Appendiceal tumours as incidental findings in patients undergoing emergency appendicectomy: A retrospective, single-center study and a brief overview of current practice standards

Original Article

Hell J Surg. 2023 Jul-Sep; 93(1): 6-10
doi: 10.59869/23002

Francesk Mulita1, Levan Tchabashvili1, Konstantinos Tasios1, Andreas Antzoulas1, Angelos Samaras1, Elias Liolis2, Ioannis Maroulis1, Konstantinos Bouchagier1, Georgios-Ioannis Verras1

1Department of General Surgery, General University Hospital of Patras, Greece
2Department of Oncology, General University Hospital of Patras, Greece

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Synbiotics (prebiotics and probiotics) in the nutrition of critically ill patients

Review

Hell J Surg. 2023 Jul-Sep; 93(1): 11-29
doi: 10.59869/23003

Chrysostomos Anastasilakis1, Orestis Ioannidis2, Maria Papaioannou1, Dimitrios Tatsis2,3, Maria Chasampalioti2, Panagiotis Christidis2,4, Savvas Symeonidis2, Stefanos Bitsianis2, Elissavet Anestiadou2, Dimitrios Botsios2†, Stamatios Angelopoulos2

1Department of Toxicology/Parenteral Solutions, Pharmacy, 424 General Military Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece,
24th Academic Department of Surgery, Faculty of Health Sciences, School of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece, 3Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Health Sciences, School of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece, 4Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, General Hospital of Katerini, Katerini, Greece
Deceased, July 29, 2021

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Molecular differences in colon cancer according to location: A literature review

Review

Hell J Surg. 2023 Jul-Sep; 93(1): 34-41
doi: 10.59869/23005

Alexandros Apostolopoulos1, Athina Isaakidou2, Eleni Demetriou1, Athanasios Marinis3, Georgios Ayiomamitis4, Marios Karaiskakis1

1Department of General Surgery, German Oncology Center, Limassol, Cyprus
2Department of Medical Oncology, German Oncology Center, Limassol, Cyprus
3Third Department of Surgery, Tzaneio General Hospital, Piraeus, Greece
4First Department of Surgery, Tzaneio General Hospital, Piraeus, Greece

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A rare case of giant oesophageal liposarcoma treated with oesophagectomy

Case Report

Hell J Surg. 2023 Jul-Sep; 93(1): 44-51
doi: 10.59869/23007

Dimitrios Vouros1, Charalampos Theodoropoulos1, Alexandra Triantafyllou1, Chryssa Glava2, Tania Triantafyllou1, Dimitrios Theodorou1

11st Propaedeutic Department of Surgery, Hippokrateion General Hospital, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
2Department of Pathology, Hippokrateion General Hospital, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece

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Retroperitoneal mass revealed to be metastatic lymph node of unknown primary origin – Cancer of unknown origin

Case Report

Hell J Surg. 2023 Jul-Sep; 93(1): 52-54
doi: 10.59869/23008

Zoi Gerasimina Tampouratzi1, Anastasia Doukopoulou2, Saad Al Mogrampi3

1Department of General Surgery, Royal United Hospital, Bath, UK
2Department of Radiology, Konstantopouleio General Hospital, Nea Ionia, Athens, Greece
3Department of General Surgery, Naousa Health Unit, Imathia General Hospital, Greece

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Median Arcuate Ligament Syndrome: A Case Report

Case Report

Hell J Surg. 2023 Jul-Sep; 93(1): 55-57
doi: 10.59869/23009

Uday Pratap Singh Parmar1, Sanjay Gupta2, Robin Kaushik2, Simrandeep Singh2, Purnima Aggarwal3

1Undergraduate Medical Student, Government Medical College and Hospital, Chandigarh INDIA
2Department of General Surgery, Government Medical College and Hospital, Chandigarh INDIA
3Department of Radiodiagnosis, Government Medical College and Hospital, Chandigarh INDIA

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