Karen Slim

Summary

Affiliation: CHU de Clermont-Ferrand
Country: France

Publications

  1. ncbi [Is the debate on mechanical bowel preparation, before colorectal surgery, over?]
    K Slim
    Service de Chirurgie Digestive, Hotel Dieu, CHU Clermont Ferrand
    J Chir (Paris) 145:424-7. 2008
  2. ncbi [Abecedary of the "annales". Part 11]
    K Slim
    Service de Chirurgie Generale et Digestive, Hotel Dieu, Boulevard Leon Malfreyt, 63058 Clermont Ferrand, France
    Ann Chir 131:224-6. 2006
  3. ncbi [Abecedary of the "Annales". Part 13]
    K Slim
    Service de Chirurgie Generale et Digestive, Hotel Dieu, Boulevard Leon Malfreyt, 63058 Clermont Ferrand, France
    Ann Chir 131:351-2. 2006
  4. ncbi [Abecedary of the "Annales". Part 12]
    K Slim
    Service de Chirurgie Generale et Digestive, Hotel Dieu, Boulevard Leon Malfreyt, 63058 Clermont Ferrand, France
    Ann Chir 131:288-9. 2006
  5. ncbi [Abecedary of the "Annales". Part 8]
    K Slim
    , , 63058 Clermont-Ferrand, France
    Ann Chir 130:644-5. 2005
  6. ncbi Predicting postoperative mortality in patients undergoing colorectal surgery
    Karem Slim
    Department of Digestive Surgery, Hotel Dieu, Clermont Ferrand, Boulevard Leon Malfreyt, Clermont Ferrand Cedex 1, F 63058, France
    World J Surg 30:100-6. 2006
  7. ncbi [Abecedary of the "Annales". Part 7]
    K Slim
    Service de Chirurgie Generale et Digestive, Hotel Dieu, Boulevard Leon Malfreyt, 63058 Clermont Ferrand, France
    Ann Chir 130:590-1. 2005
  8. ncbi [Fasting duration before elective abdominal surgery]
    K Slim
    , , F-63058 Clermont-Ferrand cedex 1, France
    Ann Chir 130:631-2. 2005
  9. ncbi [Abecedary of the "Annales". Part 6]
    K Slim
    Service de Chirurgie Generale et Digestive, Hotel Dieu, Clermont Ferrand, France
    Ann Chir 130:498-500. 2005
  10. ncbi [Right hemicolectomy: the Achilles Heel in the evaluation of laparascopic surgery for colorectal cancers]
    K Slim
    ,
    J Chir (Paris) 142:93-4. 2005

Detail Information

Publications71

  1. ncbi [Is the debate on mechanical bowel preparation, before colorectal surgery, over?]
    K Slim
    Service de Chirurgie Digestive, Hotel Dieu, CHU Clermont Ferrand
    J Chir (Paris) 145:424-7. 2008
    ....
  2. ncbi [Abecedary of the "annales". Part 11]
    K Slim
    Service de Chirurgie Generale et Digestive, Hotel Dieu, Boulevard Leon Malfreyt, 63058 Clermont Ferrand, France
    Ann Chir 131:224-6. 2006
    ..The terms included and detailed in the present part are: confounding factor, false negative, false positive, reliability, forest plot, funnel plot...
  3. ncbi [Abecedary of the "Annales". Part 13]
    K Slim
    Service de Chirurgie Generale et Digestive, Hotel Dieu, Boulevard Leon Malfreyt, 63058 Clermont Ferrand, France
    Ann Chir 131:351-2. 2006
    ..The terms included and detailed in the present part are: incidence, confidence interval, interquartile interval, kappa value...
  4. ncbi [Abecedary of the "Annales". Part 12]
    K Slim
    Service de Chirurgie Generale et Digestive, Hotel Dieu, Boulevard Leon Malfreyt, 63058 Clermont Ferrand, France
    Ann Chir 131:288-9. 2006
    ..The terms included and detailed in the present part are: gold standard, grey literature, heterogeneity, homogeneity, and null hypothesis...
  5. ncbi [Abecedary of the "Annales". Part 8]
    K Slim
    , , 63058 Clermont-Ferrand, France
    Ann Chir 130:644-5. 2005
  6. ncbi Predicting postoperative mortality in patients undergoing colorectal surgery
    Karem Slim
    Department of Digestive Surgery, Hotel Dieu, Clermont Ferrand, Boulevard Leon Malfreyt, Clermont Ferrand Cedex 1, F 63058, France
    World J Surg 30:100-6. 2006
    ..POSSUM has not been validated in France in the field of colorectal surgery. P-POSSUM was as predictive as the AFC-index which is a simpler instrument based on four clinical parameters (without any mathematical formulas)...
  7. ncbi [Abecedary of the "Annales". Part 7]
    K Slim
    Service de Chirurgie Generale et Digestive, Hotel Dieu, Boulevard Leon Malfreyt, 63058 Clermont Ferrand, France
    Ann Chir 130:590-1. 2005
    ..The terms included and detailed in the present part are: dichotomous (variable), mean difference, normal (Gaussian) distribution, discrete(variable), discriminated (analysis)...
  8. ncbi [Fasting duration before elective abdominal surgery]
    K Slim
    , , F-63058 Clermont-Ferrand cedex 1, France
    Ann Chir 130:631-2. 2005
  9. ncbi [Abecedary of the "Annales". Part 6]
    K Slim
    Service de Chirurgie Generale et Digestive, Hotel Dieu, Clermont Ferrand, France
    Ann Chir 130:498-500. 2005
    ..The terms included and detailed in the present part are: cost-effectiveness analysis, cost-utility analysis, cost-benefit analysis, proportional hazards (Cox) model, inclusion criteria, endpoints or outcomes...
  10. ncbi [Right hemicolectomy: the Achilles Heel in the evaluation of laparascopic surgery for colorectal cancers]
    K Slim
    ,
    J Chir (Paris) 142:93-4. 2005
  11. ncbi [Abecedary of the "Annales". Part 3]
    K Slim
    , , Clermont-Ferrand, France
    Ann Chir 130:284-5. 2005
  12. ncbi [Abecedary of the "Annales". Part 2]
    K Slim
    Service de Chirurgie Generale et Digestive, Hotel Dieu, Clermont Ferrand, France
    Ann Chir 130:199-200. 2005
    ..The terms included and detailed in the present part are: Subgroup analysis, analysis of variance, Blind...
  13. ncbi Limits of evidence-based surgery
    Karem Slim
    Department of General and Digestive Surgery, Hotel Dieu, Boulevard Leon Malfreyt, 63058, Clermont Ferrand, France
    World J Surg 29:606-9. 2005
    ..However all these limits can be overcome in the future, with the aim that evidence-based surgery will not be a passing fad...
  14. ncbi [Abecedary of the "Annales". Part 9]
    K Slim
    Service de Chirurgie Generale et Digestive, Hotel Dieu, Boulevard Leon Malfreyt, BP 69, 63058 Clermont Ferrand, France
    Ann Chir 131:73-5. 2006
    ..The terms included and detailed in the present part are: Standard error, Clinical trial, Randomized controlled trial, Cross-over clinical trial, Equivalence trial and non inferiority trial...
  15. ncbi [Skin incision in abdominal surgery: electrocautery or scalpel?]
    K Slim
    , , CHU de Clermont-Ferrand, , 63058 Clermont-Ferrand, France
    Ann Chir 131:211-2. 2006
  16. ncbi [Abecedary of the "Annales". Part 10]
    K Slim
    Service de Chirurgie Generale et Digestive, Clermont Ferrand, France
    Ann Chir 131:167-8. 2006
    ..The terms included and detailed in the present part are: Kaplan-Meier estimate, prospective study, retrospective study, cross-sectional study...
  17. ncbi [Inguinal hernia repair: results of randomized clinical trials and meta-analyses]
    K Slim
    Service de Chirurgie Digestive, Hôtel Dieu CHU Clermont Ferrand Clermont Ferrand
    J Chir (Paris) 145:122-5. 2008
    ..The role of laparoscopy for the repair of bilateral or recurrent hernias needs better evaluation...
  18. ncbi [Repair of rectocele using the Stapled TransAnal Rectal Resection (STARR) technique: intermediate results from a multicenter French study]
    K Slim
    Service de Chirurgie Digestive, Hotel Dieu, CHU, Clermont Ferrand
    J Chir (Paris) 145:27-31. 2008
    ..Stapled transanal rectal resection is a new alternative for the treatment of outlet obstruction syndrome. The aim of this study was to assess its feasibility and safety in a multicenter context...
  19. ncbi Failure of a meta-analysis on the role of elective surgery for left colonic diverticulitis in young patients
    K Slim
    Department of Digestive Surgery, Hotel Dieu CHU, Boulevard Leon Malfreyt, 63058 Clermont Ferrand, France
    Int J Colorectal Dis 23:665-7. 2008
    ..The present meta-analysis aimed to answer the question whether these patients should be operated after the first attack or, more classically, after the second attack...
  20. ncbi Is laparoscopic colectomy inferior to open colectomy for patients with curable colon cancer?
    Karem Slim
    Department of Digestive Surgery, CHU Clermont-Ferrand, Hotel-Dieu, Boulevard Leon Malfreyt, F-63058 Clermont-Ferrand, France
    Nat Clin Pract Gastroenterol Hepatol 5:196-7. 2008
  21. ncbi Updated systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials on the role of mechanical bowel preparation before colorectal surgery
    Karem Slim
    Department of General and Digestive Surgery, Hotel Dieu, Clermont Ferrand, France
    Ann Surg 249:203-9. 2009
    ..Therefore, an updated large meta-analysis was conducted to re-evaluate the role of MBP in colorectal surgery. Furthermore, the influence of different kind of MBP regimes on infectious outcomes was examined...
  22. ncbi [Abecedary of the "Annales". Part 17]
    K Slim
    Service de Chirurgie Generale et Digestive, Hotel Dieu, Boulevard Leon Malfreyt, 63058 Clermont Ferrand, France
    Ann Chir 131:643-6. 2006
    ..The terms included and detailed in the present part are: QUORUM, randomisation, hazards ratio, likelihood ratio, RevMan, risk reduction, relative risk...
  23. ncbi [Transvisceral endoscopic surgery: a new type of laparoscopy or gastroenterological surgery?]
    Karem Slim
    , CHU de Clermont-Ferrand
    Gastroenterol Clin Biol 30:829-31. 2006
  24. ncbi [Abecedary of the "annales". Part 16]
    K Slim
    Service de Chirurgie Generale et Digestive, Hotel Dieu, Boulevard Leon Malfreyt, 63058 Clermont Ferrand, France
    Ann Chir 131:571-3. 2006
    ..The terms included and detailed in the present part are: weighting, diagnostic accuracy, predictive value, prevalence, prevention, statistical power...
  25. ncbi [Abecedary of the "Annales". Part 15]
    K Slim
    Service de Chirurgie Generale et Digestive, Hotel Dieu, Boulevard Leon Malfreyt, 63058 Clermont Ferrand, France
    Ann Chir 131:471-2. 2006
    ..The terms included and detailed in the present part are: number needed to treat, number needed to harm, clinical relevance, PICO...
  26. ncbi [Abecedary of the "Annales". Part 14]
    K Slim
    Service de Chirurgie Generale et Digestive, Hotel Dieu, Boulevard Leon Malfreyt, 63058 Clermont Ferrand, France
    Ann Chir 131:412-4. 2006
    ..The terms included and detailed in the present part are: Median, Medline, MeSH, meta-analysis, fixed effects model, random effects model, Mean...
  27. ncbi [Should we continue to publish clinical research in French?]
    Karem Slim
    , , Clermont-Ferrand
    Gastroenterol Clin Biol 30:657-8. 2006
  28. ncbi Laparoscopic surgery today
    K Slim
    The French Society of Digestive Surgery, Department of General and Digestive Surgery, Hotel-Dieu, Boulevard Leon Malfrey, F-63058 Clermont-Ferrand, France
    Br J Surg 93:779-80. 2006
  29. ncbi Half of the currecnt practice of gastrointestinal surgery is against the evidence: a survery of the French Society of Digestive Surgery
    Karen Slim
    Department of Digestive Surgery, Boulevard Leon Malfreyt, Hotel Dieu, Clermont Ferrand, France
    J Gastrointest Surg 8:1079-82. 2004
    ..Only 57% +/- 15% of the responses were in accordance with the evidence. That rate of evidence-based responses did not differ according to the age of participants but was higher at university hospitals (P = 0.05)...
  30. ncbi [Digest of articles published in the ANZ J. Surg. 2003, volume 73]
    K Slim
    , , , BP 69, 63058 Clermont-Ferrand, France
    Ann Chir 129:625-7. 2004
  31. ncbi [Endoscopic sphincterotomy or not for an acute biliary pancreatitis]
    K Slim
    , , , 63058 Clermont-Ferrand, France
    Ann Chir 128:457-8. 2003
  32. ncbi [The suprahepatic approach. An easy laparoscopic access to the hiatus in obese patients]
    K Slim
    Service de Chirurgie Generale et Digestive, Hotel Dieu, Boulevard Leon Malfreyt, F 63058, Clermont Ferrand Cedex, France
    Ann Chir 127:791-3. 2002
    ..This approach allows a good exposure of the gastroesophageal junction to perform a fundoplication or a gastric banding...
  33. ncbi [Which surgical procedure to choose for inguinal hernia repair?]
    K Slim
    , , Clermont-Ferrand, France
    Ann Chir 128:323-5. 2003
  34. ncbi [Doctor, why do you want to remove my colon cancer by laparoscopy?]
    K Slim
    , , Clermont-Ferrand
    J Chir (Paris) 140:197-200. 2003
  35. ncbi [Digest of the ANZJ Surg 2001]
    K Slim
    , , , 63058 Clermont-Ferrand Cedex 1, France
    Ann Chir 127:806-8. 2002
  36. ncbi [How to clean the colon before colorectal surgery?]
    K Slim
    , Clermont-Ferrand, France
    Ann Chir 128:385-7. 2003
  37. ncbi [Which type of fundoplication for gastroesophageal reflux disease?]
    K Slim
    , , , Clermont-Ferrand, France
    Ann Chir 128:40-2. 2003
  38. ncbi [Is a diverting stoma necessary in rectal carcinoma resection?]
    K Slim
    , , 63058, Clermont-Ferrand, France
    Ann Chir 128:256-7. 2003
  39. ncbi [Which type of coloanal anastomosis?]
    K Slim
    , CHU de Clermont-Ferrand 63058, Clermont-Ferrand, France
    Ann Chir 128:103-4. 2003
  40. ncbi [Endoscopic (endoluminal) treatment of gastroesophageal reflux disease]
    K Slim
    Service de Chirurgie Generale et Digestive, Hotel Dieu, Boulevard Leon Malfreyt, 63058 cedex 1, Clermont Ferrand, France
    Ann Chir 128:225-31. 2003
    ..But it is possible in the future that one or more endoluminal techniques could change the management of reflux disease...
  41. ncbi [Drug therapy prevention of pancreatic fistula after pancreaticoduodenectomy]
    K Slim
    , 63058, Clermont-Ferrand, France
    Ann Chir 128:175-6. 2003
  42. ncbi [Hyperthermic chemotherapy for peritoneal primary and gastrointestinal carcinomatoses]
    K Slim
    Service de Chirurgie Generale et Digestive, Hotel Dieu, Boulevard Leon Malfreyt, 63058, Clermont Ferrand, Cedex 1, France
    Ann Chir 128:580-9. 2003
    ..Several aspects of the procedure are detailed. Feasibility, short-term and survival results are analysed owing to a comprehensive review of published studies...
  43. ncbi [Which surgical technique for stage IV haemorrhoids?]
    K Slim
    , , , 63058 cedex 1, Clermont-Ferrand, France
    Ann Chir 128:616-8. 2003
  44. ncbi [Routine or selective intraoperative cholangiography during laparoscopic cholecystectomy]
    K Slim
    , , , 63058 Clermont-Ferrand, France
    Ann Chir 129:518-20. 2004
  45. ncbi Methodological index for non-randomized studies (minors): development and validation of a new instrument
    Karem Slim
    Department of General and Digestive Surgery, Hotel Dieu, Clermont Ferrand, France
    ANZ J Surg 73:712-6. 2003
    ..The aim of the present study was to develop and validate such an instrument...
  46. ncbi Meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials of colorectal surgery with or without mechanical bowel preparation
    K Slim
    Department of General and Digestive Surgery, Hotel Dieu, Clermont Ferrand, France
    Br J Surg 91:1125-30. 2004
    ..This study assesses whether such bowel preparation may safely be omitted before elective colorectal surgery...
  47. ncbi [Which surgical technique for an uncomplicated umbilical hernia?]
    K Slim
    Service de Chirurgie Digestive, CHU de Clermont-Ferrand, , , 63058 Clermont-Ferrand cedex 01, France
    Ann Chir 129:365-7. 2004
  48. ncbi [Mechanical colonic preparation for surgery or how surgeons fight the wrong battle]
    Karem Slim
    , , Clermont-Ferrand, Paris, France
    Gastroenterol Clin Biol 26:667-9. 2002
  49. ncbi [Anal fissure. Which first line treatment?]
    K Slim
    , , , 63058 Clermont-Ferrand cedex 01, France
    Ann Chir 129:290-2. 2004
  50. ncbi [The Prolene Hernia System for inguinal hernia repair]
    K Slim
    Service de Chirurgie Generale et Digestive, Hotel Dieu, Boulevard Leon Malfreyt, 63058, Clermont Ferrand, France
    Ann Chir 128:121-4. 2003
    ..The steps of surgical technique are described...
  51. ncbi [Dynamic graciloplasty in the treatment of severe fecal incontinence. French multicentric retrospective study]
    L Bresler
    Service de Chirurgie Generale et Digestive, CHU Brabois Nancy, rue du Morvan, 54511 Vandoeuvre les Nancy, France
    Ann Chir 127:520-6. 2002
    ..The aim of this study was to retrospectively assess the safety and efficacy of dynamic graciloplasty performed in 5 French surgical centers involved in the treatment of fecal incontinence...
  52. ncbi Risk factors of unplanned readmission after colorectal surgery: a prospective, multicenter study
    D Guinier
    Department of Digestive Surgery, University Hospital, Besancon, France
    Dis Colon Rectum 50:1316-23. 2007
    ..This study was designed to examine the incidence and causes of readmissions and to determine the criteria that could predict them...
  53. ncbi Band and port-related morbidity after bariatric surgery: an underestimated problem
    M V Launay-Savary
    Department of Digestive Surgery, CHU Clermont Ferrand, Hotel Dieu, CHU Clermont Ferrand Boulevard Léon Malfreyt, 63058, Clermont Ferrand, France
    Obes Surg 18:1406-10. 2008
    ..Recalibration of band was performed in our consultation unit without systematic radiologic control. We considered four kinds of complication: port displacement, port rupture, band rupture and others problems...
  54. ncbi [Anterior resection with low colorectal anastomosis. To drain or not?]
    F Bretagnol
    Service de Chirurgie Digestive, , Bordeaux, France
    Ann Chir 130:336-9. 2005
  55. ncbi [Pancreatic involvement in Wegener's granulomatosis: a rare and difficult diagnosis]
    I Marroun
    Service de Medecine Interne, CHU de Clermont Ferrand, Hopital Gabriel Montpied, France
    Rev Med Interne 27:144-7. 2006
    ..Pancreatic involvement in the course of wegener's granulomatosis is rarely reported...
  56. ncbi [Major digestive surgery in octogenarians. A prospective study of 54 cases]
    M Launay-Savary
    , CHU, Clermont Ferrand
    Presse Med 33:997-1003. 2004
    ..CONCLUSION: This study underlines the interest of major surgery in octogenarians, including in units non-specialised in geriatric surgery...
  57. ncbi [Should interval appendicectomy be performed following the resolution of an appendiceal abscess?]
    S Mezoughi
    , CHU de Clermont-Ferrand, , 63058 Clermont-Ferrand, France
    Ann Chir 131:386-8. 2006
  58. ncbi [Do bipolar scissors increase postoperative adhesions? An experimental double-blind randomized trial]
    D Forestier
    , , , 63058 Clermont-Ferrand, France
    Ann Chir 127:680-4. 2002
    ..The additional advantage i.e. the decrease adhesions formation, because of a less intraperitoneal bleeding, has not been observed in this randomised trial...
  59. ncbi [Evidence-based analysis of prophylactic abdominal drainage]
    M-V Launay-Savary
    , , , BP 69, 63058 Clermont-Ferrand, France
    Ann Chir 131:302-5. 2006
    ..Nevertheless, when interpreting these data and evidence-based guidelines we should be consider the limitations of published studies (series coming from very expert teams, selected patients, short series, and elective surgery)...
  60. ncbi [Preoperative bowel preparation--is it useful?]
    K Slim
    , CHU de Clermont-Ferrand, Clermont-Ferrand
    J Chir (Paris) 141:285-92. 2004
    ..These data show with a good level of evidence that mechanical bowel preparation is unnecessary and perhaps harmful...
  61. ncbi French multicentre prospective observational study of laparoscopic versus open colectomy for sigmoid diverticular disease
    A Alves
    Department of Digestive Surgery, , 2 rue Ambroise Par, 75475 Paris, Cedex 10, France
    Br J Surg 92:1520-5. 2005
    ..CONCLUSION: A laparoscopic approach to elective treatment of SDD may be associated with reduced postoperative morbidity and hospital stay. A randomized study is required to confirm these results...
  62. ncbi [Evidence based surgery has some limitations]
    R Flamein
    , , BP 69, 63003 Clermont-Ferrand, France
    Ann Chir 130:541-6. 2005
    ..But all these limitations could be overcome making evidence-based surgery not to be a simple passing fad but a formal paradigm...
  63. ncbi [Indications of laparoscopic general and digestive surgery. Evidence based guidelines of the French society of digestive surgery]
    F Peschaud
    , CHU de Clermont-Ferrand, , , 63058 Clermont-Ferrand, France
    Ann Chir 131:125-48. 2006
  64. ncbi [Relation between activity volume and surgeon's results: myth or reality?]
    K Slim
    Service de Chirurgie Generale et Digestive, Hotel Dieu, Boulevard Leon Malfreyt, 63058 Clermont Ferrand, France
    Ann Chir 127:502-11. 2002
    ..A new approach based on predictive scores comparing expected versus observed outcomes is mandatory and seems to be the best way to assess objectively the relationship between surgical volume and outcomes...
  65. ncbi [Abecedary of the "Annales". Part 5]
    K Slim
    , , , BP. 69, 63058 Clermont-Ferrand, France
    Ann Chir 130:433-5. 2005
    ..The terms included and detailed in the present part are: Consort statement, Odds ratio, Receiver Operating Characteristics curve...
  66. ncbi [Should preoperative biliary drainage be performed before pancreatoduodenectomy?]
    E Nini
    , , , 63058 Clermont-Ferrand 1, France
    Ann Chir 128:714-5. 2003
  67. ncbi [Sigmoid colon cancer: laparoscopic or conventional resection?]
    F Bretagnol
    Service de Chirurgie Digestive, , Paris, France
    Ann Chir 131:112-4. 2006
  68. ncbi [Surgical treatment of gastroesophageal reflux. Which technique to chose?]
    J Chipponi
    Service de Chirurgie Generale et Digestive, Hotel Dieu, Clermont Ferrand
    J Chir (Paris) 135:31-6. 1998
    ..For oesophageal stricture, current agreement is to perform a total fundoplication together with an endoscopic dilatation when it is feasible...
  69. ncbi [Abecedary of the "Annales". Part 4]
    K Slim
    , , , BP 69, 63058 Clermont-Ferrand, France
    Ann Chir 130:353-5. 2005
    ..The terms included and detailed in the present part are: case-control Study, Chi scare, Cochrane Collaboration, Cochrane Library, Cohort study, Coefficient of correlation, concordance testing, Informed consent...
  70. ncbi [Abecedary of the "Annales". Part 1]
    K Slim
    , Clermont-Ferrand
    Ann Chir 130:132-3. 2005
    ..The terms included and detailed in the present part are: protocol, alpha risk, (standardised) effect size, intention to treat analysis, linear multiple and logistic regressions, and sensitivity analysis...
  71. ncbi [Evaluation of laparoscopic bariatric surgery using the BAROS score]
    E Nini
    , , , 63058 Clermont-Ferrand, France
    Ann Chir 127:107-14. 2002
    ..CONCLUSION: This evaluation based on the BAROS confirms its validation in France and the good mid-term results of bariatric surgery based on the Lap-Band...