Surgical Endoscopy

2024 Update to SAGES guidelines for the use of peroral endoscopic myotomy (POEM) in the treatment of achalasia

• Guidelines

Elisa C. Calabrese, Tammy Kindel, Bethany J. Slater, Jeffrey Marks, Lee Swanstrom, Payal Saxena, Salvatore Docimo, Dimitrios I. Athanasiadis, Nader M. Hanna, Dimitrios Stefanidis, Ceciel Rooker, Guy Maddern, Geoffrey P. Kohn

The new VBC: creating a video-based culture in general surgery residency

• SAGES/EAES official publication

Shannon Barter, Wen Hui Tan, Marcoandrea Giorgi, Kevin Shah, Shanley B. Deal, Jacob Greenberg, Rana M. Higgins

Implications of five endoscopic and conventional open surgery on lateral neck dissection outcomes in patients with papillary thyroid carcinoma: a network meta-analysis and systematic review

• Review Article

Yao Tong, Pengyu Li, Wenrong Liu, Shuangyan Tan, Xiaofei Wang, Yifan Zhang, Yanhao Ran, Yiqiao Fang, Yuanyuan Fan, Tao Wei, Wanjun Zhao

FLIP use in achalasia: comparing POEM and Heller myotomy outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis

• Open Access
• Review Article

Mohammad Alabbas, Hamza Khoudari, Gaurav Ghosh, Omar T. Sims, David Wan

An optimal curriculum for training in endoscopic ultrasound: a summarized evidence-based literature systematic review

• Review Article

Julieta Montanelli, Ariosto Honorio Hernandez Lara, Ana Karla Uribe Rivera, Juan Manuel Verde, Eike Burmester, Mohammad A. Al-Haddad, Stephan Hollerbach, Peter Vilmann, Monder Abu-Suboh Abadia, Abdenor Badaoui, Paolo Giorgio Arcidiacono, Christoph Schlag, Jan-Werner Poley, Philippe Grandval, Leonardo Sosa-Valencia, Lee Swanström

Meta-analysis of controlled studies comparing biologic and synthetic unabsorbable mesh in contaminated fields

• Review Article

Alvaro Cota Carvalho, Fernando Augusto V. Santos, Diego Paim De Carvalho Garcia

Endoscopy-assisted magnetic foreign body removal using a magnetic instrument—a clinical review

• Review Article

Jonas Rowald Petersen, Jes Sefland Vogt

Long-term changes in lipid indices following Roux-en-Y gastric bypass: a meta-analysis

• Review Article

Tannaz Jamialahamdi, Elaheh Mirhadi, Mohammed A. Abdalla, Kishore M. Gadde, Wael Almahmeed, Ali H. Eid, Saheem Ahmad, Irfan Ahmad, Matthew Kroh, Amirhossein Sahebkar

Risk factors associated with hiatal hernia: a retrospective study and two-sample Mendelian randomization

• Open Access

Hongyi Dong, Xing Du, Jin Zhao, Diangang Liu, Haijun Du

Feasibility and effectiveness of endoscopic retrograde appendicitis therapy for uncomplicated acute appendicitis: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Zhu Li, Yongquan Chen, Xiaobin Zhang, Jinfeng Zhu, Zongyu Liang

Long-term outcomes of endoscopic treatment versus surgical resection for 0–2 cm gastrointestinal stromal tumor: A SEER database study

Siyu Tan, Wenjing Yang, Guowang Yang

Performing robot-assisted minimally invasive esophagectomy for patients with a narrow mediastinum and left-shifted esophagus for esophageal squamous cell carcinoma presents further challenges

Yasufumi Koterazawa, Hironobu Goto, Tomoaki Aoki, Ryuichiro Sawada, Taro Ikeda, Hitoshi Harada, Yasunori Otowa, Naoki Urakawa, Hiroshi Hasegawa, Shingo Kanaji, Kimihiro Yamashita, Takeru Matsuda, Taro Oshikiri, Yoshihiro Kakeji

Impact of surgical technique on hemodynamic instability in patients with pheochromocytoma: a single-centre retrospective cohort study

• Open Access

Amir-Hossein Chaman Baz, Julie van de Wal, Simone A. A. Willems, Frank d’Ancona, Xiaoye Zhu, Henri J. L. M. Timmers, Johan F. Langenhuijsen

Clinical efficacy and learning curve analysis of 101 robotic-assisted Warshaw procedures: a retrospective study

• Open Access

Hongliang Liu, Qisheng Hao, Xi Wang, Mengxing Cheng, Fabo Qiu, Bin Zhou

Endoscopic management of postoperative pancreatic fistula after pancreaticoduodenectomy: a single center retrospective analysis

Pietro Calcagno, Michele Mazzola, Edoardo Forti, Alessandro Giani, Andrea Zironda, Gaia Mucci, Michele Paterno, Massimiliano Mutignani, Giovanni Ferrari

The impact of laparoscopic vs open primary colon resection on long-term outcomes after subsequent cytoreductive surgery (CRS) and hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) for metachronous peritoneal metastasis

Yehonatan Nevo, Dan Assaf, Arielle Jacover, Ephraim Katz, Almog Ben-Yaacov, David Hazzan, Shachar Laks, Mohammad Adileh, Aviram Nissan

Liver resection versus interventional treatments for hepatocellular carcinoma patients with hypohepatia: a multicenter study

• Open Access

Shoujie Zhao, Yejing Zhu, Jinming Zhu, Bo Wang, Enxin Wang, Jun Zhu, Liangzhi Wen, Yan Zhao, Man Yang, Luo Zuo, Jiahao Fan, Jia Jia, Wenbing Wu, Weirong Ren, Xing Chen, Jing Li, Xingshun Qi, Xilin Du, Lei Liu

Sex-based differences in musculoskeletal pain among surgeons: an international survey

Maria Vannucci, María Rita Rodríguez-Luna, Bangyu Lan, Kenan Niu, Alfonso Lapergola, Elisa Reitano, Noemi Zorzetti, Marta Goglia, Deborah S. Keller, Silvana Perretta

Postpancreatectomy acute pancreatitis in pancreaticoduodenectomy and distal pancreatectomy: a retrospective cohort study on risk factors and clinical outcomes

Ke Cheng, Pan Gao, Junjie Zhang, Zixin Chen, Shangdi Wu, Jun Li, Lingwei Meng, He Cai, Xin Wang, Zhong Wu, Yunqiang Cai, Bing Peng

Cyanoacrylate injection assisted by endosonographic mini-probe in the management of gastric varices: a single-center, retrospective cohort study

Yu Tang, Min Lin, Junyi Zhuo, Xianfei Zhong

Natural orifice specimen extraction for diverticular disease: technique, outcomes and role of inflammatory markers

• Open Access

Mina Sarofim, Jasmine Mui, John Cartmill, Andrew Gilmore

Emergency umbilical and epigastric hernia repair: nationwide registry-based study of long-term recurrence, mesh-related, and other complications

Jeppe Fredberg, Erling Oma, Frederik Helgstrand, Niels Qvist, Hans Friis-Andersen, Lars N. Jørgensen

Watchful waiting versus totally extraperitoneal (TEP) hernia repair for occult inguinal hernia and pain (EFFECT trial)—a multicenter, non-inferiority, randomized controlled trial

• Open Access

R. R. Meuzelaar, E. J. M. M. Verleisdonk, A. H. W. Schiphorst, F. P. J. den Hartog, P. J. Tanis, J. P. J. Burgmans

Polyurethane-based tissue adhesive for sealing pancreatic anastomosis: a pig model

Anna Wiebe, Kerstin Hagemeister, Afshin Fayyazi, Jonas Apitzsch, Wolfram Lamadé

Surgery combined endoscopic stricturotomy for deep small bowel strictures from Crohn’ disease: a prospective, single-center cohort study of a novel approach

Bo Peng, Zhongcheng Liu, Biyao Wang, Jia Ke, Qin Guo

Surgical management of severe refractory gastroparesis: outcomes of jejunostomy tube placement

Husameddin Alattar, Michael Dabit, Melissa Desouza, Filippo Filicori, Christy M. Dunst

Laparoscopic surgery in acute perforated gastroduodenal ulcers: an underutilized technique despite favorable short-term outcomes

Conor H. Dillon, David M. Richter, Rami Madani, Ghazi Saroya, Alain Elian, Saad Shebrain

Laparoscopic gastrectomy reduced peritoneal recurrence in Borrmann type IV gastric cancer: a retrospective cohort study with propensity score matching

• Open Access

Mira Yoo, Yoon Kong, Guan Hong Min, Du-Yeong Hwang, So Hyun Kang, Young Suk Park, Sang-Hoon Ahn, Do Joong Park, Hyung-Ho Kim, Yun-Suhk Suh

Role of radiofrequency STRETTA for recurrent GERD following primary anti-reflux surgery and primary STRETTA therapy

Yirupaiahgari Krishnaiah Setty Viswanath, Simon Mbarushimana, Ahmed Ammar, Gowri Pillai Madhusudanan, George Kourounis, Anil Reddy

Global pattern, trend and cross-country inequalities of inguinal, femoral, and abdominal hernia among individuals aged 60 and above from 1990 to 2021 and projections until 2040: a population-based study

Xiaoli Liu, Bangzhen Ma, Qiuyue Ma

Clinical prediction model for anastomotic leakage in rectal cancer surgery: a single-center large-sample cohort study

Xiaojiang Yi, Chuangqi Chen, Jingfang Diao, Hongming Li, Jiaxin Lin, Manzhao Ouyang

Electromagnetic tracking system-assisted ultrasound guidance for percutaneous transhepatic one-step biliary fistulation combined with rigid choledochoscopy in the treatment of hepatolithiasis

Canhua Zhu, Yanna Chen, Qifeng Xu, Yanjun Luo, Junhua Cen, Guoying Wang

Abdominal wall contour and muscle changes after eTEP repair for small ventral hernias and diastasis: A quality improvement study

Jorge Daes, Andrés Hanssen, Elika Luque, Jose Rocha

Outcomes of elective repair of large hiatus hernias in the morbidly obese: a cohort study

• Open Access

Mathew A. Amprayil, Muktar Ahmed, Tanya Irvine, Sarah K. Thompson, Tim Bright, David I. Watson

Abnormal anatomical landmarks: the guide points of laparoscopic Ladd’s surgery for neonatal congenital intestinal malrotation

Xinhao Zeng, Na Lian, Xiaoyong Wang, Dongmei Du

Efficacy of the caudal view technique in mesh placement during laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair, with propensity score matching

Wataru Miyoshino, Takahiro Hiratsuka, Akio Shiromizu, Yohei Kono, Tomonori Akagi, Shigeo Ninomiya, Hidefumi Shiroshita, Masafumi Inomata

Color differences of intraprocedural bleeding between white light and red dichromatic imaging during endoscopic submucosal dissection: a post hoc analysis of a multicenter, open-label, randomized controlled trial (with videos)

Mai Makiguchi, Seiichiro Abe, Ai Fujimoto, Ryosuke Kawagoe, Takeshi Uozumi, Mitsunori Kusuhara, Yasuhiko Mizuguchi, Naoya Toyoshima, Satoru Nonaka, Haruhisa Suzuki, Shigetaka Yoshinaga, Issay Kitabayashi, Hiroyuki Daiko, Yutaka Saito, Naohisa Yahagi

Safe implementation of laparoscopic transabdominal preperitoneal repair for groin hernias by surgical residents in Japan: a single-center retrospective study

Yosuke Kobayashi, Susumu Shibasaki, Ayaka Ito, Yeongcheol Cheong, Yusuke Umeki, Kenichi Nakamura, Takeshi Takahara, Koki Otsuka, Ichiro Uyama, Koichi Suda

The trans T-tube cholangial drainage versus percutaneous transhepatic cholangial drainage for the treatment of bile leakage at the biliary-enteric anastomosis: a retrospective study

Sun Yu, Bing Li, Kun Ji, Tengfei Li, Ji Ma, Jianzhuang Ren, Xuhua Duan, Xinhui Su

Optimal lymph node dissection thresholds for early-stage esophageal squamous cell carcinoma: a retrospective multicenter study

Donghui Jin, Hang Yi, Haibo Sun, Guochao Zhang, Yan Zheng, Yousheng Mao, Wenqun Xing

Vas Guide: a novel device for looping blood vessels in robot-assisted surgery

Yutaro Sasaki, Kyotaro Fukuta, Tetsuhiro Yano, Mitsuki Nishiyama, Saki Kobayashi, Ryoei Minato, Kei Daizumoto, Ryotaro Tomida, Yoshito Kusuhara, Tomoya Fukawa, Kunihisa Yamaguchi, Yasuyo Yamamoto, Junya Furukawa

Distensibility index measured after Toupet fundoplication is associated with long-term dysphagia

Min P. Kim, Zoe K. Lichtenberg, Duc T. Nguyen, Warren Naselsky, Edward A. Graviss, Ray Chihara

Solo surgeon ambulatory magnetic-assisted robotic surgery (MARS): initial 51 cases with high patient satisfaction

• Open Access

Graham J. Spurzem, Julio Jimenez, Natasha Paravic, Ignacio Robles, Marcelo Yañez, Gabriel Escalona, Carolina Carmona, Isidora Mendez, Matias Hidalgo, Ryan C. Broderick, Santiago Horgan

Patient and operative characteristics of readmission and poly-readmission following metabolic surgery: an MBSAQIP analysis (2015–2021)

• 2025 SAGES Oral

Michael Kachmar, John M. Gunaldo, Jake E. Doiron, Florina Corpodean, Denise M. Danos, Carlos Galvani, Michael W. Cook, Philip R. Schauer, Vance L. Albaugh

How to manage peritoneal dialysis in patients undergoing bariatric surgery? A case series from a single academic center

• 2025 SAGES Oral

Abdulaziz Ali Karam, Ali Safar, Phil Vourtzoumis, Sebastian Demyttenaere, Olivier Court, Amin Andalib

Quality of life after primary antireflux surgery: an analysis by primary indication

• Open Access
• 2025 SAGES Oral

Mark Shacker, Andrés R. Latorre-Rodríguez, Austin Reynolds, Sai Pidathala, Andrew Keogan, Sumeet K. Mittal

Fundoplication significantly improves objective and subjective reflux outcomes—a meta-analysis

• Open Access
• 2025 SAGES Oral

Yanick Tadé, Daniel Newman, Ryan W. Walters, Kalyana C. Nandipati

The bariatric frailty score as a superior scoring system compared to the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) score in prediction of serious complications after bariatric surgery procedures

• 2025 SAGES Oral

Nicholas Jonas, Chiu-Hsieh Hsu, Shaher Yousef, Diaa Soliman, Mary Lourdes Erlichman, Michelle Chang, Jeffery Hodges, Iman Ghaderi

Endoscopic and surgical treatment of refractory caustic esophageal strictures

• 2025 SAGES Oral

Thitiporn Chobarporn, Dudsadee Mesiri, Chadin Tharavej

Getting more than what you pay for? Managing complications of bariatric tourism at an academic center near the US-Mexico border

• Open Access
• 2025 SAGES Oral

Graham J. Spurzem, Patricia Ruiz-Cota, Amanda Rocha, Andres Fontaine-Nicola, Edgardo Reyes, Kiersten Gabaldon, Agustina Altolaguirre, Hannah M. Hollandsworth, Bryan J. Sandler, Santiago Horgan, Garth R. Jacobsen, Ryan C. Broderick

Gastroesophageal reflux disease after biliopancreatic diversion-duodenal switch: a systematic review and meta-analysis

• 2025 SAGES Oral

Brianna Brand, Sukhdeep Jatana, Dunavan Morris-Janzen, Hannah Strinholm, Janice Y. Kung, Daniel Meyer, Valentin Mocanu, Daniel W. Birch, Noah J. Switzer, Shahzeer Karmali

Effects of preoperative glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist therapy on weight loss following bariatric surgery

• 2025 SAGES Oral

Mason Friesch, Mitchel Fernando, Emma Sheedy, Irena Helenowski, Laura Wool, Monica Edwards, Kevin Brown, James Lau, Tyler Cohn

Does the use of EndoFLIP during fundoplications improve outcomes?

• Open Access
• 2025 SAGES Oral

Andrew F. Sabour, Emily D. Duckworth, Marvin A. Rhodes Jr., Dawn W. Blackhurst, Erica Schumann, Shanu N. Kothari, Brian Hodgens

Definitive, urgent repair of acutely incarcerated paraesophageal hernias is comparable to an elective repair

• 2025 SAGES Oral

Keouna Pather, Ryan Dowdall, Erin M. Mobley, Jana Sacco, Ruchir Puri

Paraesophageal hernia repair with concurrent bariatric surgery: a single institution experience on safety, benefit, and outcomes in obese patients

• 2025 SAGES Oral

Emily F. Simon, Christina S. Boutros, Erik L. Risa, Jamie R. Benson, Patrick Wieland, Saher-Zahra Khan, Hamza N. Chatha, Juan Antonio Paredes Vasquez, Christine E. Alvarado, Samuel J. Zolin, Leena Khaitan, Mujjahid Abbas, Joshua Lyons, Jeffrey M. Marks

Outcomes of simultaneous endoscopic transoral outlet reduction and gastric bypass distalization for the management of weight loss failure after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass

• 2025 SAGES Oral

Jorge Cornejo, Agustina A Pontecorvo, Dilhana Badurdeen, Victoria Gomez, Vivek Kumbhari, Enrique F. Elli

Establishing environmental sustainability in a resource-limited surgical setting: the design of Kyabirwa surgical center

• 2025 SAGES Oral

Grace Travers, Saul Kibirango, Linda Zhang, Anna Kalumuna, Winfred Nannozi, Ronard Tusiime, Joseph Damoi, Angellica Giibwa, Reetwan Bandyopadhyay, George George, Michael Marin

Recurrent emergent hernia repairs: who is at risk?

• Open Access
• 2025 SAGES Oral

Erin E. Isenberg, Joshua Sinamo, Michael A. Rubyan, Annie Ehlers, Dana A. Telem

Comparison of early perioperative outcomes of robotic assisted bariatric surgery vs laparoscopic bariatric surgery in a center of excellence

• 2025 SAGES Oral

Jess Wise, Mohammed Sbeih, Zoha Ahmad, Ashish Agarwala, Farhad Anoosh, Arif Ahmad

Food passageway-related sequelae in the RefluxStop prospective multicenter trial: patient-centric outcomes of dysphagia, odynophagia, gas-bloating, and inability to belch and/or vomit at 5 years

• Open Access
• 2025 SAGES Oral

László Harsányi, Zsolt Kincses, Milan Veselinović, Joerg Zehetner, Áron Altorjay

Canadian portrait of ergonomics in bariatric surgery

• 2025 SAGES Poster

Alexandre Marceau, Justin Wee, Ahmad Elnahas, Jeffrey D. Hawel, Christopher M. Schlachta

Sequential injection-electrocoagulation vs. traditional electrocoagulation haemostasis during endoscopic submucosal dissection: a randomized controlled trial

• Dynamic Manuscript

Zi-yi Ma, Zhen Yang, Jia Liu, Xue Peng, Xu-biao Nie, Pai-pai Qi, Quan-bing Jiang, Wei-Hao Kok, En Liu, Chao-qiang Fan

Planned use of a novel Elastic Traction Device improves efficiency in colorectal endoscopic submucosal dissection: a propensity-score matched study

• Open Access
• Dynamic Manuscript

Shotaro Ishizaka, Tomoaki Tashima, Tomonori Kawasaki, Masami Sano, Tsubasa Ishikawa, Takahiro Muramatsu, Yuki Shiko, Yohei Kawasaki, Yumi Mashimo, Shomei Ryozawa

Artificial intelligence-based marks detection and incision guide line prediction model in esophageal endoscopic submucosal dissection: a multicenter study (with video)

• Dynamic Manuscript

Ruide Liu, Xianglei Yuan, Kaide Huang, Qi Luo, Nuoya Zhou, Chuncheng Wu, Tingfa Peng, Wanhong Zhang, Xiaogang Bi, Xin Chen, Wei Wei, Yinong Zhu, Lifan Zhang, Zhang Yi, Bing Hu

Safety and factors affecting diagnostic yield in modified virtual bronchoscopy-guided transparenchymal nodule access for pulmonary lesions

• Open Access
• New Technology

Yuan-Ming Tsai, Ung-Kai Ting, Ying-Yi Chen, Kuan-Hsun Lin, Hsu-Kai Huang, Tsai-Wang Huang, Hsueh-Liang Hsu

Comparison of a novel endoscopic suturing device to conventional endoscopic suturing device in a validated simulator: a randomized, crossover study (with video)

• New Technology

Trent Walradt, Daniel Szvarca, Pichamol Jirapinyo

Trailblazers in foregut surgery: Kyle Perry, MD (Ohio State University) interviews John Hunter, MD (Oregon Health and Science University)

• Open Access
• Commentary

Kyle Perry, John Hunter

Trailblazers in foregut surgery: Alia Qureshi, MD (Harvard university) interviews Ralph Aye, MD (providence swedish seattle)

• Commentary

Alia Qureshi, Ralph Aye

Trailblazers in foregut surgery: Peter Nau, MD (University of Iowa) interviews David Rattner, MD (Harvard University)

• Open Access
• Commentary

Peter Nau, David Rattner

Trailblazers in foregut surgery: Ruchir Puri, MD (University of Florida) interviews C. Daniel Smith, MD (Esophageal Institute of Atlanta)

• Commentary

Ruchir Puri, C. Daniel Smith