Yang, Ziming Zhao, Jiahao Shi, Liuhua Wang and Jun Ren
    Citation: BMC Surgery 2023 23:309
  24. In pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD), the duodenum and upper jejunum responsible for iron absorption are removed, which can lead to massive hemorrhage during surgery and cause iron deficiency anemia after PD. The a...

    Authors: Eun Young Kim, Sung Eun Park and Tae Ho Hong
    Citation: BMC Surgery 2023 23:308
  25. Ankle sprain are one of the most frequent sports injuries. Some individuals will develop chronic lateral ankle instability (CLAI) after ankle sprain and suffer from recurrent ankle sprain. Current surgical tre...

    Authors: Dulei Xiang, Wenming Jin, Han Li, Gen Zhao, Bao Li, Shuyuan Du and Xinwei Liu
    Citation: BMC Surgery 2023 23:307
  26. To compare short-term and long-term clinical effects of modified overlap anastomosis and conventional incision-assisted anastomosis for laparoscopic total gastrectomy.

    Authors: Chu-Ying Wu, Jian-An Lin, Qiao-Zhen Huang, Jian-Hua Xu, Wen-Jin Zhong, Wen-Gui Kang, Jin-Tian Wang, Jun-Xing Chen, Hui-Da Zheng and Kai Ye
    Citation: BMC Surgery 2023 23:306
  27. With the development of hip arthroplasty technology and rapid rehabilitation theory, the number of hip arthroplasties in elderly individuals is gradually increasing, and their satisfaction with surgery is also...

    Authors: Jianguang Sun, Lue Huang, Yali Yang and Hongxing Liao
    Citation: BMC Surgery 2023 23:305
  28. Postoperative bleeding remains a life-threatening complication in thyroid surgery. The aim was to assess the efficacy of four different hemostatic agents, Collagen-Fibrinogen-Thrombin Patch (CFTP) in two sizes...

    Authors: Thomas von Ahnen, Martin von Ahnen, Sonja Militz-Müller, Anna Süß, Josefine Schardey, Stefan Schopf, Hans-Martin Schardey and Ulrich Wirth
    Citation: BMC Surgery 2023 23:303
  29. This study aimed to evaluate the efficiency of the porcine tongue for palatoplasty simulation compared to 3D-printed simulators and their surgical education role.

    Authors: Sadam Ahmed Elayah, Mohammed Qasem Al-Watary, Karim Ahmed Sakran, Yang Chao, Li Jingtao, Huang Hanyao, Yang Li and Bing Shi
    Citation: BMC Surgery 2023 23:302

    The Correction to this article has been published in BMC Surgery 2024 24:1

  30. Surgical site infections (SSIs) represent ~ 20% of all hospital-acquired infections in surgical patients and are associated with prolonged hospital stay, admission to intensive care, and mortality. We conducte...

    Authors: M. Edwards, S. Graziadio, J. Shore, N. D. Schmitz, T. Galvain, W. A. Danker, M. Kocaman, D. J. Pournaras, D. M. Bowley and K. J. Hardy
    Citation: BMC Surgery 2023 23:300
  31. The incidence of cervical adenocarcinoma (AC) has experienced a considerable increase in recent decades. Despite this, our understanding of the optimal management of locally advanced cervical AC remains limite...

    Authors: Xia Wang, Xiaojuan Lu, Junxing Chen, Hanjie Yi and Qiongyu Lan
    Citation: BMC Surgery 2023 23:299
  32. The evidence of breast-conserving therapy (BCT) applied in centrally located breast cancer (CLBC) is absent. This study aims to investigate the long-term survival of breast-conserving therapy (BCT) in centrall...

    Authors: Ye-Wei Yuan, Peng-Cheng Liu, Fang-Fang Li, Ya-Han Yang, Wei Yang, Li Fan, De-Wu Mou, Hong-Wei Yang and Mao-Shan Chen
    Citation: BMC Surgery 2023 23:298
  33. This study aimed to assess the effects of surgical timing and approach on operative duration, postoperative suture removal time, and postoperative recurrence rate in the management of preauricular fistula. A 1...

    Authors: Ke Li, Yan Hao, Jiuzhou Zhao, Leping Zhou, Yongyan Wu, Xianhai Zeng, Wei Gao and Xiangmin Zhang
    Citation: BMC Surgery 2023 23:297
  34. The treatment of borderline resectable (BR) and locally advanced (LA) pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) has evolved with a wider application of neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NACHT). The aim of this study was...

    Authors: Luís Filipe Abreu de Carvalho, Filip Gryspeerdt, Niki Rashidian, Kobe Van Hove, Lambertine Maertens, Suzane Ribeiro, Anne Hoorens and Frederik Berrevoet
    Citation: BMC Surgery 2023 23:296
  35. Peptic ulcers are caused by unbalanced acid production, and proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) in recent decades have helped to treat peptic ulcers effectively. Meanwhile, the incidence of perforated peptic ulcer (...

    Authors: Ta-Chun Chou, Chun-Hui Lee, Ruey-Shyang Soong and Yi-Chan Chen
    Citation: BMC Surgery 2023 23:295
  36. There are few studies comparing robotic-assisted surgery (RAS) and laparoscopic-assisted surgery (LAS) in Hirschsprung’s disease (HSCR). This study aimed to compare intraoperative and postoperative outcomes be...

    Authors: Shuhao Zhang, Duote Cai, Yuebin Zhang, Tao Pan, Ken Chen, Yi Jin, Wenjuan Luo, Zongwei Huang, Di Hu, Qingjiang Chen and Zhigang Gao
    Citation: BMC Surgery 2023 23:294
  37. Massive hiatal hernias may result in extraoesophageal symptoms, including iron-deficiency anaemia. However, the role played by hiatal hernias in iron-deficiency anaemia is not clearly understood. We examined t...

    Authors: Aikebaier Aili, Maimaitiaili Maimaitiming, Yiliang Li, Alimujiang Maisiyiti, Zhi Wang, Yusujiang Tusuntuoheti and Kelimu Abudureyimu
    Citation: BMC Surgery 2023 23:293
  38. Synchronous multiple early gastric cancer (SMEGC) refers to the simultaneous occurrence of two or more malignant cancer lesions in the stomach. For patients with multiple early gastric carcinomas, the choice o...

    Authors: Linsen Bao, Hengfei Gao, Lingxiao Pu, Chao Sui, Kangkang Ji, Feng Wang, Liang Tao, Min Feng and Meng Wang
    Citation: BMC Surgery 2023 23:292
  39. Associating liver partition and portal vein ligation (PVL) for staged hepatectomy (ALPPS) is a creative strategy for enlarging the future liver remnant (FLR) and increasing the tumor resectability rate. Howeve...

    Authors: Xiaoqin He, Yuefeng Zhang, Peng Ma, Zuo Mou, Wei Wang, Kaihuan Yu and Weixing Wang
    Citation: BMC Surgery 2023 23:291
  40. Spontaneous ventilation-video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (SV-VATS) has been applied to non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients in many centers. Since it remains a new and challenging surgical technique...

    Authors: Runchen Wang, Qixia Wang, Hengrui Liang, Zhiming Ye, Jiawen Qiu, Yu Jiang, Jianxing He, Lei Zhao and Wei Wang
    Citation: BMC Surgery 2023 23:290
  41. STAT3 hyperimmunoglobulin E syndrome (STAT3-HIES) also referred to as autosomal dominant HIES (AD-HIES) is an inborn error of immunity characterized by the classic triad of eczema, frequent opportunistic infec...

    Authors: Seyed Alireza Mahdaviani, Soodeh Ghadimi, Mazdak Fallahi, Seyedeh Atefeh Hashemi-Moghaddam, Zahra Chavoshzadeh, Anne Puel, Nima Rezaei, Mahsa Rekabi, Zahra Daneshmandi, Kambiz Sheikhy, Abolghasem Daneshvar Kakhki, Seyed Reza Saghebi, Saviz Pejhan and Mahnaz Jamee
    Citation: BMC Surgery 2023 23:289
  42. Non-operative management has been suggested as a therapy for uncomplicated appendicitis. Notwithstanding, the risk of missing an appendiceal tumor must be considered, being the surgical piece crucial to rule o...

    Authors: Ricardo E. Núñez-Rocha, Felipe Girón, Lina Rodríguez, Daniela Camargo-Gómez, Carolina Restrepo-Bonilla, Rocío Del Pilar López Panqueva, Manuel Cadena, Ricardo Nassar, Gabriel E. Herrera-Almario and Juan David Hernández-Restrepo
    Citation: BMC Surgery 2023 23:287
  43. The Portsmouth-Physiological and Operative Severity Score for the enumeration of Mortality and Morbidity (P-POSSUM) is one of the scores that is used most frequently for determining the likelihood of mortality...

    Authors: Mahmoud Magdy Alabbasy, Alaa Abd Elazim Elsisy, Adel Mahmoud and Saad Soliman Alhanafy
    Citation: BMC Surgery 2023 23:286

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