Publications by authors named "R Bellochi"
Background: Caterpillar hump of the right hepatic artery is a rare variation increasing the risk of vascular and biliary injuries during hepatobiliary surgery. The aim of this study is to record the cases of the right hepatic artery forming caterpillar hump in a cohort of patients underwent laparoscopic cholecystectomy and to report a review of the literature systematically conducted.
Methods: We reviewed clinical and surgical video data of 230 patients with symptomatic cholelithiasis treated with laparoscopic cholecystectomy between January 2016 and August 2017.
Article Synopsis
- Some methods help reduce bleeding during liver surgery, but using them in laparoscopic surgery might cause some liver damage.
- This study looked at how a special technique called intermittent pedicle clamping (IPC) affects patients with healthy livers having minor laparoscopic liver surgery.
- The results showed that there were no significant differences in liver health markers after surgery between patients who had IPC and those who didn't.
Background: Treatment of splenic flexure (SF) colon cancer is not standardized. A laparoscopic approach is considered a challenging procedure.
Methods: This review examines a single-institution experience with laparoscopic colon resection for cancer of the SF.
Background: Robotics has been proposed as a tool to improve laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication. However, a clear benefit of this technology for minimally invasive antireflux surgery has not been demonstrated.
Materials And Methods: A retrospective review of a prospective database was used to compare the intraoperative and postoperative outcome of 137 patients who underwent conventional laparoscopic fundoplication (CLF) and 45 patients who underwent laparoscopic robot-assisted fundoplication (LRF).
Background: Lymph node dissection and esophageal anastomosis, considered the more demanding steps of laparoscopic gastrectomy for gastric adenocarcinoma, can be performed with the use of a remote-controlled robot.
Methods: Thirteen patients with a histologically proved gastric cancer (six stage I, six stage II, and one stage III) were enrolled in a prospective study to assess feasibility and safety of the Da Vinci surgical system in total and partial gastrectomy with extended lymph node dissection. Outcome measures were conversion rate, intra- and postoperative morbidity and mortality, operative time, blood loss, number of lymph nodes harvested, and macroscopic and microscopic evaluation of resection margins.