Evaluation of the Impact of ChatGPT on the Selection of Surgical Technique in Bariatric Surgery.

Purpose: With the growing interest in artificial intelligence (AI) applications in medicine, this study explores ChatGPT's potential to influence surgical technique selection in metabolic and bariatric surgery (MBS), contrasting AI recommendations with established clinical guidelines and expert consensus.

Materials And Methods: Conducting a single-center retrospective analysis, the study involved 161 patients who underwent MBS between January 2022 and December 2023. ChatGPT4 was used to analyze patient data, including demographics, pathological history, and BMI, to recommend the most suitable surgical technique.

Preoperative Progressive Pneumoperitoneum in the Treatment of Hernias With Loss of Domain. Our Experience in 50 Cases.

Surgical planning for repair of giant hernias with loss of domain needs to consider patient comorbidities, potential risks and possible postoperative complications. Some postoperative complications are related to the increase in intra-abdominal pressure caused by the reintroduction of abdominal contents into the peritoneal space. Preoperative progressive pneumoperitoneum (PPP) increases the capacity of abdominal cavity prior to hernia repair and allows for better physiological postoperative adaptation.

Implementation of a retinal stroke-code protocol results in visual recovery in patients receiving reperfusion therapies.

Introduction: Reperfusion therapies represent promising treatments for patients with Central Retinal Artery Occlusion (CRAO), but access is limited due to low incidence and lack of protocols. We aimed to describe the benefit of implementing a Retinal Stroke-Code protocol regarding access to reperfusion, visual acuity and aetiological assessment.

Patients And Methods: Prospective cohort study performed at a Comprehensive Stroke Centre.

Determining the optimal interval between neoadjuvant radiochemotherapy and surgery in rectal cancer: a retrospective cohort study.

Introduction: In locally advanced rectal cancer, the optimal interval between completion of neoadjuvant radiochemotherapy (RT-ChT) and surgical resection remains unclear due to contradictory data on the benefits of extending this interval. Therefore, the aim of this retrospective study was to determine the impact of this interval on outcomes in patients treated for rectal cancer at our center.

Methods: We retrospectively reviewed 382 consecutive patients treated for stage II/III rectal cancer between October 1, 2012, and December 31, 2017.

Ways to perform an endoscopic tattoo. Prospective and randomized study in patients with colorectal neoplasm.

Background And Aims: intraoperative identification of colonic lesions previously detected via colonoscopy may be difficult. Endoscopic tattooing facilitates identification, but there is no evidence regarding which is the best tattoo technique. The goal of the study was to describe the efficacy and safety of endoscopic tattooing and to detect technical and clinical factors associated with its efficacy.

Democratizing wildfire strategies. Do you realize what it means? Insights from a participatory process in the Montseny region (Catalonia, Spain).

Participatory planning networks made of government agencies, stakeholders, citizens and scientists are receiving attention as a potential pathway to build resilient landscapes in the face of increased wildfire impacts due to suppression policies and land-use and climate changes. A key challenge for these networks lies in incorporating local knowledge and social values about landscape into operational wildfire management strategies. As large wildfires overcome the suppression capacity of the fire departments, such strategies entail difficult decisions about intervention priorities among different regions, values and socioeconomic interests.

³Cat-3/MOTS Nanosatellite Mission for Optical Multispectral and GNSS-R Earth Observation: Concept and Analysis.

The ³Cat-3/MOTS (3: Cube, Cat: Catalunya, 3: 3rd CubeSat mission/Missió Observació Terra Satèl·lit) mission is a joint initiative between the Institut Cartogràfic i Geològic de Catalunya (ICGC) and the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya-BarcelonaTech (UPC) to foster innovative Earth Observation (EO) techniques based on data fusion of Global Navigation Satellite Systems Reflectometry (GNSS-R) and optical payloads. It is based on a 6U CubeSat platform, roughly a 10 cm × 20 cm × 30 cm parallelepiped. Since 2012, there has been a fast growing trend to use small satellites, especially nanosatellites, and in particular those following the CubeSat form factor.

Preoperative management of colorectal cancer-induced iron deficiency anemia in clinical practice: data from a large observational cohort.

Background: Preoperative anemia prevalence among colorectal cancer (CRC) patients is high and may adversely influence postoperative outcome. This study assesses the efficacy of a preoperative anemia managing protocol in CRC.

Study Design And Methods: This was a retrospective analysis of consecutive CRC resections at two Spanish centers (January 2012 to December 2013).

Colonoscopic perforation: useful parameters for early diagnosis and conservative treatment.

Objective: The purpose of this study is to determine useful parameters for the early diagnosis of colonoscopic perforation and to select those who would require surgical treatment.

Methods: We retrospectively reviewed the demographics, clinical and colonoscopic data, diagnostic-surgical interval, operative findings, complications, and hospital stay of patients who developed postcolonoscopy iatrogenic colonic perforation between January 2002 and December 2008.

Results: A retrospective multicentric study of patients diagnosed of colonoscopic perforation was performed.

[Perforated duodenal diverticulum].

Diverticular disease of the duodenum is uncommon. Perforation is the least frequent complication. Diagnosis and treatment are not well defined as the presentation and symptomatology are nonspecific.