Transitioning From Open to Robotic Liver Resection. Results of 46 Consecutive Procedures Including a Majority of Major Hepatectomies.

. Minimally invasive liver resection is a complex and challenging operation. Although authors have reported robotic liver resection shows improved safety and efficacy compared with open liver resection, robotic major liver resections for malignant liver lesions treatment remain inadequately evaluated.

PIPAC EstoK 01: Pressurized IntraPeritoneal Aerosol Chemotherapy with cisplatin and doxorubicin (PIPAC C/D) in gastric peritoneal metastasis: a randomized and multicenter phase II study.

Background: Peritoneal metastasis (PM) from gastric cancer often remains undiagnosed until it reaches an advanced stage. Despite curative management combining perioperative systemic chemotherapy, cytoreductive surgery (CRS), and hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC), treated patients' 5 year survival rate remains under 20 % when patients are carefully selected. Palliative intravenous chemotherapy in patients with non-resectable cancer is frequently associated with poor long-term benefit and an estimated survival time below 1 year.

Postoperative Morbidity Risks Following Ileocolic Resection for Crohn's Disease Treated With Anti-TNF Alpha Therapy: A Retrospective Study of 360 Patients.

Background: Despite the effectiveness of anti-TNF alpha (ATA) treatment to induce and maintain remission in Crohn's disease, surgical intervention is frequently required. Results of previous studies on the impact of anti-TNF on postoperative course are discordant. The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of ATA on postoperative morbidity following ileocolic resection for Crohn's disease.

Specific computed virtual chromoendoscopy for detection of peritoneal carcinomatosis: an animal study.

Background: Detection of an incipient Peritoneal Carcinomatosis (PC) is still challenging, and there is a crucial need for technological improvements in order to diagnose and to treat early this condition. The aim of this study was to create a murine model of incipient PC and to explore the PC with Fujinon Intelligent Chromo Endoscopy (FICE) in order to determine the wavelengths of the white light (WL) spectre that offer the highest contrast between PC nodules and surrounding peritoneum.

Methods: Eighteen BALB/c mice had intraperitoneal injection of murine colonic cancer CT26 cells.