Laparoscopy has been increasingly utilised for cytoreduction surgery in patients with early ovarian cancers. The present study tries to assess the feasibility of laparoscopic interval cytoreduction surgery (LOICS) in patients with advanced ovarian cancer (AOC) having low burden residual disease. A retrospective study of was done of AOC's who underwent LOICS between 2010 and 2014.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThis study's objective was to assess the presentation, incidence, operative approach, and outcomes of acute symptomatic post-esophagectomy diaphragmatic hernia (PEDH), following minimal access esophagectomy (MAE) for esophageal and gastro-esophageal junctional cancer. Between January 2010 and December 2020, all consecutive patients undergoing esophagectomy were retrospectively analyzed. Acute symptomatic PEDH occurred in 4 patients out of 680 consecutive patients undergoing esophagectomy (0.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFFluorescence-guided surgery is an emerging and promising operative adjunct to assist the surgeon in various aspects of oncosurgery, ranging from assessing perfusion, identification, and characterization of tumors and peritoneal metastases, mapping of lymph nodes/leaks, and assistance for fluorescence-guided surgery (FGS). This study aims to provide an overview of principles, currently available dyes, platforms, and surgical applications and summarizes the available literature on the utility of FGS with a focus on abdomino-thoracic malignancies.
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