Laparoscopic pancreatic enucleation: cystic lesions and proximity to the Wirsung duct increase postoperative pancreatic fistula.

Background: Risk factors for postoperative pancreatic fistula (POPF) following pancreatic enucleation by the open approach (OpenEN) are well known. However, ENs are more frequently performed laparoscopically (LapEN). The aim of this study was to analyze the risk factors of POPF following LapEN.

Prognostic value of tumor deposits in rectal cancer: A monocentric series of 505 patients.

Background And Objectives: It has been suggested that tumor deposits (TDs) may have a worse prognosis in rectal cancer compared with colonic cancer. The aim of this study was to assess TDs prognosis in rectal cancer.

Methods: Patients who underwent total mesorectum excision for rectal adenocarcinoma (2011-2016) were included.

A Novel Pancreatic Fistula Risk Score Including Preoperative Radiation Therapy in Pancreatic Cancer Patients.

Background: Postoperative pancreatic fistula (POPF) is the most serious complication following pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD). Identifying patients at high or low risk of developing POPF is important in perioperative management. This study aimed to determine a predictive risk score for POPF following PD, and compare it to preexisting scores.

Prediction of Resectability in Pseudomyxoma Peritonei with a New CT Score.

Background: Curative treatment of pseudomyxoma peritonei (PMP) is complete cytoreductive surgery (CRS) with hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC).

Objective: The aim of this study was to build and evaluate a preoperative imaging score to predict resectability.

Patients And Methods: Between 2007 and 2014, all PMP patients in two tertiary reference centers who underwent laparotomy with intent to undergo CRS and HIPEC were included in this study retrospectively.

Gastric stump carcinoma as a long-term complication of pancreaticoduodenectomy: report of two cases and review of the English literature.

Background: Gastric stump carcinoma is an exceptional and poorly known long-term complication after pancreaticoduodenectomy.

Cases Presentation: Two patients developed gastric stump carcinoma 19 and 10 years after pancreaticoduodenectomy for malignant ampulloma and total pancreaticoduodenectomy for pancreatic adenocarcinoma, respectively. Both patients had pT4 signet-ring cell carcinoma involving the gastrojejunostomy site that was revealed by bleeding or obstruction.

Pancreatectomy for pancreatic incidentaloma: What are the risks?

Background: Pancreatic incidentalomas (PI) are nowadays common but the benefit-risk balance of surgery remains difficult to determine.

Methods: Monocentric retrospective study of 881 pancreatectomies comparing resected PI with symptomatic lesion. Univariate and multivariate (MV) analyses were done to identify risk factors of malignancy in PI undergoing surgery.

Oncological outcomes of advanced muscle-invasive bladder cancer with a micropapillary variant after radical cystectomy and adjuvant platinum-based chemotherapy.

Objective: To assess the oncological outcomes of radical cystectomy (RC) and adjuvant chemotherapy to treat muscle-invasive bladder cancer (MIBC) with a micropapillary component (MPC), and to compare outcomes with those from pure urothelial carcinoma (PUC).

Materials And Methods: A retrospective review of clinicopathological and follow-up data was performed for all patients treated by RC and adjuvant platinum-based chemotherapy for advanced MIBC in three tertiary reference centers between 1999 and 2012. Uni- and multivariate Cox's regression analyses evaluated the association of the presence of MPC with disease recurrence and cancer-specific mortality.