Transanal minimally invasive surgery for benign and malignant rectal lesions: midterm outcomes from a tertiary center.

Background: Although transanal minimally invasive surgery (TAMIS) for rectal neoplasia has gained wide acceptance, the mid-term and long-term outcomes are not widely reported in the literature.

Objective: Describe the mid-term outcomes of patients who underwent TAMIS for benign and malignant rectal lesions in a single center.

Design: Retrospective cohort study.

Short-term outcomes in robotic vs laparoscopic ileal pouch-anal anastomosis surgery: a propensity score match study.

Purpose: Laparoscopic ileal pouch-anal anastomosis (IPAA) surgery offers improved short-term outcomes over open surgery but can be technically challenging. Robotic surgery has been increasingly used for IPAA surgery, but there is limited evidence supporting its use. This study aims to compare the short-term outcomes of laparoscopic and robotic IPAA procedures.

Choice of specimen's extraction site affects wound morbidity in laparoscopic colorectal cancer surgery.

Background: The choice for an ideal site of specimen extraction following laparoscopic colorectal surgery remains debatable. However, midline incision (MI) is usually employed for right and left-sided colonic resections while left iliac fossa or suprapubic transverse incision (STI) were reserved for sigmoid and rectal cancer resections.

Objective: To compare the incidence of surgical site infection (SSI) and incisional hernia (IH) in elective laparoscopic colorectal surgery for cancer and specimen extraction via MI or STI.

Integrated whole transcriptome and small RNA analysis revealed multiple regulatory networks in colorectal cancer.

Colorectal cancer (CRC) remains a global disease burden and a leading cause of cancer related deaths worldwide. The identification of aberrantly expressed messenger RNA (mRNA), long non-coding RNA (lncRNA), and microRNA (miRNA), and the resulting molecular interactions and signaling networks is essential for better understanding of CRC, identification of novel diagnostic biomarkers and potential development of therapeutic interventions. Herein, we performed microRNA (miRNA) sequencing on fifteen CRC and their non-tumor adjacent tissues and whole transcriptome RNA-Seq on six paired samples from the same cohort and identified alterations in miRNA, mRNA, and lncRNA expression.

Left iliac fossa mini-incision sigmoidectomy for treatment of sigmoid volvulus. Case series of six patients from Qatar.

Background: Midline laparotomy is the definitive treatment for sigmoid volvulus after initial colonoscopic detorsion. We successfully adopted another technique at our center on 6 patients, treating sigmoid volvulus by left iliac fossa mini-incision.

Presentation Of Cases: We report our experience of six non-consecutive cases of sigmoid volvulus treated by left iliac fossa mini-incision.

Outcome of pallidal stimulation of idiopathic generalized dystonia with predominant mobile truncal dystonia: case report.

Background: Further reports are required to describe the outcome of truncal dystonia treated by bilateral pallidal stimulation (globus pallidus interna deep brain stimulation [GPi-DBS]), owing to the small number of reports and clinical variability and complexity of truncal dystonia. Retrospectively, we report our experience of treating three patients with idiopathic generalized dystonia, with predominant mobile truncal dystonia by bilateral GPi-DBS.

Methods: Three patients with idiopathic generalized dystonia underwent bilateral GPi-DBS.

Modified Interscalene Approach for Resection of Symptomatic Cervical Rib: Anatomic Review and Clinical Study.

Background: Cervical ribs have been reported to be present in about 0.5% of the general population, 10% of patients with cervical rib who are symptomatic usually have neurogenic symptoms, but some have arterial symptoms. In 1861, Coote was the first to excise a cervical rib through a supraclavicular approach and relieved the symptoms of thoracic outlet syndrome.

Evaluation of Interspinous Spacer Outcomes in Degenerative Lumbar Canal Stenosis: Clinical Study.

Background: Lumbar spinal stenosis is a common diagnosis in elderly individuals, and the rates of surgery have risen all over the world. The optimal approach to provide satisfactory decompression and minimize complications for lumbar spinal stenosis remains controversial.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the surgical outcome of interspinous spacers versus decompressive laminectomy in the management of degenerative lumbar canal stenosis.