Surgical Endoscopy

Surgical endoscopy a historical perspective for the future

• Commentary

Silvana Perretta, Lee Swanstrom, Jeffrey L. Ponsky

Metal versus plastic stents for EUS-guided walled-off necrosis drainage: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

• Review Article

Omar Saab, Hasan Al-Obaidi, Marwah Algodi, Asma Algodi, Yasir Rashid, Alhareth Al-Sagban, Nooraldin Merza, Mohamed Abuelazm, Layth Alzubaidy, Muhammad Usman Baig, Reem Sharaiha

Artificial intelligence for intraoperative video analysis in robotic-assisted esophagectomy

• Open Access
• Review Article

Amila Cizmic, Anuja T. Mitra, Anas A. Preukschas, Marius Kemper, Nathaniel T. Melling, Oliver Mann, Sheraz Markar, Thilo Hackert, Felix Nickel

Costs of robotic and laparoscopic bariatric surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis

• Review Article

Jan Affolter, Julia Mühlhäusser, Michele Marengo, Fabio Garofalo, Jörn-Markus Gass, Francesco Mongelli

Effect of food loop and duodenal stump fixation on clinical outcomes in patients undergoing radical gastrectomy with Roux-en-Y reconstruction for distal gastric cancer: a single-center propensity score matching analysis

• Open Access
• Original Article

Pengfei Liu, Jianhua Lang, Jianzhong Wu, Genhai Shen, Zhenghai Qian, Chuanfu Wu, Tao Shen, Jie Qiu, Zhigang Gu

Comparison of short- and long-term outcomes of robotic versus laparoscopic gastrectomy for locally advanced gastric cancer after neoadjuvant therapy: a high-volume center retrospective study with propensity score matching

Qi Liu, Cheng Meng, Shougen Cao, Xiaodong Liu, Yulong Tian, Zequn Li, Hao Zhong, Yuqi Sun, Junjian Yu, Yanbing Zhou

Robotic retromuscular hernia repair optimizes short-term outcomes in higher risk patients

Keith Makhecha, Sathvik Madduri, Aaron R. Anderson, Steven D. Mong, Akrem Ahmed, Dimitrios Stefanidis, E. Matthew Ritter

Artificial intelligence-based automated surgical workflow recognition in esophageal endoscopic submucosal dissection: an international multicenter study (with video)

Ruide Liu, Xianglei Yuan, Kaide Huang, Tingfa Peng, Pavel V. Pavlov, Wanhong Zhang, Chuncheng Wu, Kseniia V. Feoktistova, Xiaogang Bi, Yan Zhang, Xin Chen, Jeffey George, Shuang Liu, Wei Liu, Yuhang Zhang, Juliana Yang, Maoyin Pang, Bing Hu, Zhang Yi, Liansong Ye

Unsedated emergent ERCP is feasible and efficient for acute cholangitis in old patients over 80 years

Jia-Qi Xu, Yi-Fan Qu, Zhao-Chao Zhang, Shi-Yao Chen, Yun-Shi Zhong, Yi-Qun Zhang, Wei-Feng Chen, Jian-Wei Hu, Ming-Yan Cai, Li-Qing Yao, Quan-Lin Li, Ping-Hong Zhou

Laparoscopic versus open secondary hepatectomy treating postoperative regional recurrent hepatolithiasis: a multicenter real-world study

Dihang Wu, Long Huang, Chengyu Liao, Ge Li, Junyong Pan, Liang Wang, Zhiyun Chen, Ye Lin, Chun Zhang, Congren Wang, Yufeng Chen, Tiansheng Lin, Jianlin Lai, Yanling Chen, Yifeng Tian, Shi Chen

Retrograde puncture for trocar placement for the establishment of the preperitoneal space in laparoscopic totally extraperitoneal repair for groin hernias: 10 years of experience

• Open Access

Rui Ma, Huiyong Jiang, Yijun Guo, Xuefeng Zhang, Xize Wang, Cheng Zhang

Is the annual hospital volume associated with recurrence and chronic postoperative inguinal pain (CPIP) syndrome after inguinal hernia repair in laparo-endoscopic or open mesh technique (Lichtenstein)?

Reinhard Bittner, Solveig Unger, Ferdinand Köckerling, Daniela Adolf

Application value of small intestinal endoscopic ultrasonography for protruding lesions of the small intestine

Liu Zhongcheng, Chen Dongting, Wang Biyao, Liu Xinyu, Guo Qin

Clinicopathological characteristics and long-term prognosis of peritoneal and retroperitoneal gastrointestinal stromal tumors

• Open Access

Yunfu Feng, Luojie Liu

Young pediatric surgeons without endoscopic surgical skill qualification safely perform advanced endoscopic surgery under the supervision of expert qualified surgeons

• Open Access

Kazuki Ota, Takahisa Tainaka, Akinari Hinoki, Chiyoe Shirota, Satoshi Makita, Akihiro Yasui, Yoichi Nakagawa, Daiki Kato, Takuya Maeda, Hiroki Ishii, Hiroo Uchida

Short-term outcomes and the learning curve for laparoscopic right hemicolectomy using the ArtiSential: a multicenter pooled analysis

Seijong Kim, Jaeim Lee, Heung-Kwon Oh, Dae Hee Pyo, Yoon Suk Lee, Yong Sik Yoon, Dong Hwan Bae, Byung Soh Min, Chang Hyun Kim, Jung Wook Huh

Indocyanine green fluorescence navigation with 4K overlay vs. conventional laparoscopic liver resection: a propensity score-matched analysis (liver-light study)

• Open Access

Omid Ghamarnejad, Ghassan Batikha, Elias Khajeh, Hamraz Javaheri, Mahmoud Jabal, Rizky Widyaningsih, Gregor Alexander Stavrou

A novel self-assembling peptide as new submucosal injection solution in endoscopic submucosal dissection

• Open Access

Kenichiro Okimoto, Tomoaki Matsumura, Tsubasa Ishikawa, Shohei Mukai, Satsuki Takahashi, Ryosuke Horio, Chihiro Goto, Akane Kurosugi, Michiko Sonoda, Tatsuya Kaneko, Yuki Ohta, Takashi Taida, Keisuke Matsusaka, Jun Kato, Jun-ichiro Ikeda, Naoya Kato

Robotic versus laparoscopic cholecystectomy for difficult gallbladders: an observational study of tertiary centre cases

• Open Access

Michal Kawka, Zaynab A. R. Jawad, David Hakim, Madhava Pai, Scarlet Nazarian, Tamara M. H. Gall, Christopher Wadsworth, David Nicol, Long R. Jiao

Assessing the feasibility of near infrared autofluorescence imaging in minimally-invasive video assisted parathyroidectomy and the autofluorescence signature of parathyroid adenomas. A single center surgical case series

Sohail Bakkar, Angeliki Chorti, Theodosis Papavramidis, Gianluca Donatini, Paolo Miccoli

Risk analysis of jejunal orientation on the incidence of dysphagia after total gastrectomy: a retrospective cohort study

• Open Access

Jiarong Huang, Zhebin Dong, Fangqian Chen, Hanting Xiang, Tianci Chen, Tianyuan Sun, Sangsang Chen, Xianlei Cai, Chao Liang, Weiming Yu

Association between hospital participation in Medicare Shared Savings Program and hospital use of robotic surgical approach

• Open Access

Katia Noyes, Brooks Harmon, Joseph D. Boccardo, Ajay A. Myneni, Heather M. Link, David Abramowitz, Aaron B. Hoffman, Steven D. Schwartzberg

Short-and middle-term outcomes of robot-assisted minimally invasive esophagectomy for highly locally advanced esophageal cancer with stage cT3 borderline and cT4b at initial diagnosis

Takeo Fujita, Kazuma Sato, Daisuke Kajiyama, Yuto Kubo, Naoto Fujiwara, Hiroyuki Daiko

Automated surgical action recognition and competency assessment in laparoscopic cholecystectomy: a proof-of-concept study

Hung-Hsuan Yen, Yi-Hsiang Hsiao, Meng-Han Yang, Jia-Yuan Huang, Hsu-Ting Lin, Chun-Chieh Huang, Jakey Blue, Ming-Chih Ho

Optimizing skill acquisition: the role of self-assessment during a continuous training program for laparoscopic suturing

• Open Access

Vera Hillemans, Daan J. Verhoeven, Xander van de Mortel, Guus M. J. Bökkerink, Sanne M. B. I. Botden, Maja Joosten, Ivo de Blaauw

Long-term outcome of rendezvous internalization treatment for external pancreatic fistulas associated with disconnected pancreatic duct syndrome: a retrospective study

• Review Article

Hyung Ku Chon, Richard A. Kozarek, Mehran Fotoohi, Shayan S. Irani

Laparoscopic versus open pancreaticoduodenectomy for pancreatic or periampullary tumors: a multicenter propensity score-matched comparative study

Seïla Fall, Regis Souche, Thomas Bardol, Jean-Michel Fabre, Frederic Borie

Laparoscopic natural orifice specimen extraction for diverticular disease: a systematic review

• Open Access

Jasmine Mui, Mina Sarofim, Ernest Cheng, Andrew Gilmore

Robotic distal pancreatectomy using the Warshaw technique demonstrated superior short-term prognosis compared to the laparoscopic approach: propensity-matched cohort study

Shuo Zhou, Ming-Yue Chen, Zheng Lu, Zhi-Ming Zhao, Yong-Liang Chen

Cognitive learning versus practical “hands-on” training for acquisition of laparoscopic surgical skills: an optimal combination study

• Open Access

Amila Cizmic, Nils Schwabe, Frida Häberle, David Killat, Anastasios D. Giannou, Anas A. Preukschas, Anna Nießen, Frank Pianka, Franck Billmann, Arianeb Mehrabi, Beat P. Müller-Stich, Thilo Hackert, Felix Nickel

Is age an effect modifier of the association between body mass index and physical function in patients with obesity?

Elizabeth G. Willard, Ayako Stanlie, Danny Mou, Anne Li, Neil D. Ghushe, Andrea L. Pusic, Manraj Kaur, Kirsten Dabekaussen, Abdelrahmen A. Nimeri, Jennifer J. Shin

Development and validation of a model for predicting electrocoagulation syndrome after endoscopic full-thickness resection of gastric tumors

Foqiang Liao, Jie Liang, Yunfeng Huang, Jianfang Rong, Zhenhua Zhu, Xiaolin Pan, Chong Wang, Shunhua Long, Xiaojiang Zhou, Guohua Li, Yin Zhu, Youxiang Chen, Xu Shu

Ergonomic strain of robotic-assisted versus laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair (ESRALI)—a crossover trial

• Open Access

Alexandros Valorenzos, Kristian Als Nielsen, Per Helligsø, Michael Festersen Nielsen, Philip Wolfgang, Gert Frank Thomsen, Tina Dalager

Poor risk–benefit ratio of gastrointestinal endoscopy for screening prior to heart or lung transplantation

• Open Access

Hanno Ehlken, Jana Foerster, Markus Johannes Barten, Malte Issleib, Thomas Rösch, Hermann Reichenspurner, Guido Schachschal

Progrip versus ProFlor: two fixation-free devices for laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair—the Pro/Pro study, a randomized clinical trial

• Open Access

Giuseppe Di Buono, Giorgio Romano, Vito Rodolico, Giuseppe Amato, Guido Zanghì, Giorgio Romano, Pietro Giorgio Calò, Antonino Agrusa

Computational fluid dynamics for vascular assessment in hepatobiliopancreatic surgery: a pilot study and future perspectives

• Open Access

Carolina González-Abós, Roberto Molina, Sofía Almirante, Mariano Vázquez, Fabio Ausania

Impact of visceral fat area on surgical difficulty during robotic distal pancreatectomy (TAKUMI-2)

• Open Access

Kosei Takagi, Motohiko Yamada, Tomokazu Fuji, Kazuya Yasui, Takeyoshi Nishiyama, Yasuo Nagai, Noriyuki Kanehira, Toshiyoshi Fujiwara

Left upper division segmentectomy is not a simple procedure: experience from two high-volume centers

Fei Yao, Xianglong Pan, Weibing Wu, Quan Zhu, Jian Wang, Xinfeng Xu, Liang Chen

Preliminary exploration of the application of cyanoacrylate glue in Forrest IIa and IIb peptic ulcer hemorrhage

Ye Ye, Luojie Liu, Liansheng Xu

The role for pancreatic preserving surgery for duodenal (D2) gastrointestinal stromal tumours

Kai Tai Derek Yeung, Sacheen Kumar, Nikhil Patel, Joseph Doyle, Dirk Strauss, Ricky H. Bhogal

Is there consensus on diagnostics and treatment in colonic diverticulitis? Results of international survey

Taras Nechay, Alexander Tyagunov, Konstantin Loban, Anvarbek Yuldashev, Alexander Sazhin

Surgical and quality of life outcomes in patients with superior mesenteric artery syndrome following laparoscopic duodenojejunostomy

Ghandi Alamayreh, Mahmoud AbuAwad, Abdullah Daasan, Rand Tayyem, Liyan Hamdan, Rashid Nassar, Ibrahim T. Abuawwad, Mohammad J. J. Taha, Mohammad T. Abuawwad

ETAD: a case series of endoscopic transanastomotic drainage of anastomotic leak by colonoscopy

Saher-Zahra Khan, Meridith Ginesi, Jennifer L. Miller-Ocuin, Emily Steinhagen, Trevor Teetor, Brooke Glessing, Meagan Costedio

Nomogram for predicting difficult transoral and submental thyroidectomy: a retrospective model development and validation study with large-scale population

• Open Access

Ling Zhan, Bomin Guo, Zixia Tao, Xianzhao Deng, Zheng Ding, Bo Wu, Zhili Yang, Minggao Guo, Xuanbin Tao, Xiaohui Gu, Youben Fan

Trends in industry payments and volume and distribution of robot-assisted surgeries

• Open Access

Katia Noyes, Ajay A. Myneni, Aaron B. Hoffman, Joseph D. Boccardo, Lorin M. Towle-Miller, Taylor Brophy, Steven D. Schwaitzberg

Impact of self-expandable metallic prosthesis on lymph node dissemination in obstructive left-sided colorectal cancer

• Open Access

Luciano Delgado-Plasencia, Antonio Boluda-Aparicio, Patricia Marrero-Marrero, Eduardo Salido-Ruíz, Esther Torres-Monzón, Carmen Peñalver-Alcaraz, Caroline Phillbrick, Alejandro Jiménez-Sosa

Use of an abdominal binder in colonoscopies performed by trainees in gastrointestinal endoscopy: a randomized, double-blind, sham-controlled trial

Antonio Marmolejo, Sinue Cázarez, Carlos J. Mata, Sergio Ayala, Jorge Farell, Nubia A. Ramírez, Carlos A. Navarro Castañeda, Luis García

Preoperative angio-CT colonography improves the quality of lymph node dissection during minimally invasive right hemicolectomy: a propensity score‐matched study

Antoine Cazelles, Mehdi Cadi, Cyril Cossé, Camélia Labiad, Frederik Lecot, Badr Al Jaafari, Antoine Mariani, Mehdi Karoui, Gilles Manceau

Global trends and insights of telesurgery research: a bibliometric analysis of publications since the 21st century

Guangdi Chu, Bo Guan, Xiaoyu Ji, Xue Yu, Ruonan Yang, Sevval Besli, Jianchang Zhao, Yuan Gao, Jianning Wang, Shuxin Wang, Jianmin Li, Haitao Niu

Effects of training in pairs versus training alone on reaching proficiency in minimally invasive Roux-en-Y-gastric bypass on a virtual reality trainer in medical students: a randomized-controlled trial

• Open Access

Amila Cizmic, Paulina Reichert, Frida Häberle, Anas A. Preukschas, Frank Pianka, Arianeb Mehrabi, Anna Nießen, Beat P. Müller-Stich, Thilo Hackert, Rainer Grotelüschen, Felix Nickel

General surgery residents have better technical skills and less stress performing complex drills in open fashion over robotic approach

Sarah B. Hays, Aram Rojas, Kristine Kuchta, Sung Hoon Choi, Gaetano Corvino, Syed Abbas Mehdi, Mark Talamonti, Melissa Hogg

Clinical characteristics of pancreatic cancer presenting with acute pancreatitis: a propensity-matched cohort study

Jiaqi Shi, Shuang Nie, Zhao Shi, Kun Liu, Quan Zhou, Xuan Wang, Yihang Jiang, Song Zhang, Chunyan Peng, Ying Lv, Bei Tang, Hao Cheng, Yudong Qiu, Hongzhen Li, Yuanyuan Yu, Bo Kong, Helmut Friess, Song Liu, Lei Wang, Xiaoping Zou, Shanshan Shen

Efficacy of quadratus lumborum block type 3 on postoperative cell-mediated immunity and analgesia for laparoscopic radical gastrectomy: a prospective randomized controlled trial

Fuchun Wang, Tian Xie, Yan Guo, Chen Bai, Mingcan Xu, Xiaoyu Wang, Chang Feng

Heller myotomy in patients with prior endoscopic interventions vs the treatment-naïve

• Open Access

Nethra Jain, John O. Barron, Andrew J. Toth, Monisha Sudarshan, Madhusudhan Sanaka, Sadhvika Ramji, Saurav Adhikari, Sudish C. Murthy, Eugene H. Blackstone, Siva Raja, Daniel P. Raymond, Prashanthi Thota, Scott L. Gabbard, Mark E. Baker

The mentoring effects of learning curve of total extraperitoneal hernioplasty: the CUSUM analysis of the pioneer and second-generation surgeon

Chih-Yuan Wang, Ti-Hsuan Chien, Chih-Ying Chien

Efficacy of a linear stapler in entry hole closure during overlap anastomosis in minimally invasive gastrectomy

Yuki Azumi, Naoki Urakawa, Shingo Kanaji, Hiroki Yokoo, Atsushi Shimada, Ryuichiro Sawada, Taro Ikeda, Yasufumi Koterazawa, Tomoaki Aoki, Hitoshi Harada, Yasunori Otowa, Hironobu Goto, Hiroshi Hasegawa, Kimihiro Yamashita, Takeru Matsuda, Yoshihiro Kakeji

Dynamic adenoma detection rate influences the risk of metachronous advanced neoplasia after removal of low-risk findings in screening colonoscopy

• Open Access

Zhiyu Dong, Ouyang Li, Yanglei Li, Zili Xiao, Feng Li, Shuchang Xu, Danian Ji

Effectiveness of prehabilitation for patients undergoing complex abdominal wall surgery

• 2024 SAGES Oral

Martina Cattaneo, Atif Jastaniah, Tahereh Najafi Ghezeljeh, Bhagya Tahasildar, Nour Kabbes, Raman Agnihotram, Paola Fata, Liane S. Feldman, Kosar Khwaja, Melina Vassiliou, Franco Carli

Pushing the boundary: the incidence of complications and recurrences following robotic eTEP in BMI ≥ 35 versus BMI < 35 patients

• 2024 SAGES Oral

Yao Liu, Nicholas Gabinet, Emily Ortega-Goddard, Andrew Luhrs, Marcoandrea Giorgi

Natural history of groin hernias in women and factors leading to delay in repair: a single-institution study

• Open Access
• 2024 SAGES Poster

Nathan C. English, Caleb Hood, Britney Corey, Abhishek D. Parmar

A novel tool for assessing psychomotor proficiency in laparoscopic cholecystectomy using simulation-based training

• Open Access
• 2025 SAGES Oral

Erin Kim, Marius J. Tchinde, Deborah M. Rooney, Blessing N. Ngam, R. Luke Rettig, Christopher L. Gross, Mark J. Snell, Melanie L. Barnard, Kevin El-Hayek, David R. Jeffcoach, Grace J. Kim

Laparoscopic lavage: an option for surgical management of complicated diverticulitis

• Open Access
• Dynamic Manuscript

Héloïse Giron, Fabian Grass, Dieter Hahnloser

Indocyanine green fluorescence imaging (ICG-FI) in difficult laparoscopic hepatectomy for hepatocellular carcinoma: a retrospective propensity score–matched analysis

• Open Access
• Dynamic Manuscript

Tianyang Mao, Qingyun Xie, Xin Zhao, Kangyi Jiang, Manyu Yang, Fengwei Gao

Biophysical modeling and artificial intelligence for quantitative assessment of anastomotic blood supply in laparoscopic low anterior rectal resection

• Dynamic Manuscript

Weizhen He, Haoran Zhu, Xionghui Rao, Qinzhu Yang, Huixing Luo, Xiaobin Wu, Yi Gao

Development of a machine learning-based tension measurement method in robotic surgery

• New Technology

Aimal Khan, Hao Yang, Daniel Roy Sadek Habib, Danish Ali, Jie Ying Wu

Correction: Comparison of primary duct closure versus T-tube drainage in laparoscopic common bile duct exploration: a propensity score matching analysis

• Correction

Xiangmei Chen, Jianming Liu, Pingguo Liu, Qinliang Fang, Yu Xiong, Fuqing Chen, Jianyin Zhou

Correction: The safety and feasibility of laparoscopic partial splenectomy: analysis of perioperative indications from different vascular subtypes and improvement of surgical approach

• Open Access
• Correction

Yixiao Li, Yugui Tian, Lingwei Meng, He Cai, Xin Wang, Yunqiang Cai, Yongbing Li, Jin Zhou, Bing Peng, Zhong Wu

Correction: Robotic-assisted surgery for locally advanced rectal cancer beyond total mesorectal excision planes: the Mayo Clinic experience

• Correction

Richard Garfinkle, Georgios Kyriakopoulos, Brenda C. Murphy, David W. Larson, Sherief F. Shawki, Amit Merchea, Nitin Mishra, Kellie L. Mathis, William Perry, Kevin T. Behm

Correction: Surgical management of complicated diverticulitis: systematic review and individual patient data network meta-analysis

• Correction

Bright Huo, Monica Ortenzi, Roi Anteby, Yegor Tryliskyy, Francesco Maria Carrano, Georgios Seitidis, Dimitris Mavridis, Vincent T. Hoek, Alberto Serventi, Willem A. Bemelman, Gian Andrea Binda, Rafael Duran, Triantafyllos Doulias, Nauzer Forbes, Nader K. Francis, Fabian Grass, Jesper Jensen, Marianne Krogsgaard, Lisa H. Massey, Luca Morelli, Christian E. Oberkofler, Dorin E. Popa, Johannes Kurt Schultz, Shahnaz Sultan, Jean‑Jacques Tuech, Hendrik Jaap Bonjer, Stavros A. Antoniou