Is It Necessary to Endoscopically Evaluate the Anastomosis in Robotic or Laparoscopic Surgical Procedures for Colorectal Cancer?

In the surgical treatment of colorectal cancers, disease-free survival and life expectancy are inversely proportional to the increase in complications. We evaluated the superiority of colonoscopy and air and water tests in detecting anastomotic leaks in sigmoid and rectosigmoid junction colon cancers. Data of patients who underwent robotic/laparoscopic surgical procedures for sigmoid and rectosigmoid junctional colon cancers at a single center between January 2018 and February 24 were retrospectively evaluated.

Effect of Robotic Inferior Mesenteric Artery Ligation Level on Low Anterior Resection Syndrome in Rectum Cancer.

Life expectancy of patients with rectal cancer is increasing day by day with innovative treatments. Low anterior resection syndrome (LARS), which disrupts the comfort of life in these patients, has become a serious problem. We aimed to evaluate the effect of high ligation (HL) and low ligation (LL) techniques on LARS in rectal cancer surgery performed with the robotic method.

Can the surgeon prolong the remaining life of the patient in pancreaticoduodenectomy surgery? or Is the surgeon helpless?

Background: We aimed to evaluate the effects of R0 and R1 resections after pancreatic surgery.

Methods: Data of 130 patients were evaluated. Re-resection was performed in patients who were found to have R1 resection after frozen section (FS).

Clinical and oncological outcomes of the low ligation of the inferior mesenteric artery with robotic surgery in patients with rectal cancer following neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy.

Background/aim: The aim of this study is to compare clinical and oncologic outcomes of the high and low ligation techniques of the inferior mesenteric artery (IMA) in rectal cancer patients treated with robotic surgery after neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy (nCRT).

Materials And Methods: In this retrospective study, 77 patients with T3/T4-node negative rectal cancer with tumor penetration through the muscle wall (Stage 2) or node positive disease without distant metastases (Stage 3) who were treated electively with robotic surgical resection following nCRT at a single institution between January 2014 and January 2018 were analyzed. Patients were divided into 2 groups (38 patients were included in the low ligation group and 39 patients in the high ligation group).

Mixed Adeno-Neuroendocrine Carcinoma; Case Series of Ten Patients with Review of the Literature.

Aims: Mixed adeno-neuroendocrine carcinoma is a rare entity, diagnosed with immunohistochemical studies. Literature mainly includes case reports and series which are very few. In our study, we aimed to report a case series from a tertiary hospital with demographics of the patients, detailed tumor and clinical findings and follow-up plus survival conditions.

Endoscopic stenting for laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy leaks.

Objective: Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy is a widely accepted and effective bariatric surgery method. The rate of leakage at the staple-line has been reported to be between 1.5 and 5%.

Staple Line Reinforcement Methods in Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy: Comparison of Burst Pressures and Leaks.

Background And Objectives: Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy is a technically simple and popular bariatric operation with acceptable results. However, leaks can occur in long staple lines, for which various reinforcement methods are used. We compared nonreinforced stapling in laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy with 3 staple line reinforcement methods: suturing, absorbable buttressing material, and fibrin glue.

Steroid-induced sigmoid diverticular perforation in a patient with temporal arteritis: a rare clinical pathology.

Corticosteroids are used in the treatment of many rheumatological diseases including temporal arteritis. The gastrointestinal perforation during corticosteroid treatment is a serious complication. Colon perforation after steroid use was first reported by Beck et al in 1950.