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Sci Rep
January 2025
Department of Neurosurgery, Seoul National University Hospital, 103 Daehak-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul, 03080, Republic of Korea.
Lumbar foraminal stenosis can be surgically treated by foraminal decompression or facet joint resection and fusion (transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion, TLIF). While conventional foraminal decompression poses a risk of segmental instability, the endoscopic approach (extended endoscopic lumbar foraminotomy, EELF) resects only the ventral part of the facet joint with a horizontal surgical trajectory. A prospective observational study was performed to analyze the cost-effectiveness of EELF versus TLIF.
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January 2025
Surgical Endoscopy, School of Medicine "Federico II" of Naples, Italy.
Background: Postoperative recurrence (POR) occurs in up to 70% of patients with Crohn's disease (CD). The Rutgeerts score (RS) system may overestimate the prevalence of "real" anastomotic recurrence. Hence, we aimed to compare the prevalence of anastomotic POR in CD and the presence of ulcers at anastomotic sites in patients with right-side resection for colonic cancer (CC).
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February 2025
Department of Gastroenterology, Linping Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Hangzhou, China.
Eur J Surg Oncol
January 2025
Department of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, Sichuan, China; Sichuan University-Oxford University Huaxi Gastrointestinal Cancer Centre, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, Sichuan, China. Electronic address:
The increasing detection of submucosal tumors (SMTs) in the upper gastrointestinal tract (UGI) is due to the increased clinical use of endoscopy and imaging technology. Some of these SMTs have malignant potential and may cause clinical symptoms. Thus, it is recommended in clinical guidelines to consider resection of these SMTs.
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January 2025
DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL, ONCOLOGICAL AND DIGESTIVE TRACT SURGERY, MEDICAL CENTRE OF POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION, ORŁOWSKI HOSPITAL, MEDICAL CENTRE OF POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION, WARSAW, POLAND.
The aim of this study is to present a case of laparoscopic treatment of perineal hernia in a patient after abdominoperineal resection od the rectum. We present the case of a 63-year-old woman who was operated on laparoscopically with a mesh sewn in at the level of the sacrum, iliac vessels and pubic symphysis. And covered with a peritoneal flap above the urinary bladder.
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