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{"title":"Omicron (B.1.1.529) variant and its subvariants and lineages may lead to another COVID-19 wave in the world? -An overview of current evidence and counteracting strategies","authors":"Ranjit Sah ,&nbsp;Mohammed Amir Rais ,&nbsp;Aroop Mohanty ,&nbsp;Hitesh Chopra ,&nbsp;Deepak Chandran ,&nbsp;Talha Bin Emran ,&nbsp;Kuldeep Dhama","doi":"10.1016/j.ijso.2023.100625","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijso.2023.100625","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The highly contagious Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 is a recent cause of concern during the COVID-19 pandemic. The World Health Organization (WHO) has classified SARS-CoV-2 variants into variants of concern (VOCs), variants of interest (VOIs), and variants under monitoring (VUMs). VOCs were categorized as Alpha (B.1.1.7), Beta (B.1.351), Gamma (P.1), and Delta (B.1.617.2). Omicron (B.1.1.529) was a further modified strain that has a short incubation period; it was called VOC by the WHO, and it became fifth on the list of variants. Omicron has spread faster than any other variant since its emergence in late 2021. Omicron is currently the only circulating VOC. The various subvariants of Omicron are BA.1 (B.1.1.529.1), BA.2 (B.1.1.529.2), BA.3 (B.1.1.529.3), BA.4, BA.5, and descendent lineages. More recently, identified Omicron subvariants and sublineages BQ.1, BQ.1.1, BA.4.6, BF.7, BA.2.75.2, XBB.1, and BF.7 have also attracted global attention. The BA.5 strain of Omicron is the most contagious and dominant subvariant globally. Recent spikes in cases in China are due to the BF.7 subvariant. With the large increase in the number of cases, there has been an increase in hospitalisations in countries worldwide. In many countries, the lifting of infection prevention protocols, such as the use of masks and physical distancing, contributes to the spread of the virus. This article highlights the potential impacts of SARS-CoV-2 variants and subvariants, which have made the pandemic far from over. Effective vaccination remains the safest option to kerb transmission of these variants. Therefore, people must be vaccinated, wear masks, perform regular hand hygiene, and observe social distancing. Additionally, genome sequencing of positive samples can help detect various virus variants; thus, mapping cases in a particular area can be performed.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":43872,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Surgery Open","volume":"55 ","pages":"Article 100625"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10192062/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9679430","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Wearable technology based smart dressing for effective wound monitoring– correspondence","authors":"Sanshita,&nbsp;Hitesh Chopra,&nbsp;Inderbir Singh,&nbsp;Talha Bin Emran","doi":"10.1016/j.ijso.2023.100628","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijso.2023.100628","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":43872,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Surgery Open","volume":"55 ","pages":"Article 100628"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46275715","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Measles outbreak in American Samoa: Alarm to strengthen vaccination post COVID-19 pandemic","authors":"Kamran Zaman,&nbsp;Shailendra Kumar Mishra,&nbsp;Aroop Mohanty,&nbsp;Bijaya Kumar Padhi,&nbsp;Ranjit Sah","doi":"10.1016/j.ijso.2023.100624","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijso.2023.100624","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":43872,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Surgery Open","volume":"55 ","pages":"Article 100624"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10182596/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9678926","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Measurement of quality of recovery using the postoperative quality of recovery scale (PQRS) in patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy: A prospective cohort pilot study","authors":"Phan Ton Ngoc Vu ,&nbsp;Ho Tat Bang ,&nbsp;Huynh Huu Hieu ,&nbsp;Le Hong Chinh","doi":"10.1016/j.ijso.2023.100619","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijso.2023.100619","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objectives</h3><p>Quality of post-operative recovery is an essential end-point for evaluating anesthesia and surgery. Measures must incorporate patient-reported outcomes and satisfaction in addition to physiological indicators of recovery in order to fully assess the effects of anesthesia and surgery. This study is to explore the quality of recovery using the postoperative quality of recovery scale (PQRS) in patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy.</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>This is a single-center, prospective cohort pilot study. Patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy were divided into two groups: Group D with deep neuromuscular blockade and Group M with moderate neuromuscular blockade. After surgery, patients were assessed by using Post-operative Quality Recovery Scale (PQRS).</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>60 patients in group D and 60 patients in group M were analyzed. The proportion of patients with excellent surgical conditions in group D was higher than in group M. In the recovery room, at 15 min and 40 min after endotracheal extubation, the recovery of the physiological domain in group D was significantly higher than in group M. In postoperative day 1, the overall recovery percentage was 78.3% in group D and 76.7% in group M.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><p>This is a pilot study showing that it is feasible and appropriate to use the postoperative quality of recovery scale (PQRS) in postoperative recovery assessment. Preliminary assessment of this result shows that anesthesia strategy with deep rocuronium-induced neuromuscular blockade-sugammadex reversal improved postoperative recovery versus the routine care with moderate neuromuscular block-neostigmine.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":43872,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Surgery Open","volume":"55 ","pages":"Article 100619"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42687860","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Cholelithiasis in childhood: Report of two cases from Afghanistan and literature review","authors":"Turyalai Hakimi, F. Rahmani, Mansoor Aslamzai, M. A. Jawed","doi":"10.1016/j.ijso.2023.100632","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijso.2023.100632","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":43872,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Surgery Open","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47946758","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The incidence and prognostic role of β-catenin and E-cadherin biomarkers in bladder neoplasms, a cross-sectional study","authors":"Seyed Amir Miratashi Yazdi ,&nbsp;Sara Batmani ,&nbsp;Hedieh Moradi Tabriz ,&nbsp;Elham Nazar ,&nbsp;Elham Pourebrahimi","doi":"10.1016/j.ijso.2023.100609","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijso.2023.100609","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objectives</h3><p>To predict the aggressive behavior of the bladder tumor as well as the poor prognosis of the disease, the use of some biomarkers including β-catenin and E-cadherin related to the detachment of tumoral cells from its primary lesion can be very beneficial. We intended to evaluate the incidence of β-catenin and E-cadherin expression and their association with tumor biological behavior in patients suffering bladder neoplasms.</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>This cross-sectional study was done on 30 established bladder neoplasms on tissue assessment with evidence of malignancy on cystoscopic examination. Hematoxylin and Eosin stains were planned for pathological evaluation in terms of tumor biological behavior. Immunohistochemistry staining for two markers E-cadherin and β-catenin was done to evaluate gene expression.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>Overall, β-catenin biomarker was expressed in nuclear in only one patient (3.3%), while abnormal E-Cadherin staining was revealed in none of the patients. The expression of these biomarkers was independent of tumor characteristics including vascular invasion, tumor size, tumor grade, and tumor stage (P-value&gt;0.05).</p></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><p>The change in β-catenin and E-cadherin expression probably has a weak prognostic role in the prediction of the biological behavior in bladder neoplasms as well as the clinical outcomes of patients in our society.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":43872,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Surgery Open","volume":"54 ","pages":"Article 100609"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2023-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45569188","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Avian influenza A H3N8 virus causing human infections: A evolving threat","authors":"Kamran Zaman,&nbsp;Aroop Mohanty,&nbsp;Bijaya Kumar Padhi,&nbsp;Ranjit Sah","doi":"10.1016/j.ijso.2023.100614","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijso.2023.100614","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":43872,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Surgery Open","volume":"54 ","pages":"Article 100614"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2023-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42889828","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Dynamic control and timely correction of blood glucose levels in diabetic patients undergoing traumatic spinal vertebral fracture surgery to reduce surgery site infection","authors":"Hamidreza Saeidiborojeni ,&nbsp;Meraj Forougi Asl ,&nbsp;Akam Shabrandy ,&nbsp;Saeed Gharooee Ahangar","doi":"10.1016/j.ijso.2023.100618","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijso.2023.100618","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objectives</h3><p>This study was designed to clarify the impact of precise and dynamic control and timely correction of accurate blood sugar control in reducing the rate of post-spinal fracture surgery infections in impaired glucose tolerance or diabetic patients by posterior approach.</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>In this single-blinded clinical trial, a total of 290 patients with diabetes or impaired glucose tolerance candidate for traumatic spinal vertebral fracture by posterior approach (PSF) were randomly assigned to either a blood glucose control group (n = 145) or a control group (n = 145). The blood glucose control group received precise control of blood sugar levels before, during, and after surgery, while the control group did not. The incidence of SSI was compared between the two groups at one- and six months post-surgery using statistical tests and SPSS software version 22.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>Based on intergroup comparisons, the rate of infection at the site of surgery one month after spinal vertebral fracture surgery (PSF) in patients in the blood glucose control group was significantly higher than the control group (P &lt; 0.05, 4.8%, and 11.7%). There was no significant difference between the rate of infection in the surgical site six months after spinal vertebral fracture surgery (PSF) in patients of the two groups studied (P &gt; 0.05, 4.1%, and 4.8%). According to intragroup comparisons, there was no significant difference between the infection rate of the surgical site one month and six months after spinal vertebral fracture surgery in the patients of the blood sugar control group (P &gt; 0.05). In patients in the control group, the infection rate at the surgery site of surgery 6 months after surgery was significantly lower than at the site of surgery one month after surgery (P &lt; 0.05). Logistic multivariate regression analysis revealed that malnutrition variables, malignancy, duration of stay in the ICU after surgery, and blood sugar correction intervention statistically correctly contributed significantly to the classification of patients with infection and predicted the incidence of infection in Patients (P &lt; 0.05).</p></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><p>Accurate and timely blood sugar control before, during, and after spinal vertebral fracture surgery by posterior approach is crucial in reducing the risk of SSI in diabetic or impaired glucose tolerance patients. The study highlights the importance of both dynamic control and timely correction of blood glucose levels, not only in the early postoperative period but also in preventing later infectious complications.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":43872,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Surgery Open","volume":"54 ","pages":"Article 100618"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2023-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43688489","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Can tooth germ show continuous development after autologous transplantation? Correspondence","authors":"Nuraldeen Maher Al-Khanati, Zafin Kara Beit","doi":"10.1016/j.ijso.2023.100617","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijso.2023.100617","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":43872,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Surgery Open","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2023-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48089355","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"How do patients select their sports medicine orthopedist? Cross sectional study","authors":"Rawan Masarwa ,&nbsp;Yaniv Yonai ,&nbsp;Yaniv Steinfeld ,&nbsp;Merav Ben Natan ,&nbsp;Yaron Berkovich","doi":"10.1016/j.ijso.2023.100608","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijso.2023.100608","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objective</h3><p>To explore factors that influence patient selection of a sports medicine orthopedist.</p></div><div><h3>Study setting</h3><p>A self-completion questionnaires were filled out by the patients independently at the entrance to the orthopedic clinic where they waited for their turn.</p></div><div><h3>Study design</h3><p>Cross sectional survey.</p></div><div><h3>Data collection</h3><p>Three hundred-and-eight patients that consulted a sports medicine orthopedist in the past year, whether in a private or a public sector, completed a questionnaire designed for the purposes of the present study.</p></div><div><h3>Principal findings</h3><p>Patient selection of a sports medicine orthopedist was primarily influenced by an orthopedist's professional skills and recommendations from friends, family members, and other patients, while patients seemed to be less concerned about an orthopedist's interpersonal skills, and less influenced by other physicians' recommendations or advertisements. Variance has been observed in attribution of importance to certain factors across patient groups.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>These findings may be used in designing of marketing strategies aimed to assist patient selection of a sports medicine orthopedist. Marketing strategies need to be tailored to specific patient groups for example athletes.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":43872,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Surgery Open","volume":"54 ","pages":"Article 100608"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2023-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48621809","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}