Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . “Open gastrectomy has long been the criterion standard worldwide. However, application of laparoscopic ...

Does the complication rate after open vs other types of surgery differ in patients undergoing surgery for gastric cancer? In this retrospective Korean study, the authors examined early results after ...

Small bowel obstruction (SBO) is a common surgical emergency most frequently caused by adhesions. A large portion of adhesive SBO resolve by nonoperative methods such as fasting and ingestion of an ...

The systematic review of all randomized controlled trials in abdominopelvic surgery is a sobering assessment of Intuitive Surgical's da Vinci system, which was approved by the FDA more than 20 years ...

Nodular number as a prognostic indicator in hepatic resection for intermediate-stage hepatocellular carcinoma: An international multicenter observational study. Impact of adjuvant chemotherapy on ...

LEOPARD-II: A randomized phase II study of radiochemotherapy (RCT) with 5FU and cisplatin plus/minus cetuximab (Cet) in unresectable locally advanced esophageal cancer (LAEC). A phase II and biomarker ...

Liver operation puzzle concept: hands of surgeon with surgical instruments (tools) performs liver surgery as a result of hepatic disorder (cirrhosis, hepatic cancer, hepatitis, hepatectomy) ...