Thymic cysts are rare, radiological diagnosis is often incidental, and cysts seldom assume clinical relevance for symptoms of compression. Thymoma were occasionally found inside both complex and simple thymic cysts. Given the challenges in …
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Giacomo Cusumano, Elisa Meacci, Gaetano Romano, Marco Cavaleri, Maria Teresa Congedo, Federico Davini, Stefano Margaritora, Alberto Terminella, Franca Melfi
Postponement of surgical inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) care may lead to disease progression. This study aims to determine the influence of delayed surgical IBD procedures on clinical outcomes. This multicenter retrospective cohort study …
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Ellen de Bock, Eline S. Herman, Vincent Meij, Thijs A. Burghgraef, Bas Oldenburg, Paul M. Verheijen, Apollo Pronk, Mando D. Filipe, Menno R. Vriens, Milan C. Richir
Malnutrition is one of the most feared long-term complications of bariatric surgery. It has been historically related to malabsorptive operations, as jejunoileal bypass (JIB), biliopancreatic diversion (BPD) and duodenal switch (DS), although …
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Andrés Sánchez-Pernaute, Bibiana Lasses, Leyre López Antoñanzas, Miguel Ángel Rubio, Clara Marcuello, Natalia Pérez Ferré, Antonio Torres, Elia Pérez-Aguirre
The shortage of deceased liver donor organs over the years has always posed the need to expand the donor pool. A viable alternative to deceased donors is that of the living donor. Indeed, the living donor in liver transplantation, initially in …
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Ivan Vella, Fabrizio di Francesco, Caterina Accardo, Ugo Boggi, Salvatore Gruttadauria
Fluorescence imaging is a real-time intraoperative navigation modality to enhance surgical vision and it can guide emergency surgeons while performing difficult, high-risk surgical procedures. The aim of this study is to assess current knowledge …
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Belinda De Simone, Fikri M. Abu-Zidan, Sara Saeidi, Genevieve Deeken, Walter L. Biffl, Ernest E. Moore, Massimo Sartelli, Federico Coccolini, Luca Ansaloni, Salomone Di Saverio, Fausto Catena, ICG Fluorescence Guided Emergency Surgery Survey Consortium
The survival benefit of resection following colorectal pulmonary metastasis in selected patients is well-known [ 1 , 2 ]. Moreover, multiple retrospective studies have explored the clinical, pathological, and genomic characteristics that may …
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Chihiro Yoshida, Sung Soo Chang, Taku Okamoto, Ryo Inada
Internal hernia through the Treitz fossa following robotic pancreatoduodenectomy is a rare but potentially serious complication. In our review of 328 cases of robotic pancreatoduodenectomies, two patients (0.6%) required repeat surgery due to …
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Virginia Viti, Michael Ginesini, Allegra Ripolli, Ugo Boggi
There are three types of complications stoma related: ones related to its construction, ones related to its function and related to closure. The aim of this study was to assess the risk of complications related to the stoma presence and to …
Ostomy surgery can significantly impact the quality of life of affected patients as it causes important physiological, emotional, and relationship changes, in addition to requiring the learning of new self-care habits [ 1 , 2 ]. Likewise, the …
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María Elena García-Manzanares, Ignacio Zaragoza-García, Mercedes Avilés-Escudero, Beatriz Alonso-Cortés Fradejas
To describe patients with anal fissure (AF) and their management in primary care. Retrospective study using the Italian Longitudinal Patient Database on 18 + years old subjects with AF records during ‘July 2016–June 2021’ (selection period). Index …
Revisional Bariatric Surgery (RBS) is increasing in popularity. Elderly patients (> 65 years old) are sometimes referred for RBS evaluation. The aim of this study is to evaluate outcomes of elderly patients undergoing RBS. A retrospective analysis …
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Adam Abu-Abeid, Noa Gosher, Mati Shnell, Sigal Fishman, Andrei Keidar, Guy Lahat, Shai Meron Eldar
For patients with hepatoblastoma (HB), current staging system is not accurate in predicting survival outcomes. The aim of this study was to develop two accurate survival prediction models to guide clinical decision making. A retrospective analysis …
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Song Wang, Siqi Fu, Rui Li, Zheng Guo, Yuchao Wang, Wei Sun, Daqing Sun
New robot models, such as hinotori™, da Vinci SP™, and Hugo™, have been introduced in Japan. This study examined the surgical outcomes of these models in patients from the initial stages of their introduction to the present day.We retrospectively …
Breast reduction surgery achieves symptomatic relief and improved quality of life for patients with excessive breast enlargement. Reduction mammoplasty has evolved over the last century with the introduction of multiple new pedicles and skin …
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Yoram Wolf, Ron Skorochod, Elad Gros, Anner Moskovitz
Thyroid Imaging Reporting and Data Systems (TIRADSs) have been largely diffused for their high accuracy in risk stratification of thyroid nodules (TNs) and their selection for fine-needle aspiration cytology (FNAC). The most popular TIRADSs are …
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Andrea Leoncini, Marco Curti, Lorenzo Ruinelli, Pierpaolo Trimboli
Anastomotic leakage (AL) remains the main drawback of any colorectal resection, with an incidence ranging from 1 to 19% of cases [ 1 – 3 ]. Its etiology is largely multifactorial, and many leaks remain unexplained [ 4 , 5 ]. AL is associated with …
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Marco Catarci, Stefano Guadagni, Francesco Masedu, Gianluca Guercioni, Giacomo Ruffo, Massimo Giuseppe Viola, Felice Borghi, Marco Scatizzi, Alberto Patriti, Gian Luca Baiocchi, The Italian ColoRectal Anastomotic Leakage (iCral) study group
Conventional thyroidectomy often results in visible scarring postoperatively. Endoscopic thyroidectomy offers the advantage of scarless surgery, especially beneficial for young adult women. The retroauricular approach uses a facelift incision …
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Erwin Danil Yulian, Sonar Soni Panigoro, Putri Arum Melati
Colorectal cancer (CRC) arises through various molecular pathways, influenced by several environmental and genetic risk factors [ 1 , 2 ]. It is imperative to understand the molecular mechanisms underlying the genetic and epigenetic alterations …
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Mona Hany Emile, Sameh Hany Emile, Amr Awad El-Karef, Mohamed Awad Ebrahim, Ibrahim Eldosoky Mohammed, Dina Abdallah Ibrahim
