Volume 93 (2023) – Issue 1

A new era for the Hellenic Journal of Surgery

Editorial

Hell J Surg. 2023 Jul-Sep; 93(1): 5
doi: 10.59869/23001

Nikolaos I. Nikiteas

2^nd Department of Propaedeutic Surgery, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Medical School, General Hospital of Athens Laiko, Athens, Greece

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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 Tatsis^2,3, Maria Chasampalioti², Panagiotis Christidis^2,4, Savvas Symeonidis², Stefanos Bitsianis², Elissavet Anestiadou², Dimitrios Botsios^2†, 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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The role of autofluorescence and Indocyanine green (ICG) in Endocrine Surgery

Review

Hell J Surg. 2023 Jul-Sep; 93(1): 30-33
doi: 10.59869/23004

Anna Paspala¹, Constantinos Nastos²

¹Department of Surgery, Evgenideio Hospital, Athens, Greece
²3rd Department of Surgery, Attikon University Hospital, Athens, Greece

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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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Low-dose CT – truly helping a patient who won’t quit smoking

Perspective

Hell J Surg. 2023 Jul-Sep; 93(1): 42-43
doi: 10.59869/23006

Konstantinos S. Mylonas

MD, Department of Cardiac Surgery, Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center, Athens, 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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Disseminated ovarian alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma as a rare cause of peritoneal carcinomatosis

Surgical Image

Hell J Surg. 2023 Jul-Sep; 93(1): 58-60
doi: 10.59869/23010

Nikiforos Rodis, Nikolaos Bogiatzopoulos, Nikoleta Koliou, Nefeli Vandorou, Charalampos Seretis, Georgios Zacharis

Department of General Surgery, General Hospital of Patras, Greece

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