Michael Ardelt, Falk Rauchfuss, Felix Dondorf, Aladdin Ali Deeb, Astrid Bauschke, Oliver Rohland, Laura Schwenk, Utz Settmacher
{"title":"[Long-term results of a pilot study on a two-stage procedure with primary excision and Limberg flap in the interval for treatment of sacrococcygeal pilonidal sinus disease].","authors":"Michael Ardelt, Falk Rauchfuss, Felix Dondorf, Aladdin Ali Deeb, Astrid Bauschke, Oliver Rohland, Laura Schwenk, Utz Settmacher","doi":"10.1007/s00104-025-02252-9","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00104-025-02252-9","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The current Association of the Scientific Medical Societies in Germany (AWMF) S3 guidelines recommend among others a Limberg flap for the treatment of pilonidal sinus disease. This article reports the long-term results of the pilot study: \"Results of a two-stage intervention with primary excision and Limberg flap in the interval for treatment of sacrococcygeal pilonidal sinus disease\", published in 2015.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>From 2010 to 2013 a total of 50 patients with sacrococcygeal pilonidal sinus disease were treated. Following initial excision patients were offered plastic coverage in the presence of clean wound conditions according to the then relevant AWMF guidelines in primary cases and recommended in recurrent cases. Of the patients 22 opted for a Limberg flap. In 2022 recurrences were recorded via telephone interviews with patients. The groups with a Limberg flap were compared with the excision group.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>There were no recurrences in the Limberg flap group (0%) while there were six recurrences in the excision group (23%) p = 0.028. In the Limberg group one patient and in the excision group two patients were lost to follow-up.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>With a two-stage technique a Limberg flap is obviously more effective under inflammation-free wound conditions. The Limberg flap is a simple plastic surgery procedure; however, one should remember that it is a transposition flap.</p>","PeriodicalId":72588,"journal":{"name":"Chirurgie (Heidelberg, Germany)","volume":" ","pages":"667-672"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143451130","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}
Jens Rosellen, Florian Wagenlehner, Matthias Saar, Jennifer Kranz
{"title":"[Urological causes of groin pain].","authors":"Jens Rosellen, Florian Wagenlehner, Matthias Saar, Jennifer Kranz","doi":"10.1007/s00104-025-02313-z","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00104-025-02313-z","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In addition to muscular and general surgical issues, groin pain in men can also be caused by various urological diseases. Emergencies include testicular torsion, renal colic, or epididymitis, while longer symptom durations may be associated with varicoceles, spermatoceles, or hydroceles. Treatment of urological groin pain depends on the underlying condition and includes both conservative and surgical measures. Testicular torsion and renal colic, in particular, are urological emergencies that require prompt action.</p>","PeriodicalId":72588,"journal":{"name":"Chirurgie (Heidelberg, Germany)","volume":" ","pages":"626-632"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144082340","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":"[Liver first resection in patients with colorectal liver metastases is associated with a reduced recurrence-free survival].","authors":"Johannes Fritsch, Michael Ardelt, Utz Settmacher","doi":"10.1007/s00104-025-02351-7","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00104-025-02351-7","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":72588,"journal":{"name":"Chirurgie (Heidelberg, Germany)","volume":" ","pages":"683-684"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144593057","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}
Martin C Jordan, Stefan Zwingenberger, Martin Burchardt, Willi L Wagner, Mark O Wielpütz, Georgi Wassilew
{"title":"[Osteitis pubis and spinal diseases : Differential diagnosis of groin pain].","authors":"Martin C Jordan, Stefan Zwingenberger, Martin Burchardt, Willi L Wagner, Mark O Wielpütz, Georgi Wassilew","doi":"10.1007/s00104-025-02284-1","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00104-025-02284-1","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Aseptic osteitis pubis can be a possible cause of groin pain in young physically active patients. As a correlation with femoroacetabular impingement has been demonstrated, this pathological condition should also be considered as a possible cause. In older patients aseptic osteitis pubis is usually a degenerative alteration of the symphysis, which can also lead to groin pain. It is important to distinguish this from septic osteitis pubis, which is often associated with infections in the region of the true pelvis or previous surgery in this area. Vertebrogenic causes of groin pain are attributable to irritation of the nerve roots L1-L3, which can result from inflammatory, traumatic or degenerative alterations of the spine. This article provides an overview of these differential diagnoses based on case examples.</p>","PeriodicalId":72588,"journal":{"name":"Chirurgie (Heidelberg, Germany)","volume":" ","pages":"641-649"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144043869","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":"[Different expectations regarding the prehospital care of injured children? : A comparison between pediatric surgeons and trauma surgeons].","authors":"Ralf Kraus, Melanie Markmann, Jens Günter Riedel, Emmanuel Schneck","doi":"10.1007/s00104-025-02352-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00104-025-02352-6","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>The prehospital care of injured children is challenging. Immobilization and pharmacological pain management are in the foreground; however, the expectations of pediatric surgeons and trauma surgeons regarding emergency medical services and emergency physicians can vary. This study aims to identify similarities and differences.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>In this study 186 members of the Pediatric Traumatology Section of the German Society for Trauma Surgery were surveyed on the necessity of 9 emergency medical interventions using 10 routine case studies.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 26 pediatric surgeons and 31 trauma surgeons provided their assessments. There were significant differences in assessment regarding the use of pharmacological pain management, the need for neurological assessment and reduction maneuvers with analgesia. There was high agreement regarding immobilization of the injured body region, the establishment of an intravenous approach and sterile closure of open fractures.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>Pediatric traumatologists with trauma surgery and pediatric surgery training have different priorities in their requirements for the prehospital care of injured children. Joint interdisciplinary recommendations for action should be formulated to provide widely accepted guidelines for emergency medical personnel, who often do not specialize in pediatric traumatology.</p>","PeriodicalId":72588,"journal":{"name":"Chirurgie (Heidelberg, Germany)","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144610456","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":"[Validation of artificial intelligence algorithms for the surgical practice].","authors":"Annika Reinke","doi":"10.1007/s00104-025-02348-2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00104-025-02348-2","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly being used in surgery; however, the validation of such systems is often methodologically insufficient.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>Which validation issues arise in surgical AI and what requirements can be derived for clinically meaningful validation strategies?</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Metric-related pitfalls reported in the literature were analyzed, combined with insights from the interdisciplinary consensus process \"metrics reloaded\" and its ongoing extension to surgical applications.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Recurring weaknesses are observed at the levels of data, metrics and reporting. The lack of consideration of temporal structures and aggregation in video data is particularly critical.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>A structured, clinically grounded validation is essential for the safe use of surgical AI. The metrics reloaded procedure is currently being adapted to address surgery-specific requirements.</p>","PeriodicalId":72588,"journal":{"name":"Chirurgie (Heidelberg, Germany)","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144610459","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}
Christian A Gutschow, Florian Gebauer, Marcel A Schneider, Wolfgang Schröder
{"title":"[Reconstruction techniques after partial and total gastric resection].","authors":"Christian A Gutschow, Florian Gebauer, Marcel A Schneider, Wolfgang Schröder","doi":"10.1007/s00104-025-02347-3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00104-025-02347-3","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The domains of gastric surgery are nowadays oncological resections, often as part of multimodal treatment concepts. Depending on the extent of the gastric resection as total, proximal or distal (or subtotal) gastrectomy, different methods of reconstruction are available. These reconstruction procedures have not basically changed with the implementation of minimally invasive or robotic techniques but the spectrum of possible anastomotic techniques has been substantially expanded. Functional, in particular nutritional disorders with subsequent impairment of the postoperative health-related quality of life, are often observed after gastric resection. After surgical resection these disorders principally occur less frequently with partial preservation of a gastric residue. After (total) gastrectomy, the placement of a jejunal pouch significantly reduces the incidence of postoperative dumping symptoms. Following proximal gastrectomy, double-tract reconstruction provides certain functional advantages as compared to the Roux‑en-Y.</p>","PeriodicalId":72588,"journal":{"name":"Chirurgie (Heidelberg, Germany)","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144610458","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}