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Filter by:Even after the wide introduction of chemo/radiotherapy in the treatment algorithm, adequate surgery remains the cornerstone of gastric cancer treatment with curative intent. A proper D2 lymphadenectomy is associated with improved cancer specific survival as confirmed in Western countries by fifteen-year follow-up results of Dutch and Italian randomized trials. In clinical practice, the total number of harvested lymph nodes is often considered as a surrogate marker for adequate D2 lymphadenectomy; nonetheless, the number of retrieved nodes does not necessarily correlate with residual nodes, which intuitively could represent a more reliable marker of surgical adequacy. The availability of an efficient tool for evaluating the absence of residual nodes in the operative field at the end of node dissection could better correlate with survival outcomes. The goal of this multicentric observational prospective study is to test the reliability of a new score (PhotoNodes Score) created to rate the quality of the lymphadenectomy performed during minimally invasive gastrectomy for gastric cancer. The score is assigned by assessing the absence of residual nodes at the end of node dissection on a set of laparoscopic/robotic high quality intraoperative images collected from each patient undergoing a minimally invasive gastrectomy with D2 node dissection. Ideally, this tool could be a new indicator of the quality of D2 dissection and could assume a prognostic role in the treatment of gastric cancer.
This single-center, prospective, open-label, randomized, controlled clinical trial is designed to assess the efficacy and safety of the Thoracoscopic Morrow procedure in the treatment of hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy. The primary objectives include investigating: Question 1: The efficacy and safety of two surgical modalities in patients presenting with left ventricular outflow tract obstruction and mid-left ventricular hypertrophy. Question 2: The impact of the two surgical procedures on hemodynamics in patients with left ventricular outflow tract obstruction, mid-left ventricular obstruction, and in individuals with or without organic valvular lesions. Question 3: The effects of the two surgical procedures on exercise capacity, quality of life, and long-term prognosis among patients with left ventricular outflow tract obstruction and central left ventricular obstruction, both with and without valvular lesions. Participants will be stratified into two groups. The experimental group will undergo thoracoscopic Morrow surgery, while the control group will undergo median open modified enlarged Morrow surgery.
In order to improve the implementation of routine surgical video recording, the researchers want to understand what the challenges associated with the uptake of this technology are. The aim of this study is to explore the barriers faced by key stakeholders including the surgical care team, information governance, and patients within the field of surgical video reporting. The data from this qualitative study will allow the researchers to understand better the challenges associated with uptake of surgical video recording. This will allow the researchers to develop strategies to overcome these challenges and subsequently improve uptake of surgical video recording which will promote safer and more transparent surgery.
This retrospective cohort study examines the effectiveness of minimally invasive spleen-preserving surgeries compared to total splenectomy for treating primary splenic hydatidosis in Jordan. Covering 18 patients from January 2015 to June 2021, the research highlights similar recurrence rates between both surgical approaches, emphasizing the benefits of spleen preservation in maintaining immune function and reducing septic risks, particularly in pediatric patients.
With the rapid development of video-assisted thoracoscopic technology, minimally invasive surgery has become the mainstream surgical approach and is widely known to the public. In addition to the pursuit of successful resection, patients seek an improvement in quality of life after surgery, which poses a challenge to surgeons. The surgical quality of uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) is excellent. It has been shown to be superior to conventional VATS in many studies, especially with respect to the length of hospital stay and severity of pain/paresthesia. The rapid increase in the number of patients undergoing uniportal thoracoscopic surgery has led to the gradual widespread use of this technique. Therefore, how to further innovate this technology has become a direction of further research for surgeons. Here, we describe a rare uniportal thoracoscopic procedure through the perirareolar incision that has certain advantages over other uniportal thoracoscopic procedures.
This study evaluates the efficacy and safety of Artisential laparoscopic instruments in minimally invasive gynecologic surgery.
A randomized controlled trial comparing the vaginal, vNOTES ( vaginal natural orifice transluminal surgery) or laparoscopic approach for hysterectomy in women with benign gynaecological disease
With significant advances in diagnostic imaging and systemic therapies for oncologic disease, spinal metastasis with neurological dysfunction and mechanical instability has become an indication for surgery. Even if traditional-open surgery was palliative, the treatment of spinal metastasis also carried significant surgical morbidity. Those high morbidity and complication rates may influence the quality of patients with a limited life expectancy. Invasion-controlled surgery was utilized with Robot-assisted surgery approach against symptomatic spinal metastasis. Increasing interest in the potential for improved consistency, complication reduction, and decreased length of hospitalization through robot utilization is evident from the rapid growth of publications seen in recent years. So, the investigators wish to evaluate the advantages of Robot-assisted Invasion-controlled Surgery compared with traditional-open surgery spinal surgery in patients with metastatic spinal cord compression.
Temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) is a chronically neurological disease characterized by progressive seizures. TLE is the most frequent subtype of refractory focal epilepsy in adults. Epilepsy surgery has proven to be very efficient in TLE and superior to medical therapy in two randomized controlled trials. According to the previous experience, the investigators use functional anterior temporal lobectomy (FATL) via minicraniotomy for TLE. To date, this minimally invasive open surgery has been not reported. The investigators here present a protocol of a prospective trail which for the first time evaluates the outcomes of this new surgical therapy for TLE.
There have been several reports on the feasibility of a no-drain policy after pneumonectomy, but the policy is not widely accepted because silent massive hemorrhage, delayed air leaks, and chylothorax would always be major worries for thoracic surgeons, and all of the researches were retrospective case studies with small sample size and insufficient evidence. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to to evaluate safety and feasibility of an improved policy, the application of a small thoracic puncture tube after pulmonary lobectomy.