[Gastric plication in treatment of patients with overweight and obesity].

Aim: To present the new method of gastric plication in treatment of patients with overweight and obesity.

Material And Methods: There were 132 different bariatric interventions in patients with overweight and obesity.

Results: It is described an original technique of laparoscopic gastric placation characterized by reduced postoperative morbidity, simplicity, low traumatism, and economic efficiency.

Anatomic mesohepatectomy versus extended hepatectomy for patients with centrally located hepatocellular carcinoma.

Background: Both mesohepatectomy (MH) and extended hepatectomy (EH) can be performed for centrally located hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). In this study, the long-term prognosis of these surgical approaches was assessed in patients with HCC.

Methods: A retrospective review was undertaken of 171 HCC patients who underwent anatomic hepatectomy for centrally located HCC between January 2005 and January 2016 in West China Hospital, Sichuan University.