Intracorporeal anastomosis versus extracorporeal anastomosis after laparoscopic right hemicolectomy for colon cancer: morbidity comparison at long-term follow-up.

Background: Minimally invasive right hemicolectomy is nowadays considered the gold standard for treatment of malignant right colon disease. What is still debated is instead the choice between intracorporeal or extracorporeal anastomosis. The aim of this study was to compare morbidity and the long-term results between these two techniques.

Management and 1-year outcomes of anastomotic leakage after elective colorectal surgery.

Purpose: To analyze different types of management and one-year outcomes of anastomotic leakage (AL) after elective colorectal resection.

Methods: All patients with anastomotic leakage after elective colorectal surgery with anastomosis (76/1,546; 4.9%), with the exclusion of cases with proximal diverting stoma, were followed-up for at least one year.

Intraoperative endoscopy with immediate suture reinforcement of the defect in colorectal anastomosis: a pilot study.

Colorectal anastomosis is the one at higher risk of complication in alimentary tract surgery. Several techniques have been used to intraoperatively check a colorectal anastomosis, without reaching a clear consensus. The aim of the present study is to evaluate the addition of intraoperative flexible endoscopy to indocyanine green fluorescence in detecting colorectal anastomotic defects in a consecutive series of patients.

Transversus abdominis plane (TAP) block versus thoracic epidural analgesia (TEA) in laparoscopic colon surgery in the ERAS program.

Aim: The enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) pathway and laparoscopic approach had been proven beneficial for patients and should now be considered as a standard of care in colorectal surgery. Multimodal analgesia is the gold standard in the ERAS program with the use of thoracic epidural analgesia (TEA). Few data are available on Transversus abdominis plane (TAP) blocks in laparoscopic colorectal surgery and ERAS pathway.

E.R.A.S. pathway in colorectal surgery in elderly: Our experience: A retrospective cohort study.

Aim: Numerous geriatric patients develop colorectal disease. Elderly patients are often considered high-risk surgical candidates. Enhanced recovery after surgery (E.

A critical and comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis of studies comparing intracorporeal and extracorporeal anastomosis in laparoscopic right hemicolectomy.

Purpose: Two main techniques are commonly used during laparoscopic right hemicolectomy in order to perform the ileocolic anastomosis: intracorporeal (IA) and extracorporeal (EA). The aim of this study was to evaluate the safety of the two techniques.

Methods: A systematic review was carried out to identify studies comparing IA and EA.

Managing unsuspected tumour invasion of the superior mesenteric-portal vein during surgery for pancreatic head cancer. A case report.

Context: In some cases, synchronous superior mesenteric-portal vein resection can be performed during pancreatic resection for cancer. The reconstruction technique is usually primary anastomosis; in only a few cases is an autologous vein graft needed.

Case Report: We report a case of reconstruction of the superior mesenteric-portal vein with a splenic vein autograft in a patient affected by pancreatic head adenocarcinoma who underwent a total pancreatectomy.