Endorectal Ultrasound in Local Recurrence of Rectal Cancer: A Systematic Review.

Local recurrence (LR) of rectal cancer (RC) has a disease-free survival rate of up to 50% if diagnosed early. Endorectal ultrasound (ERUS) is an outpatient procedure that can be used together with rectal digital examination for patient follow-up. This is the first study to determine the diagnostic test accuracy of ERUS in the detection of LR after RC and whether it is a good follow-up method.

Clinical and surgical algorithm for managing iatrogenic bile duct injuries during laparoscopic cholecystectomy: A multicenter study.

The present study was a multicenter, analytical, nonrandomized research on 108 cases of intraoperative vascular and bile duct lesions during laparoscopic cholecystectomies. We selected these cases from 16,559 cholecystectomies performed entirely laparoscopically or debuted laparoscopically and converted to an open approach. The study included two surgical centers labeled as primary, with extensive experience in hepato-biliary reconstructive surgery, and four other centers labeled as secondary that referred cases to the previous two.