Cirugía y Cirujanos is the official journal of the Mexican Academy of Surgery. This institution was founded in 1933 and it is both the advisory body of the Federal Government on health and social policy and the advisor of the General Health Council of Mexico. Its membership assembles more than 400 outstanding professionals of 64 medical, surgical and professional specialties from areas related to health, which has contributed to give body, structure, doctrine, mission, vision, and prestige to Mexican surgery and medicine in the international context.






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IF 2024: 0.5

Current Issue:

September - October,
Volume 92, Number 5

Original articles:

Jorge Quiroz-Williams, José R. Viveros-Encarnación, Suemmy Gaytán-Fernández, Rodolfo G. Barragán-Hervella, Carlos R. Rueda-Alvarado, América Ramírez-Polanco, M. Paloma Martínez-Senda, Andrea M. Palma-Jaimes

Clinical evolution of patients with infection associated with orthopedic devices in treatment with continuous negative pressure

Hüseyin A. Kızıloğlu, Murat Beyhan, Erkan Gökçe, Yaşar Birişik, Çiğdem Samur Salbaş, Mustafa Yeşilyurt

Role of contrast agent in evaluation of periprostatic invasion in prostate cancer

David Lomeli-Reyes, Gonzalo M. Torres-Villalobos, José M. Correa-Rovelo, Alejandro Díaz Girón-Gidi, Amado J. Athié-Athié, Perla X. López-Almanza

Effect of laparoscopic gastric sleeve vs. laparoscopic gastric bypass in Roux-Y on long-term weight loss in obese mexican population

Víctor M. Araujo-Monsalvo, Marcos Martínez-Cruz, Lázaro Morales-Acosta, Víctor M. Domínguez-Hernández, Ramiro Cuevas-Olivo, Jesus A. Carrillo-Pelaes, Javier Perez-Orive, Elisa Martínez-Coria

Finite element analysis evaluation of hypothetical alternative treatment scenarios for neglected developmental dysplasia of the hip

Judith E. García-de-Alba-Verduzco, Javier E. García-de-Alba-Verduzco, Ramiro López-Elizalde, Javier E. García-de-Alba-García

Table of life for beneficiaries of the Institute of Security and Social Services of State Workers (ISSSTE), Mexico 2021

Mariela M. García-Zendejas, Edgar A. Cano-Torres, Luis E. Simental-Mendía

Association of Vitamin D and magnesium levels with severity and mortality in patients with COVID-19

Chuansheng Fu, Baofu Wei, Hongjian Pei, Cunyin Xue, Jijuan Zhou, Guodong Zhong

Modified extensile calcaneal exposure is safe

Ivette Mata-Maqueda, Juan C. Solís-Sáinz, Guadalupe Zaldivar-Lelo de Larrea, Ernesto Deloya-Tomas, Jorge López-Fermín, Ma. Guadalupe Olvera-Ramos, Gabriela Castillo-Gutiérrez, Jorge D. Carrión-Moya, Orlando R. Perez-Nieto

Acute kidney injury and mortality in patients with critical COVID-19 in Mexico: case–control study

Milan Milinkov, Nikola Vučinić, Mirko Obradović, Nikola Vukosav, Milan Tošić, Bojana Krstonošić

Morphology of ulnar trochlear notch and defining ideal position for olecranon osteotomy

Adolfo Montemayor-Alatorre, Ruth P. Serna-Vazquez, Karla M. Santos-Santillana, Josefina A. Morales-del Ángel, José R. Córtes-Ponce, José L. Treviño-González

Pharyngeal mucosal closure in total laryngectomy: comparison between vertical and T-shaped closure

Clinical cases:

Inés Cañas-García, Clotilde Moreno-Cortés, Enrique Dabán-Collado, Benito Mirón-Pozo

Solid pseudopapillary neoplasia of the pancreas: incidental finding with increased frequency

Antonio Sosa-Nájera, Abrahan A. Tafur-Grandett, Alejandro Ceja-Espinosa, Raúl Huato-Reyes, Jorge Ortega-Espino

Report of two cases of high cervical injury: an adequate functional result with timely surgical management

Ángel A. Hernández-Moreno, Carlos E. Durón-Gutiérrez, Sheyla P. Serrano-González, Grettel León-Martínez, José G. Arroyo-Del-Castillo

Mixed adenoneuroendocrine carcinoma: case report

José J. Vargas-Montes, Miguel E. Yado-López, Pamela L. Huerta-Martínez, Barbara I. Rojo-Rodríguez, Antonio Tirado-Motel

Proximal jejunal GIST associated with massive gastrointestinal bleeding. Case report

Nancy Trujillo-García, Irma Y. Castillo-López, Carmen A. Carrillo-López, Diana P. Mariscal-Arellano

Modified trident technique for surgical approach to facial lipoma

Letters to the editor:

Rujittika Mungmunpuntipantip, Viroj Wiwanitkit

Vaccination during the COVID-19 pandemic: correspondence

Sergio A. Ramírez-García, Diana García-Cruz, Carlos E. Cabrera-Pivaral

Omicron’s BQ.1.1 and XBB sub-variants: a global problem and management strategies

Sergio A. Ramírez-García, Carlos E. Cabrera-Pivaral, José Domínguez-Rodas, David A. López-de la Mora, Sabina López-Toledo, Felicitas Ortiz-García, Reyna M. Hernández-Vásquez, Diego A. Cáceres-Gutiérrez

Management guidelines in triplidemia due to respiratory viruses and the social importance of the clinical-genetic diagnosis algorithm of SARS-COV2

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