Two-Year Results of Sleeve Gastrectomy Combined with Posterior Fundoplication for Obesity Patients with Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease.

Introduction: Currently, gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is the main side effect after sleeve gastrectomy (SG), causing discomfort and potential long-term risks. Surgical techniques combining fundoplication with SG are being evaluated to limit postoperative GERD.

Methods: This single-center retrospective study evaluated patients who underwent SG with posterior fundoplication in the context of GERD between 2018 and 2021, with postoperative follow-up up to 24 months.

Efficacy of endoscopic gastrojejunal bypass in obese Yucatan pigs: a comparative animal study.

Background: Natural orifice transluminal endoscopy surgery (NOTES) gastrojejunal anastomosis (GJA) with duodenal exclusion (DE) could be used as a less invasive alternative to surgical gastric bypass. The aim of this study was to compare the efficacy and safety of both methods for bariatric purpose.

Methods: This was a prospective, experimental and comparative study on 27 obese living pigs, comparing 4 groups: GJA alone (group 1, G1), GJA + DE (group 2, G2), surgical gastric bypass (group 3, G3), control group (group 4, G4).

Quality of life after sigmoid diverticulitis: A review.

Introduction: Diverticular disease, including diverticulitis, begins when the patient becomes symptomatic. Sigmoid diverticulitis corresponds to inflammation/infection of a diverticulum of the sigmoid colon. Among diverticulosis patients, 4.

The falciform/round ligament "flooring," an effective method to reduce life-threatening post-pancreatectomy hemorrhage occurrence.

Purpose: Late post-pancreatectomy hemorrhage (PPH) represents the most severe complication after pancreatic surgery. We have measured the efficacy of major vessels "flooring" with falciform/round ligament to prevent life-threatening grade C late PPH after pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD) and distal pancreatectomy (DP).

Methods: All consecutive patients who underwent PD and DP between 2013 and 2021 were retrospectively reviewed on a prospectively maintained database.

An Ex Situ Cadaver Liver Training Model Continuously Pressurized to Simulate Specific Skills Involved in Laparoscopic Liver Resection: the Lap-Liver Trainer.

Background: Laparoscopic liver resection (LLR) requires delicate skills. The aim of the study was to develop a training model mimicking as much as possible intraoperative bleeding and bile leakage during LLR. We also assessed the educational value of the training model.