A Review of the Literature on Videoscopic and Robotic Inguinal-Iliac-Obturator Lymphadenectomy in Patients with Cutaneous Melanoma.

Inguinal-iliac-obturator lymph node dissection is essential in the treatment of patients with cutaneous melanoma exhibiting the clinical or radiological involvement of pelvic lymph nodes. The open procedure is associated with elevated mortality rates. Numerous minimally invasive approaches have been suggested to mitigate the impact of this surgery on the patient's quality of life.

Utility of Machine Learning Models to Predict Lymph Node Metastasis of Japanese Localized Prostate Cancer.

Background/objectives: Extended pelvic lymph node dissection is a crucial surgical technique for managing intermediate to high-risk prostate cancer. Accurately predicting lymph node metastasis before surgery can minimize unnecessary lymph node dissections and their associated complications. This study assessed the efficacy of various machine learning models for predicting lymph node metastasis in a cohort of Japanese patients who underwent robot-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy.

Surgical outcomes of single-port vs multi-port laparoscopic hysterectomy for endometrial cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Objective: This study aimed to compare the surgical outcomes in patients with endometrial cancer who underwent either single-port laparoscopic hysterectomy (SPLH) or multi-port laparoscopic hysterectomy (MPLH).

Methods: We conducted a systematic literature search from the earliest records available up to May 2023. The databases searched included PubMed, Embase, ClinicalTrials.

Pure open versus robotic radical cystectomy with intracorporeal urinary diversion: a propensity matched analysis.

Objective: To compare surgical parameters and short-term outcomes between open radical cystectomy (ORC) and robotic radical cystectomy with total intracorporeal urinary diversion (icRARC).

Methods: Among the study period, 133 patients who underwent ORC and pelvic node dissection for bladder cancer (group 1) were matched and compared to 61 patients who underwent icRARC during the same period (group 2). The groups were matched 1:1 according to their propensity scores adjusted on their baseline demographics and disease characteristics.

Effect of endoscopic surgical skill qualification system for laparoscopic rectal surgery: Japanese multicenter analysis.

Background: Laparoscopic rectal surgery is often technically difficult. The Endoscopic Surgical Skill Qualification System (ESSQS) was established in Japan as an objective measure of skill for laparoscopic surgeons. However, the advantages of the ESSQS qualification for laparoscopic rectal surgery have been limited.

Laparoscopic extraperitoneal approach for lateral lymph node dissection for patients with metachronous lateral pelvic lymph node metastases following surgery for rectal cancer: a case series and short-term outcomes.

Background: There have been few reports of a totally extraperitoneal approach for laparoscopic lateral lymph node dissection (LLND) for patients with metachronous lateral pelvic lymph node metastases following surgery for rectal cancer. Therefore, this study reports the short-term outcomes of LLND via an extraperitoneal approach.

Methods: A total of 10 patients underwent LLND through a laparoscopic extraperitoneal approach in our hospital since October 2018.

[A preliminary exploration of reduced port laparoscopic proximal gastrectomy with right-sided overlap and single-flap valvuloplasty (ROSF)].

This study aimed to share preliminary experiences of single-incision plus two ports laparoscopic proximal gastrectomy with right-sided overlap and single-flap valvuloplasty (ROSF). Following the 6th edition of the Japanese Gastric Cancer Treatment Guidelines, proximal gastrectomy with lymphadenectomy was performed. Using a single-port approach, the esophagus was transected at least 2 cm above the tumor's upper margin with linear staplers.

Long-term outcomes of sentinel lymph node navigation surgery for early-stage cervical cancer.

Background: Sentinel lymph node navigation surgery, which identifies the sentinel lymph node in early cervical cancers and omits systemic pelvic lymphadenectomy in cases where no lymph node metastasis is present, has recently gained attention. However, there are few reports on lymph node recurrence and the long-term outcomes of cervical cancer surgery performed using sentinel lymph node navigation surgery. In this study, we aimed to evaluate the long-term outcomes of sentinel node navigation surgery for early-stage cervical cancer.

Lateral pelvic lymph nodes dissection of rectal neuroendocrine neoplasms: A prospective case-series and literature review.

Background: Rectal neuroendocrine neoplasms are relatively rare. Patients with rectal neuroendocrine neoplasms undergoing radical surgery have a higher rate of lymph node metastases. Robust evidence on the status of lateral pelvic lymph node metastases and the role of lateral pelvic lymph node dissection in those patients is lacking.