The urgency in proposing the optimal obesity cutoff value in Indonesian population: A narrative review.

In developing nations such as Indonesia, obesity and central obesity have emerged as major public health issues. Many studies have revealed that morbidity and death from obesity-related diseases are already significant in some "Asian" communities at low body mass index (BMI) levels. A recent study showed that the obesity prevalence in Indonesia is underestimated when using the current BMI cutoff (obese ≥ 27.

Local adaptation of laparoscopic smoke evacuator in COVID-19 pandemic situation.

The pandemic of COVID-19 has been a game changer in many aspects of medical care, including laparoscopic surgery service. Uncertainty in the early pandemic has led to the fear of doing laparoscopic surgery with regard to the possibility of SARS-COV-2 transmission through surgical smoke. We carried out laparoscopic surgery during the COVID-19 pandemic with intention to test our local adaptation of a laparoscopic smoke evacuator.

Initial experience with laparoscopic-assisted transvaginal cholecystectomy: a hybrid approach to natural orifice surgery.

Minimally invasive surgery is designed to provide a friendlier surgical therapy, in terms of faster recovery times, improved cosmetic results, and reduced postoperative pain. In recent years, a new genre for exploring the abdominal cavity without incisions has been developed. Incisionless surgery is considered the next frontier in minimally invasive surgery.