Volume & Issue: Volume 39, Issue 1, February 2020 
Laparoscopic conversion to open in rectal cancer resection: effect on short-term and oncological outcomes

Moamen S. Abdelgawaad Shalkamy; Gamal A. Ahmed; Abdelmoniem I. Elkhateeb; Mahmoud R. Shehata; Ragai S. Hanna; Ahmed S. Mohammed Abouelhassan


Risk of liver failure after major hepatectomy for patients with hepatocellular carcinoma

Nahed A. Makhlouf; Mohammed O. Abdel-Malek; Sahar M. Hassany; Amira M. Abd-Elmawgood; Ahmed M. Taha; Tameem M. Ibraheem; Bashir A. Fadel


Effects of vertical sleeve gastrectomy on serum visfatin level and insulin resistance in obese diabetic and obese nondiabetic cases

Mohamed M. Abouzeid; Ahmed M.B. El-Din; Caroline A. Girgis; Nihad S.M. Shoeib; Khaled M. Makboul; Gena M.A. El Makromy


Laparoscopic versus open total mesorectal excision in rectal cancers: a randomized-controlled trial

Mohamed Kamal Alhanafy; Moharram Abdelsamie; Mohammed Nazeeh Shaker Nassar; Ahmed F. Elkased


Submental island flap reconstruction of large and complex oral commissure defects

Islam A. Elzahaby; Islam H. Metwally; Amr Abouzid; Osama Eldamshety; Basel Refky; Khaled Abdelwahab; Ahmed Abdallah; Mahmoud Abdelaziz


The effect of bougie size on the short-term outcome of laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy

Sameh T. Abo-Elela; Hamdy Shaban; Ahmed H. Hussein; Mustafa A. Abo-Ali; Mohammed K. Elhadary; Ahmed A. Elgeidie; Mohamed G. Sayed; Ahmed M.M. Gomaa