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 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2378-3397/1410146

Seasonality of Acute Cholecystitis: A Review of Global Patterns

Auda Fares, Adnan Taib and Resul Toprak

Article Type: Review Article | First Published: September 30, 2022

Acute Cholecystitis occurs throughout the year, but some months are associated with higher incidences. The aim of this study is to review prior research, summarise the current knowledge and controversies related to seasonal variability of acute cholecystitis and to examine whether acute cholecystitis has a seasonal pattern....

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2378-3397/1410145

Anti-DVT Prophylaxis in Patients Undergoing Thermal Endovenous Treatment: Use of a Simple Scoring System

Ahmed G and Nyamekye I

Article Type: Research Article | First Published: August 22, 2022

Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is a rare but potentially life-threatening complication of superficial endovenous treatment. Use of VTE risk assessment to guide pharmacological prophylaxis could mitigate this danger. However, currently there is no accepted management of VTE risk in these, usually fit, ambulatory patients....

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2378-3397/1410144

Analyzing Letters to the Editor Guidelines of Major Surgery Journals: A Brief Report

Morgan Garrett, Brayden Rucker, Max Bouvette and Matt Vassar

Article Type: Research Article | First Published: August 06, 2022

Peer review is the process by which an author’s work is subjected to critical evaluation by experts in the same field [1]. A survey performed in 2016 by the Publishing Research Consortium showed that 82% of researchers were in agreement that “without peer review, there is no control in scientific communication” [2]....

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2378-3397/1410143

Occult Metastatic Follicular Thyroid Carcinoma-A Case of Unremarkable Clinical Neck Examination

Kenneth Chun Kok Sheng

Article Type: Case Report | First Published: July 30, 2022

Follicular thyroid carcinoma is prevalent in the age group 40-60 years old and accounts for 10% of the types of thyroid cancers [1]. FTC has the propensity to spread via hematogenous route, mainly to the bones and lungs....

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