Response letter to the editor from Drs. Ozden, Er, and Tez

Comment

Michael G Sarr. Surgery. 2019 Nov.

. 2019 Nov;166(5):957.

doi: 10.1016/j.surg.2019.06.029. Epub 2019 Aug 16.

No abstract available

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Does retrieval bag use during laparoscopic appendectomy reduce postoperative infection?
Fields AC, Lu P, Palenzuela DL, Bleday R, Goldberg JE, Irani J, Davids JS, Melnitchouk N. Fields AC, et al. Surgery. 2019 May;165(5):953-957. doi: 10.1016/j.surg.2018.11.012. Epub 2018 Dec 24. Surgery. 2019. PMID: 30591378
Utilization of a specimen retrieval bag during laparoscopic appendectomy for both uncomplicated and complicated appendicitis is not associated with a decrease in postoperative surgical site infection rates.
Turner SA, Jung HS, Scarborough JE. Turner SA, et al. Surgery. 2019 Jun;165(6):1199-1202. doi: 10.1016/j.surg.2019.02.010. Epub 2019 Apr 28. Surgery. 2019. PMID: 31043235
Are these salami publications?
Özden S, Er S, Tez M. Özden S, et al. Surgery. 2019 Nov;166(5):956-957. doi: 10.1016/j.surg.2019.05.067. Epub 2019 Jul 31. Surgery. 2019. PMID: 31376999 No abstract available.