Section Editors

  • Lewis Kaplan, Yale Medical Group
  • Oliver Thomusch, University of Freiburg

Executive Editor

  • Tom Rowles, BioMed Central

Articles

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    PTA for diabetic peripheral arterial disease

    Observational results implicate balloon percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) as a viable treatment for diabetic peripheral arterial disease, the main cause of lower limb amputation in diabetic patients, with improvements seen in lower limb vessel diameter and foot ulceration.

    BMC Surgery 2013, 13:32
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    Decision support for abdominal sepsis treatment

    A model predicting the necessity of relaparatomy in patients with enduring peritonitis, utilising variables such as heart rate and haemoglobin level, is used to generate a decision rule to aid surgeons in determining the need for this procedure.

    BMC Surgery 2013, 13:28
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    Comparative outcomes in Crohn's disease surgery

    Meta-analyses of trials with both randomised and non-randomised designs indicates a lower risk of perioperative complications and incisional hernias when laparoscopic resection is performed for Crohn’s disease compared to open resection, but no evidence of other differences.

    BMC Surgery 2013, 13:14

Scope

BMC Surgery is an open access, peer-reviewed journal that considers articles on surgical research, training, and practice.

It is journal policy to publish work deemed by peer reviewers to be a coherent and sound addition to scientific knowledge and to put less emphasis on interest levels, provided that the research constitutes a useful contribution to the field.

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Latest supplements

Volume 13 Suppl 1 (16 September 2013)

Abstracts from the 26th National Congress of the Italian Society of Geriatric Surgery

Meeting abstracts
Naples, Italy. 19-22 June 2013

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