Pelvic Exenteration for locally advanced rectal cancer (LARC) and locally recurrent rectal cancer (LRRC) in Greece: A national snapshot survey of current practice

Original Article

Hell J Surg. 2024 Oct-Dec;94(3):115–141
doi: 10.59869/24037

Greek Pelvic Exenteration Collaborative
(Author names and affiliations Appendix 1)

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Breast milk: A modulator of the immature immune system in the management of necrotising enterocolitis in preterm neonates

Review

Hell J Surg. 2024 Oct-Dec;94(3):142–150
doi: 10.59869/24038

 

Anastasia Dimopoulou1, Konstantina Dimopoulou2, Dimitra Dimopoulou3, Emmanouil Iakomidis4, Efrosini Tsekoura5, Nikolaos Zavras6

1Department of Paediatric Surgery, Children’s General Hospital “Aghia Sophia”, Athens, Greece
2Department of Gastroenterology, Korgialenio-Benakio Red Cross Hospital, Athens, Greece
3Second Department of Pediatrics, Children’s General Hospital “Aghia Sophia”, Athens, Greece
4Third Department of Paediatric Surgery, Mitera Children’s Hospital, Athens, Greece
5Department of Paediatrics, Asklepieion Voula’s General Hospital, Athens, Greece
6Department of Paediatric Surgery, “Attikon” General University Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece

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Acute abdomen in the era of immune checkpoints inhibitors – what the surgeon needs to know: A narrative review

 Review

Hell J Surg. 2024 Oct-Dec;94(3): 151–156
doi: 10.59869/24039

Elissavet Symeonidou1,2, Ioannis Taitzoglou3, Maria Papaioannou4, Theodora Papamitsou5, Sofia Karachrysafi5, Grigorios Rallis6, Asimina Fylaktou7, Eleni Vagdatli8, Eftixia Chatzigriva2, Ioannis Savvas9, Georgios Zacharioudakis1,2, Apostolos Kamparoudis1,2, Konstantinos Ballas1,2

1School of Medicine, fifth Department of Surgery, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
2Fifth Department of Surgery, Hippokration General Hospital of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
3Department of Physiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
4Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
5Department of Histology-Embryology, School of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
6Department of Oncology, Theagenio Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece
7Department of Immunology, Hippokration General Hospital of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
8Department of Biopathology, Hippokration General Hospital of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
9Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece

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Incidence of cancer after paediatric solid organ transplant recipients: A Scoping Review

 Systematic Review

Hell J Surg. 2024 Oct-Dec;94(3):157–164
doi: 10.59869/24040

Athina Stamati1, Georgios Stylos1, Georgios Tsoulfas2

1School of Medicine, Faculty of Health Science, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
2 Department of Transplantation Surgery, Centre for Research and Innovation in Solid Organ Transplantation, Aristotle University School of Medicine, Thessaloniki, Greece

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Living donor liver transplantation could solve shortage of liver grafts in Greece

 Perspective

Hell J Surg. 2024 Oct-Dec;94(3):165–167
doi: 10.59869/24041

Nikolaos Machairas1,2, Georgios C. Sotiropoulos2

1Second Department of Propaedeutic Surgery, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
2Department of Liver Transplantation and Liver Surgery, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece

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Laparoscopic hiatal hernia augmentation following sleeve gastrectomy using a “mesh sling” tethered to ligamentum teres – Case report of a novel technique

  Case Report

Hell J Surg. 2024 Oct-Dec;94(3):168–172
doi: 10.59869/24042

Muthukumaran Rangarajan, Janette Martin-Isaacs, Ariane Davis-Simmons, Charles Diggiss

Department of Weight Loss and Bariatric Surgery, Doctors Hospital Health System, Bahamas

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155 Years from the birth of professor of anatomy Georgios Sclavounos: His contribution to the greek surgical anatomy

 Surgical History

Hell J Surg. 2024 Oct-Dec;94(3):176–179
doi: 10.59869/24044

Michail Saintanis1, Ameer Shehade1, Dimosthenis Chrysikos1, Dimitrios Filippou1, Dimitriοs Schizas2, Theodore Troupis1

1Department of Anatomy, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece,
2Division of Surgery, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece

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