Publications by authors named "Yacine Ben Safta"

Background: A newly emerging approach "caudal to cranial" with complete mesenteric excision (CME) has recently been proposed for right colectomy in patients with right colon cancer. To date, only a few studies about this approach have appeared. Our study aims to investigate the safety and efficacy of this new technique.

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Purpose: The aim of this systematic review and meta-analysis was to define clinical indicator that predicts mediastinal lymph nodes metastasis (MLNM) in patients with Esophagogastric junction cancer (EGJC) to select patient population requiring esophagectomy.

Methods: A systematic and electronic search of several electronic databases was performed up to August 2020. Studies containing information on risk factors for MLNM in patients diagnosed with EJGC and who underwent curative surgery were included.

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Hydatidosis is a widespread anthropozoonosis. It can affect almost any part of the body, but it occurs most commonly in the liver (75%) and the lungs (15%). Its occurrence in female genital tract, especially the uterus, is very rare.

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Background: Given the risk of surgical site infection (SSI), the use of mesh in contaminated ventral hernia repair (VHR) is not standardized and still a clinical dilemma. This meta-analysis aimed to assess whether mesh use increased the risk of SSI in patients following VHR in contaminated field.

Methods: We performed a systematic review of published literature.

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Tissue adhesives have gained increasing use as a possible method of wound closure. We compared the use of 2-octyl cyanoacrylate (OCA) or subcuticular suture in incisions sutures for the closure of laparoscopic cholecystectomy port incisions. A prospective randomised controlled trial was performed.

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Background: Gastric traction is essential in laparoscopic distal pancreatic resections. We already described the single gastric hanging providing good exposure on the left pancreas and we herein introduce a modification named the double gastric hanging.

Methods: The double gastric hanging in which 2 surgical tapes encircle the body and antrum of the stomach is indicated in patients who requiring pancreatic neck resection, dissection along the celiac trunk collaterals and lymph nodes, the duodenal wall, and the gastroduodenal artery.

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Background And Aim: Foreign body ingestion is a commonly seen accident in emergencies, only 1% of them will finally need surgery. Historically, exploratory laparotomy has been the mainstay of treatment for patients requiring surgery. However surgeons are more and more tempted to use laparoscopy in emergency setting.

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Background: The rupture of hydatid cyst of the liver into the biliary tracts through a large fistula is one of the most difficult complications to treat. The techniques are various and each has its own morbidity. Internal transfistulary drainage is a surgical method of treatment of hydatid cysts of the liver opening in the biliary tract.

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Introduction: Vaginal cuff dehiscence (VCD) and evisceration (VCDE) are rare but rather serious complications of hysterectomy procedures. We aimed to report a case of VCDE happening eleven years after the initial surgery and review a treatment protocol of this rare complication.

Case: A 68 years old Tunisian female patient In 2004, the patient underwent concomitant chemoradiation followed by total abdominal radical hysterectomy for a squamous cell carcinoma of the cervix.

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A 54-year-old woman with multiple telangiectatic hepatocellular adenoma without degeneration (>5 cm) underwent laparoscopic right hepatectomy with the hanging maneuver. The patient was installed in the supine position with the legs spread apart. Five trocars were used for the intervention.

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Pellagra is a nutritional disease caused by the deficiency of niacin. It is a clinical syndrome characterized by four "D's": diarrhea, dermatitis, dementia and ultimately death. We describe a case of pellagra as the initial presentation of congenital duodenal diaphragm.

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