Comparison of Short-term Results after Laparoscopic Complete Mesocolic Excision and Standard Colectomy for Right-Sided Colon Cancer: Analysis of a Western Center Cohort.

Purpose: Laparoscopic complete mesocolic excision (CME) right colectomy is a technically demanding procedure infrequently employed in Western centers. This retrospective cohort study aims to analyze the safety of laparoscopic CME colectomy compared to standard colectomy for right-sided colon cancer in a Western series.

Methods: Prospectively collected data from 60 patients who underwent laparoscopic CME right colectomy were compared to the ones of 55 patients who underwent laparoscopic standard right colectomy.

Impact of age on feasibility and short-term outcomes of ERAS after laparoscopic colorectal resection.

Background: There is still large debate on feasibility and advantages of fast-track protocols in elderly population after colorectal surgery.

Aim: To investigate the impact of age on feasibility and short-term results of enhanced recovery protocol (ERP) after laparoscopic colorectal resection.

Methods: Data from 225 patients undergoing laparoscopic colorectal resection and ERP between March 2014 and July 2018 were retrospectively analyzed.

Laparoscopic Complete Mesocolic Excision for Right-Sided Colon Cancer: Analysis of Feasibility and Safety from a Single Western Center.

Background: Colectomies performed according to complete mesocolic excision (CME) principles have demonstrated an improvement in the quality of surgical specimen and a potential improvement of long-term results. Laparoscopic CME right hemicolectomy is considered a demanding procedure and adopted in few centers from the West. The main purpose of this paper is to present a video showing our technique for laparoscopic CME right hemicolectomy and to analyze our short-term results to prove its safety.

Laparoscopic colorectal surgery and Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) program: Experience with 200 cases from a single Italian center.

There is increasing evidence that minimally invasive techniques associated with Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) protocols reduce surgery-related stress and promote faster recovery after major colorectal surgery. As a single tertiary referral center for colorectal surgery, our aim was to analyze the effects of our ERAS protocol on a heterogeneous population undergoing laparoscopic colorectal surgery.Prospectively collected data from 283 patients undergoing laparoscopic colorectal resection at the Division of General and Hepatobiliary Surgery, University of Verona Hospital Trust, between March 2014 and March 2018 were retrospectively analyzed.

C-reactive protein as early predictor of complications after minimally invasive colorectal resection.

Background: Minimally invasive surgery (MIS) and enhanced recovery programs have been increasingly adopted in colorectal surgery. The aim of this prospective observational study was to evaluate the usefulness of the C-reactive protein (CRP) concentration measured on postoperative day 3 (POD-3) as an early predictor of severe complications after minimally invasive colorectal resection.

Materials And Methods: From January 2014 to December 2015, 160 patients underwent resection of colorectal disease by MIS at the Division of General and Hepatobiliary Surgery, University of Verona Hospital Trust.

Pancreatic resection in patients 80 years or older: a meta-analysis and systematic review.

Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the safety of pancreatic resections in patients 80 years or older.

Methods: A systematic search of the literature was carried out that compared perioperative outcomes after pancreatic resection in patients 80 years or older with patients younger than 80 years. The primary end points were postoperative mortality and morbidity.

Laparoscopic distal pancreatectomy in Italy: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Background: The use of laparoscopic distal pancreatectomy (LDP) increased in the past twenty years but the real diffusion of this technique is still unknown as well as the type of centers (high or low volume) in which this procedure is more frequently performed.

Data Source: A systematic review was performed to evaluate the frequency of LDP in Italy and to compare indications and results in high volume centers (HVCs) and in low volume centers (LVCs).

Results: From 95 potentially relevant citations identified, only 5 studies were included.

Hepato-gastric and spleno-mesenteric arterial trunks: anatomical variation report and review of literature.

The celiac trunk is one of the main arteries arising from abdominal aorta and supplies blood to several abdominal organs. The typical branching in left gastric, splenic and common hepatic arteries undergoes relatively frequent variations. The authors report a rare variation of the celiac trunk in a Caucasian cadaver, with a hepato-gastric and a spleno-mesenteric arterial trunks which arise from the abdominal aorta in a routine dissection of a 98-year-old male cadaver.