Georgi Kalev, Christoph Marquardt, Marten Schmerer, Anja Ulrich, Wolfgang Heyl, Thomas Schiedeck
{"title":"Resection rectopexy as part of the multidisciplinary approach in the management of complex pelvic floor disorders.","authors":"Georgi Kalev, Christoph Marquardt, Marten Schmerer, Anja Ulrich, Wolfgang Heyl, Thomas Schiedeck","doi":"10.1515/iss-2022-0027","DOIUrl":"10.1515/iss-2022-0027","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>Pelvic floor disorders are frequently caused by an organ prolapse involving multiple pelvic floor compartments. In such cases, a multidisciplinary strategy for diagnostic work-up and therapy is required.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>All patients who underwent transabdominal rectopexy/resection rectopexy alone or in combination with simultaneous gynecological pelvic floor reconstruction at our institution between 01/2006 and 12/2021 were included in this retrospective study. The study aimed to evaluate the functional outcome and postoperative complications.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Two hundred and eighty seven patients were assigned to one of the following groups: PG1 - patient group one: after resection rectopexy (n=141); PG2 - after ventral rectopexy (n=8); PG3 - after combined resection rectopexy and sacro (cervico)colpopexy (n=62); PG4 - after combined resection rectopexy and <i>trans</i>-vaginal pelvic floor repair (n=76). The duration of follow-up was 14 months for PG1 (median, IQR 37 months), 11 months for PG2 (mean, SD 9 months), 7 months for PG 3 (median, IQR 33 months), and 12 months for PG 4 (median, IQR 51 Months). The surgical procedure resulted in improvement of symptoms related to obstructed defecation in 56.4 % (22/39) of the patients in PG1, 25 % in PG2 (1/4), 62.5 % (20/32) in PG3, and 71.8 % (28/39) in PG4. \"<i>De novo</i>\" constipation was reported by 2.4 % (2/141) of patients from PG1. Improvement in fecal incontinence symptoms was reported by 69 % (40/58) of patients in PG1, 100 % in PG2 (2/2), 93.1 % (27/29) in PG3, and 87.2 % (34/39) in PG4. The recurrence rate for external rectal prolapse was 7.1 % in PG1, 50 % in PG2 (1/2), 2.7 % in PG3, and 6.3 % in PG4. A significant difference in terms of severe morbidity (grade ≥ IIIb) and mortality could not be determined between the non-interdisciplinary (PG1 with PG2) and interdisciplinary surgery (PG3 with PG4) (p=0.88, p=0.499).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Based on our results, we can assume that combined surgery is as feasible as rectal surgery alone. In our study, combined interventions were effective and not associated with an increased risk of postoperative complications.</p>","PeriodicalId":44186,"journal":{"name":"Innovative Surgical Sciences","volume":"8 1","pages":"29-36"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2023-07-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10576551/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41239682","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":"Impact factor for Innovative Surgical Sciences - heading for the future.","authors":"Joachim Jaehne","doi":"10.1515/iss-2023-2001","DOIUrl":"10.1515/iss-2023-2001","url":null,"abstract":"Innovative Surgical Sciences, founded as Gold Open Access Journal by the German Society of Surgery in 2016 [1, 2], was just recently informed by Clarivate Analytics that the journal gained an impact factor of 1.3. The German Society of Surgery and the publisher DeGruyter would like to thank all members of the Editorial Board, all authors and their coworkers aswell as all reviewers for their continuous support of the journal. Without these efforts and the constant dedication to the journal, such a success after a relatively short period following the launch of the journal in 2016would not have been possible – thank you very much! Additionally, gaining an impact factor as an open access journal shows that open access has become a wellestablished publication method. More and more originally pure print journals with very high reputation switch to open access formats [3, 4]. Open access will most likely substitute the “old-fashioned” printed journals and will represent the standard of scientific communication in the very near future [4]. Now, that the impact factor is reality, one could say: mission accomplished! Although the impact factor was one aim to achieve, it needs to be said that this is just the beginning! The impact factor encourages to put even more effort in the aim to fully establish the journal within the surgical scientific community. In the last years the journal experienced some changes which seemed to be relevant and necessary. The layout was changed from green to blue to fulfill the requirements for a consequent marketing strategy of the German Society of Surgery, which also changed the color. Furthermore, all abstracts of the congress of the German Society of Surgery were published open access as a supplement to the journal so that the congress and the abstracts reach a wide surgical community. To fully support the various surgical societies which are members of the German Society of Surgery a National Editorial Board was established. This board should result in a greater participation of all surgical subspecialties in designing the content and the articles published in Innovative Surgical Sciences. Since the launch in 2016 Innovative Surgical Sciences is listed in all relevant data bases, and the journal has been in Pubmed for some years which may also be another reason for gaining the impact factor. Additionally, the actual Scopus Cite Score is 4.5, so that we feel that our road map for the future is correct. In comparison to other journals, one issue which we strictly follow is the publication of all reviews of the double-blind-review process. To our feeling, this is essential for the transparency of scientific communication, and it is the unique selling point of Innovative Surgical Sciences. Hereby, we also can communicate a rejection rate of 52 % for the years 2021 and 2022. Our aim for the years to come is clearly defined to further increase the impact factor. This aimmay be achieved by a broader internationalization of the j","PeriodicalId":44186,"journal":{"name":"Innovative Surgical Sciences","volume":"8 1","pages":"1"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2023-07-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10576547/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41239679","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}
Christin Müller, Samantha Taber, Joachim Pfannschmidt, Sergej Griff
{"title":"Extracapsular extension of pN2 lymph node metastases is not prognostically significant in surgically resected patients with non-small cell lung cancer.","authors":"Christin Müller, Samantha Taber, Joachim Pfannschmidt, Sergej Griff","doi":"10.1515/iss-2022-0023","DOIUrl":"10.1515/iss-2022-0023","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>In patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) the pathologic lymph node status N2 is a heterogeneous entity, with different degrees of lymph node involvement representing different prognoses. It is speculated whether extra capsular nodal extension may help to define a subgroup with implications on long-term survival.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We retrospectively identified 118 patients with non-small cell lung cancer (65 men, 53 women), who were treated between 2013 and 2018 and found to have pathologic N2 lymph node involvement. In all patients lung resection with systematic mediastinal and hilar lymph node dissection was performed with curative intent. In N2 lymph node metastases capsules of affected lymph nodes were examined microscopically as to whether extracapsular extension was present.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>51 patients (43 %) had extracapsular extension (ENE). Most of these patients (n=35) only had ENE in a single lymph node (69 %). The overall 5-year survival rate was 24.6 % and progression-free survival rate 17.8 %. In the multivariate analysis OS was worse for patients with multiple affected pN2 stations, concurrent N1 metastases, increasing age, and larger tumor size. For the percentage of lymph nodes affected with ENE (of total examined) only a non-significant trend towards worse OS could be observed (p=0.06).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Although we could not demonstrate significant prognostic differences between N2 extra capsular nodal involvement within our patient population, other analyses may yield different results. However, clinicians should continue performing thorough lymph nodes dissections in order to achieve local complete resection even in patients with extra capsular tumor spread.</p>","PeriodicalId":44186,"journal":{"name":"Innovative Surgical Sciences","volume":"8 1","pages":"9-16"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2023-05-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10576552/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41239677","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}
Barbara Puhahn-Schmeiser, Eva K Hennel, Christiane Gross, Heike Raestrup, Astrid Bühren, Mandy Mangler
{"title":"Female physician and pregnancy- effect of the amended German maternity protection act on female doctors' careers.","authors":"Barbara Puhahn-Schmeiser, Eva K Hennel, Christiane Gross, Heike Raestrup, Astrid Bühren, Mandy Mangler","doi":"10.1515/iss-2022-0024","DOIUrl":"10.1515/iss-2022-0024","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>In Germany, the 2018 amended Maternity Protection Act frequently leads to fundamental restrictions for female physicians, especially surgeons, and now even also for students impeding the progress of their careers. Our goal was to assess the current situation for pregnant female physicians and students, respectively, and their perspective on this amendment regarding their career path.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A nationwide survey was conducted in Germany from December 2020 to February 2021. The questionnaire included 790 female physicians and students who were pregnant after the inception of the amended Act. Those women pregnant after the beginning of the corona pandemic were excluded.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The survey revealed that two thirds of female physicians worked a maximum of 50% in their previous professional activity as soon as they reported pregnancy. Amongst medical students this amounted up to 72%. 18% of the female physicians and 17% of the female medical students respectively could not follow the sense of these restrictions. 44% of female medical physicians and 33% of female students felt their career impeded. This led up to 43% amongst female medical doctors and 53% amongst female medical students, respectively, who were concerned to announce their pregnancy. As a consequence, pregnancies were reported at 12 weeks in female physicians compared to 19 weeks in medical students.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Analyses of the current survey revealed that a relevant number of female physicians and medical students felt impeded in their career path through the application of the amended Maternity Act.</p>","PeriodicalId":44186,"journal":{"name":"Innovative Surgical Sciences","volume":"8 1","pages":"23-28"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2023-03-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10576549/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41239678","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":"Presentation, management and outcomes of iliopsoas abscess at a University Teaching Hospital in Nepal.","authors":"Jayant Kumar Sah, Shankar Adhikari, Ganesh Sah, Bikal Ghimire, Yogendra Prasad Singh","doi":"10.1515/iss-2022-0013","DOIUrl":"10.1515/iss-2022-0013","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>Iliopsoas abscess (IPA) is an uncommon clinical disease and is often missed to diagnose due to vague clinical presentation. Early treatment with drainage and appropriate antibiotic therapy is necessary before sepsis sets in and become lethal. We conducted this study to evaluate clinical features, etiology, management strategies, and outcomes in patients with IPA from a University Teaching Hospital in Nepal.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A retrospective analysis of 32 consecutive IPA cases managed at Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Nepal for the period of January 2019 to February 2022 was carried out.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The mean age was 42.5 ± 19.1 years (range, 19-75 years) and the male: female ratio was 2.2:1. Two-thirds or more patients presented with fever, limp, fixed flexion deformity and/or low back pain. Ultrasonography (US) was diagnostic in 27 (84.4%) patients. Eighteen (56.3%) patients had primary IPAs, and 14 (43.7%) had secondary IPAs. Thirty (93.7%) patients were managed with US guided percutaneous drainage (PCD) and 2 (6.2%) patients underwent open surgical drainage. Drainage procedures were combined with antibiotics in all patients. Pus culture showed <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i> growing in the majority of cases (10 of 23, 43.5%). The hospital stay was longer in patients treated via surgical drainage compared to those who received PCD: 13 days (range 12-14 days) vs. 6.6 days (range 4-13 days), respectively. Recurrence of abscess was seen in 4 (12.5%) cases and all were successfully managed via a second PCD. There was no mortality.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Varying clinical presentation of iliopsoas abscess demand a high index of suspicion for early diagnosis. Initial imaging modality in suspected case of IPA is US. US-guided PCD along with the appropriate antibiotics is a successful frontline treatment of IPAs with shorter hospital stay.</p>","PeriodicalId":44186,"journal":{"name":"Innovative Surgical Sciences","volume":"8 1","pages":"17-22"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2023-03-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10576548/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41239681","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}
P. Donndorf, J. Gross, Peter Ouvrier, Clemens Schafmayer
{"title":"Abstract DGG","authors":"P. Donndorf, J. Gross, Peter Ouvrier, Clemens Schafmayer","doi":"10.1515/iss-2023-9006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/iss-2023-9006","url":null,"abstract":"myotomy","PeriodicalId":44186,"journal":{"name":"Innovative Surgical Sciences","volume":"5 1","pages":"129 - 136"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2023-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82558003","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}
S. Walter, M. Lenz, P. Knöll, K. Zarghooni, J. Jakob, D. Andreou, B. Beck-Broichsitter, Jens Bedke, W. Budach, D. Denschlag, H. Dürr, M. Felcht, M. Follmann, S. Frese, T. Gösling, T. Graeter, V. Gruenwald, R. Gruetzmann, Jürgen Hoffmann, P. Hohenberger, Vlada Kogosov, W. Knoefel, M. Lehnhardt, B. Lehner, L. Lindner, C. Matthies, P. Reichardt, J. Sehouli, S. Ugurel, B. Kasper, D. Gruyter
{"title":"Abstract DGOOC","authors":"S. Walter, M. Lenz, P. Knöll, K. Zarghooni, J. Jakob, D. Andreou, B. Beck-Broichsitter, Jens Bedke, W. Budach, D. Denschlag, H. Dürr, M. Felcht, M. Follmann, S. Frese, T. Gösling, T. Graeter, V. Gruenwald, R. Gruetzmann, Jürgen Hoffmann, P. Hohenberger, Vlada Kogosov, W. Knoefel, M. Lehnhardt, B. Lehner, L. Lindner, C. Matthies, P. Reichardt, J. Sehouli, S. Ugurel, B. Kasper, D. Gruyter","doi":"10.1515/iss-2023-9005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/iss-2023-9005","url":null,"abstract":"Results: 10,029 cases were included into final analysis (Group I: 3,007; Group II: 7,022). There was no significant difference between both groups regarding age or gender distribution. Average morbidity of patients was significantly elevated in Group I (p < 0.05) and the rates of invasive surgery were significantly increased in this group (p < 0.001). Overall complication rates were reported with 12.0% (Group I) and 8.5% (Group II). There were significantly more epidural hematoma (p < 0.001) and motor dysfunction (p = 0.049) as well as deep wound infections (p < 0.001) in Group I.","PeriodicalId":44186,"journal":{"name":"Innovative Surgical Sciences","volume":"52 1","pages":"123 - 128"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2023-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90603578","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}