Surgical training during the COVID-19 pandemic- an underestimated hazard; Results from a national survey

Original Article

Hell J Surg. 2024 Oct-Dec;94(4):183–193
doi: 10.59869/24046

Maria Papadoliopoulou1, Ioannis Margaris1, Maximos Frountzas2, Francesk Mulita3, Theodoros A Sidiropoulos1, Alexandros Chamzin2, Spyridon Christodoulou1, Konstantinos G Toutouzas2, Nikolaos Arkadopoulos1, Nikolaos V. Michalopoulos1,2

1Department of Surgery, Attikon University Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
2First Propaedeutic Department of Surgery, Hippocration General Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
3Department of Surgery, University Hospital of Patras, Patras, Greece

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Treatment Options for Uncomplicated Acute Appendicitis in adults: A narrative review

Review

Hell J Surg. 2024 Oct-Dec;94(4):194–205
doi: 10.59869/24047

Maria Velikoudi, Athanasios Papatzelos, Nikolaos Voloudakis, Stefanos Atmatzidis, Anestis Basios, Dimitrios Chatzelas, Basilios Papaziogas, Ioannis Koutelidakis

Second Surgical Department, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, “G. Gennimatas” General Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece

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Selection of suitable recipients for liver transplantation: The evolution of the Model for End-Stage Liver Disease (MELD) score

Review

Hell J Surg. 2024 Oct-Dec;94(4):206–212
doi: 10.59869/24048

Filippos F. Karageorgos, Nikolaos Antoniadis, Georgios Katsanos, Georgios Tsoulfas

Department of Transplantation Surgery, Center for Research and Innovation in Solid Organ Transplantation, Aristotle University School of Medicine, Thessaloniki, Greece

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Complex Ventral and Incisional Hernia Repair: Robotic versus Open TAR technique

Review

Hell J Surg. 2024 Oct-Dec;94(4):213–219
doi: 10.59869/24049

Fotis Archontovasilis1-3, Evgenia Mela3, Dimitrios Liatsos3, Tania Triantafyllou1,3

16th Surgical Department, Metropolitan General Hospital, Athens, Greece
2Center of Excellence (SRC certified) in Hernia Surgery, Metropolitan General Hospital, Athens, Greece
31st Propaedeutic Department of Surgery, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Hippocration General Hospital, Athens, Greece

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Development, validation and implementation of a novel structured Virtual Reality simulation program for laparoscopic suturing training

Brief Communication

Hell J Surg. 2024 Oct-Dec;94(4):220–226
doi: 10.59869/24050

Ellada Akritidou, Anastasia Pikouli, Charalampos M. Charalampous, Constantinos Nastos, Dionysios Dellaportas, Panagis M. Lykoudis, Emmanouil Pikoulis

Third Department of Surgery, University Hospital Attikon, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece

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Vertical Mesh-Mediated Fascial Traction and Negative Pressure Wound Therapy for open abdomen management in a critically ill, super-super obese patient: A case report

Case Report

Hell J Surg. 2024 Oct-Dec;94(4):227–233
doi: 10.59869/24051

Orestis Ioannidis, Ourania Kerasidou, Elissavet Anestiadou, Aikaterini-Antonia Bourtzinakou, Aliki Brenta, Eleni Salta-Poupnara, Freiderikos Tserkezidis, Magdalini Kaprianou, Evangelia Ioannidou, Savvas Symeonidis, Stefanos Bitsianis, Efstathios Kotidis, Stamatios Angelopoulos

Fourth Department of Surgery, “George Papanikolaou” General Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Exochi, Greece

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Appearance of Chylous Leakage after Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy

Case Report

Hell J Surg. 2024 Oct-Dec;94(4):234–236
doi: 10.59869/24052

Panagiotis Theodorou, Spilios Spiliotopoulos, Konstantinos Saliaris, Evgenia Mela, Ioannis Moysidis, Alexandros Chamzin, Konstantinos Toutouzas

First Propaedeutic Department of Surgery, Hippocration General Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece

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