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  1. Global variation in injury patterns, interventions, and post-operative outcomes for children and adolescents undergoing trauma laparotomy: an international cohort study
  2. Occult Small Bowel Injury With Delayed Retroperitoneal Abscess Formation After Blunt Trauma: A Case Report
  3. Use of pre-operative blood products in abdominal trauma: a planned secondary analysis of the GOAL-trauma study
  4. Impact of surgery and complications on GI recovery after SBO : Insights from the SnapSBO cohort
  5. Safety and equity in scaling minimally invasive surgery worldwide in 109 countries using cholecystectomy as a tracer procedure: a prospective cohort study
  6. Defining the bellwether procedures and processes for global trauma care: an international Delphi study
  7. The thinking hand: the cognitive core of surgery in an age of “machines”
  8. Global variation in patient factors, interventions, and postoperative outcomes for those undergoing trauma laparotomy: an international, prospective, observational cohort study
  9. Variation in global trauma care: a survey of 187 hospitals across 51 countries
  10. Management and outcome variability in hernia-related small bowel obstruction: insights from the SnapSBO study
  11. Small bowel obstruction outcomes according to compliance with the World Society of Emergency Surgery Bologna guidelines
  12. Extended pharmacological thromboprophylaxis and clinically relevant venous thromboembolism after major abdominal and pelvic surgery: international, prospective, propensity score-weighted cohort study
  13. 193 Endoluminal Vacuum Therapy (EVT) as a Gold Standard for Upper Gastrointestinal Perforations: A 13 Year Experience in a Tertiary Referral Centre
  14. COVID-19 infection is a significant risk factor for death in patients presenting with acute cholecystitis: a secondary analysis of the ChoCO-W cohort study
  15. EGS SO29 - Therapeutic Endoluminal Vacuum Therapy (EVT) as first line management for oesophageal and selected gastric and duodenal perforations
  16. ThP3.3 - Prophylactic Endoluminal Vacuum Therapy – towards an era of reducing leak related morbidity after elective oesophago-gastric resection
  17. 1080 Evaluating the Impact of Bariatric Surgery Tourism on an Emergency Upper GI Service: A Case Series
  18. Association between multimorbidity and postoperative mortality in patients undergoing major surgery: a prospective study in 29 countries across Europe
  19. Global disparities in surgeons’ workloads, academic engagement and rest periods: the on-calL shIft fOr geNEral SurgeonS (LIONESS) study
  20. Impact of early enteral feed composition on the rate of chyle leak post-esophagectomy
  21. Impact of postoperative cardiovascular complications on 30‐day mortality after major abdominal surgery: an international prospective cohort study
  22. Novel Textbook Outcomes following emergency laparotomy: Delphi exercise
  23. Impact of penicillin allergy labels on surgical site infections in a large UK cohort of gastrointestinal surgery patients
  24. EGS P17 Expanding the technical armamentarium to treat complex oesophageal perforations with Endoluminal Vacuum Therapy
  25. Timing of Cholecystectomy After Moderate and Severe Acute Biliary Pancreatitis
  26. Gastric volvulus causing liver ischemia
  27. Infected pancreatic necrosis: outcomes and clinical predictors of mortality. A post hoc analysis of the MANCTRA-1 international study
  28. Systematic review and meta-analysis comparing perioperative outcomes of emergency appendectomy performed by trainee vs trained surgeon
  29. Complicated Hiatal Hernia
  30. The ChoCO-W prospective observational global study: Does COVID-19 increase gangrenous cholecystitis?
  31. OGBN P12 Minimising the systemic effects of an oesophageal leak following high risk myotomy repair using Prophylactic Endoluminal Vacuum Therapy (EVT) - time for a change?
  32. OGC P37 Towards an era of eliminating leak related morbidity from major oesophago-gastric surgery
  33. Systematic review and meta-analysis comparing perioperative outcomes of pediatric emergency appendicectomy performed by trainee vs trained surgeon
  34. coMpliAnce with evideNce-based cliniCal guidelines in the managemenT of acute biliaRy pancreAtitis): The MANCTRA-1 international audit
  35. Small bowel intussusception and concurrent jejunal polyp with neoplastic transformation: a new diagnosis of Peutz–Jeghers syndrome
  36. Volvulus of the Appendix
  37. Trauma Laparotomy in the UK: A Prospective National Service Evaluation
  38. Compliance with evidence-based clinical guidelines in the management of acute biliary pancreatitis: the MANCTRA-1 study protocol
  39. Re-exploring the pelvic neuroanatomy from a new perspective and a potential guidance for TaTME: a “bottom-up” approach
  40. Fishbone perforation of the small bowel mimicking internal herniation and obstruction in a patient with previous gastric bypass surgery
  41. A Floating Heart: Large Pericardial Effusion with Extensive Lung Atelectasis
  42. Is the minimally invasive trauma surgeon the next (r)evolution of trauma surgery? Indications and outcomes of diagnostic and therapeutic trauma laparoscopy in a level 1 trauma centre
  43. Diaphragm disease of the terminal ileum presenting as acute small bowel obstruction
  44. Appendicitis
  45. Spontaneous bowel perforation in the setting of colonic involvement with scleroderma
  46. Acute perforated appendicitis due to metastatic small-cell lung cancer
  47. Endoluminal Vacuum Therapy: Changing the Management of Upper Gastrointestinal Leaks
  48. Enhancing the emergency general surgical service: an example of the aggregation of marginal gains
  49. Rare Case of Hepatic Endometriosis as an Incidental Finding: Difficult Diagnosis of a Diagnostic Dilemma
  50. Changes in Health-Related Quality of Life in Greek Adult Patients Two Years after Successful Renal Transplantation
  51. Does Axin-2 Promote Colon Adenocarcinoma Oncogenic Activity?
  52. Role of Erythropoietin as Neuroprotective Agent in Patients with Severe Closed Brain Injury: True or Myth?
  53. Pyogenic Intraperitoneal Pantoea agglomerans Abscesses
  54. Human subcutaneous dirofilariasis caused by Dirofilaria immitis in a Greek adult
  55. Delayed presentation of diaphragmatic rupture with stomach herniation and strangulation
  56. What could be hidden behind acute respiratory failure causing emergency intubation?
  57. Sigmoid carcinoma localized in the sac of a right inguinoscrotal hernia
  58. Asymptomatic extraperitoneal inguinoscrotal hernia involving ureter: A case presentation and review of the literature
  59. Neuroprotective effects of erythropoietin in patients with severe closed brain injury
  60. Persistent Coughing as the First Symptom of Primary Mucinous Appendiceal Adenocarcinoma
  61. Enoxaparin-induced spontaneous massive retroperitoneal hematoma with fatal outcome
  62. Pancreatic desmoid tumour: Extremely rare presentation in an elderly patient
  63. Total thyroidectomy followed by bilateral pneumothorax and pneumomediastinum with simultaneous damage to the recurrent laryngeal nerve: Report of a case
  64. Fatal cardiac tamponade as the first manifestation of acute myeloid leukemia
  65. Choloperitoneum causes extensive coloring of the abdominal wall skin
  66. Corrigendum to “The immune response after stimulation with wall components of gram-positive bacteria and fungi” [Immunol. Lett. 159 (1–2) (2014) 23–29]
  67. Scalp Metastasis as the First Sign of Small-Cell Lung Cancer: Management and Literature Review
  68. The immune response after stimulation with wall components of gram-positive bacteria and fungi
  69. Rectus Abdominis Muscle Malignant Fibrous Histiocytoma Causing a Large Abdominal Wall Defect: Reconstruction with Biological Mesh
  70. True ectopic ovary in the right iliac fossa mimicking acute appendicitis and associated with ipsilateral renal agenesis
  71. Permissive Hypotension in Bleeding Trauma Patients: Helpful or Not and When?
  72. Making the decision to withdraw or withhold life support: Thoughts and questions
  73. The significance of neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio as a possible marker of underlying papillary microcarcinomas in thyroidal goiters: a pilot study
  74. HELLP syndrome: Understanding and management of a pregnancy-specific disease
  75. Takotsubo cardiomyopathy: a hidden enemy of the hypovolemic patient?
  76. Granisetron versus tropisetron in the prevention of postoperative nausea and vomiting after total thyroidectomy
  77. Immune response after stimulation with wall components of Gram-positive bacteria
  78. Metaplastic Changes in Chronic Cholecystitis: Implications for Early Diagnosis and Surgical Intervention to Prevent the Gallbladder Metaplasia-Dysplasia-Carcinoma Sequence
  79. Comparative Approach to Non-Traumatic Acute Abdominal Pain Between Elderly and Non-Elderly in the Emergency Department: A Study in Rural Greece
  80. Lung Abscess in a Patient With VAP: A Rare Case of Lung Infection Complicated by Two Pathogens
  81. H1N1 Influenza Viral Infection in a Postpartum Young Woman Causes Respiratory Failure: What the Care Providers Ought to Know?
  82. Spontaneous Rupture of Splenic Artery Aneurysm during the First Trimester of Pregnancy: Report of an Extremely Rare Case and Review of the Literature
  83. The results of the three-month co-operation between a German and a Greek surgical team in a role II military hospital in Afghanistan
  84. Adhesive Ileus Complicating Recurrent Intestinal Pseudo-Obstruction in a Patient with Myasthenia Gravis
  85. Calcium Channel Blockers and Esophageal Sclerosis: Should We Expect Exacerbation of Interstitial Lung Disease?
  86. Combined general-epidural anesthesia with continuous postoperative epidural analgesia preserves sigmoid colon perfusion in elective infrarenal aortic aneurysm repair
  87. Small Bowel Perforation Secondary to Metastatic Non-small Cell Lung Cancer. A Rare Entity with a Dismal Prognosis
  88. Sarcomatoid Carcinoma of the Anorectal Junction: Struggling with an Extremely Rare Tumor
  89. The effects of tobacco smoking on the incidence and risk of intraoperative and postoperative complications in adults
  90. Transthoracic Repair of Asymptomatic Morgagni Hernia in an Adult
  91. Retroperitoneal liposarcoma extending into the thigh
  92. P130 Significance of simultaneous estrogen receptor 1 gene and topoisomerase IIA imbalances in breast carcinoma based on tissue microarrays analysis
  93. Platypnea-orthodeoxia due to fat embolism
  94. Cutaneous metastasis of transitional cell bladder carcinoma: A rare presentation and literature review
  95. The experience of military surgeons from a north Afghanistan deployment and lessons for the future
  96. Emphysematous cholecystitis: a rare presentation of a life-threatening disease
  97. Constipation-Predominant Irritable Bowel Syndrome Associated to Hyperprolactinemia
  98. Primary Intra-abdominal Malignant Fibrous Histiocytoma: A Highly Aggressive Tumor
  99. Severe abdominal pain as a result of acute gastric volvulus
  100. Iatrogenic Pneumomediastinum and Facial Emphysema After Surgical Tooth Extraction
  101. Cavernous Hemangioma of the Rib: A Rare Diagnosis
  102. Colonic obstruction secondary to incarcerated Spigelian hernia in a severely obese patient
  103. Diagnostic evaluation and management of patients with rectus sheath hematoma. A retrospective study
  104. RETRACTED ARTICLE: Preoperative diagnosis of obscure gastrointestinal bleeding due to a GIST of the jejunum: a case report
  105. Diffuse Large B Cell Lymphoma of the Mesentery: An Unusual Presentation and Review of the Literature
  106. A very simple technique to repair Grynfeltt–Lesshaft hernia
  107. Intestinal neurofibromatosis and small-bowel adenocarcinoma: a single case study
  108. Large Mass Affecting Retroperitoneal Great Vessels: A Rare Presentation of A Cancer of Unknown Primary with Diagnostic Dilemma and Challenged Surgical Intervention
  109. Breast cancer associated with type 1 neurofibromatosis
  110. Diagnosis and Surgical Management of Spontaneous Hepatic Rupture Associated with HELLP Syndrome
  111. Bilateral pneumothorax, lung cavitations, and pleural empyema in a cocaine addict
  112. 0028 Intraoperative imprint cytology for the evaluation of lumpectomy margins status in patients undergoing conservative surgery for early breast cancer
  113. TNP-assisted fascial closure in a patient with acute abdomen and abdominal compartment syndrome
  114. Bilateral Polyorchidism Associated with Intraabdominal Cryptorchidism: A Case Report
  115. Preoperative diagnosis of obscure gastrointestinal bleeding due to a GIST of the jejunum: a case report
  116. Recurrent Acute Pancreatitis Secondary to a Duodenal Duplication Cyst in an Adult. A Case Report and Literature Review
  117. Bilateral pneumothorax, lung cavitations, and pleural empyema in a cocaine addict
  118. A case of human pulmonary dirofilariasis
  119. Gallbladder cancer
  120. Primary mucinous cystadenocarcinoma of the appendix: An unusual presentation of a rare tumor
  121. Gallstone ileus one quarter of a century post cholecystectomy
  122. Large intraparotid facial nerve schwannoma: Case report and Review of the Literature
  123. Retroperitoneal pararenal Castleman's disease
  124. Synchronous early gastric cancer and gastrointestinal stromal tumor in the stomach of a patient with idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura
  125. Undifferentiated embryonal sarcoma of the liver in adult
  126. Hypopharyngeal perforation because of blunt neck trauma
  127. Diagnosis and surgical approach of popliteal artery entrapment syndrome: a retrospective study
  128. Recurrent Jarisch-Herxheimer reaction in a patient with Q fever pneumonia: a case report
  129. Acute renal failure and rhabdomyolysis in a patient with infectious mononucleosis: a case report
  130. Damage control surgery in the abdomen: An approach for the management of severe injured patients
  131. Spontaneous rupture of splenic artery aneurysm in pregnancy: a case report
  132. Erratum to: Rectal prolaps
  133. Peritoneal mesothelioma presenting as an acute surgical abdomen due to jejunal perforation
  134. Intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms of the pancreas
  135. Operative and nonoperative management of blunt hepatic trauma in adults: a single-center report
  136. Presentation and Management of Pancreatic Cystic Neoplasms
  137. Spontaneous rupture of a giant non parasitic hepatic cyst presenting as an acute surgical abdomen
  138. Clinical update: early surgery for acute cholecystitis
  139. Acute Limb Compartment Syndrome: A Review
  140. Surgical Techniques and Treatment for Hepatic Hydatid Cysts
  141. Localisation and surgical treatment of insulinomas*
  142. A spontaneously ruptured primitive neuroectodermal tumor/extraosseous Ewing’s sarcoma of the kidney with renal vein tumor thrombus
  143. Is there a changing trend in surgical management of gastroesophageal reflux disease in children?
  144. Risk factors associated with pancreatic fistula after distal pancreatectomy, which technique of pancreatic stump closure is more beneficial?
  145. Total parathyroidectomy with autotransplantation in patients with renal hyperparathyroidism: indications and surgical approach
  146. Rectal prolapse
  147. Inadvertent parathyroidectomy during thyroid surgery: the incidence of a complication of thyroidectomy
  148. SURGICAL TREATMENT OF HEPATIC HAEMANGIOMAS: A 15-YEAR EXPERIENCE
  149. Acute Gastric Volvulus: Diagnosis and Management over 10 Years
  150. Renal Injury: 5-Year Experience and Literature Review
  151. Dr Stavros responds