Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . “Open gastrectomy has long been the criterion standard worldwide. However, application of laparoscopic ...

Does the complication rate after open vs other types of surgery differ in patients undergoing surgery for gastric cancer? In this retrospective Korean study, the authors examined early results after ...

As laparoscopic surgery is becoming more common in emergency surgery, adhesive SBO is the obvious next target for a laparoscopic approach. [1] Although there are several retrospective series, and meta ...

Relapse-free survival (RFS) data at 5 years showed that laparoscopy-assisted distal gastrectomy (LADG) was noninferior to open distal gastrectomy (ODG) in locally advanced gastric cancer, according to ...

The systematic review of all randomized controlled trials in abdominopelvic surgery is a sobering assessment of Intuitive Surgical's da Vinci system, which was approved by the FDA more than 20 years ...

Nodular number as a prognostic indicator in hepatic resection for intermediate-stage hepatocellular carcinoma: An international multicenter observational study. Impact of adjuvant chemotherapy on ...

Liver operation puzzle concept: hands of surgeon with surgical instruments (tools) performs liver surgery as a result of hepatic disorder (cirrhosis, hepatic cancer, hepatitis, hepatectomy) ...

LEOPARD-II: A randomized phase II study of radiochemotherapy (RCT) with 5FU and cisplatin plus/minus cetuximab (Cet) in unresectable locally advanced esophageal cancer (LAEC). A phase II and biomarker ...