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Open AccessGoodbye Hartmann trial: a prospective, international, multicenter, observational study on the current use of a surgical procedure developed a century ago
Literature suggests colonic resection and primary anastomosis (RPA) instead of Hartmann’s procedure (HP) for the treatment of left-sided colonic emergencies. We aim to evaluate the surgical options globally us...
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Laparoscopic Ventral Hernia Repair
Laparoscopic Ventral Hernia Repair (LVHR) can be considered a minimally invasive approach to the abdominal wall. Intraperitoneal Onlay Mesh (IPOM) technique was first described in 1993, and its application for...
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A national survey on the current status of minimally invasive gastric practice on behalf of GIRCG
Italian Research Group for Gastric Cancer (GIRCG), during the 2013 annual Consensus Conference to gastric cancer, stated that laparoscopic or robotic approach should be limited only to early gastric cancer (EG...
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Open AccessRobotic versus laparoscopic transabdominal preperitoneal (TAPP) approaches to bilateral hernia repair: a multicenter retrospective study using propensity score matching analysis
Since the introduction of minimally invasive surgery, new techniques like transabdominal preperitoneal (TAPP) repair have progressively gained acceptance for the treatment of groin hernia. Laparoscopic TAPP (L...
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Open AccessThe ChoCO-W prospective observational global study: Does COVID-19 increase gangrenous cholecystitis?
The incidence of the highly morbid and potentially lethal gangrenous cholecystitis was reportedly increased during the COVID-19 pandemic. The aim of the ChoCO-W study was to compare the clinical findings and o...
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Stapled fascial suture: ex vivo modeling and clinical implications
Recently, in the field of abdominal wall repair surgery, some minimally invasive procedures introduced the use of staplers to provide a retromuscular prosthetic repair. However, to the knowledge of the authors...
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Open AccessLaparoscopic gastrectomy for stage II and III advanced gastric cancer: long‑term follow‑up data from a Western multicenter retrospective study
There has been an increasing interest for the laparoscopic treatment of early gastric cancer, especially among Eastern surgeons. However, the oncological effectiveness of Laparoscopic Gastrectomy (LG) for Adva...
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Extended totally extraperitoneal Rives–Stoppa (eTEP-RS) technique for ventral hernia: initial experience of The Wall Hernia Group and a surgical technique update
The enhanced-view extended totally extraperitoneal (eTEP) approach for ventral hernia repair is a novel surgical technique. We present the results from the initial experience with eTEP repair Rives–Stoppa (eTE...
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Complications and mortality in a cohort of patients undergoing emergency and elective surgery with perioperative SARS-CoV-2 infection: an Italian multicenter study. Teachings of Phase 1 to be brought in Phase 2 pandemic
Since the beginning of the pandemic due to the novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and its related disease, coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), several articles reported negativ...
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Incarcerated Inguinal and Crural Hernias
The chance of develo** an inguinal hernia during one’s lifetime is relatively high and the rates are 27–43% for men and 3–6% for women. Inguinal hernioplasty is most frequently performed operation in wealthy...
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Is robotic right colectomy economically sustainable? a multicentre retrospective comparative study and cost analysis
Following the Food and Drug Administration approval, robot-assisted colorectal surgery has gained more acceptance among surgeons. One of the open issues about robotic surgery is the economic sustainability. Th...
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Open AccessLack of advantages of slit mesh placement during laparoscopic transabdominal preperitoneal inguinal hernia repair (TAPP): a single centre, case matched study
During laparoscopic trans-abdominal pre-peritoneal hernia repair (TAPP) the positioning of the mesh around the spermatic cord could provide an additional anchoring point and ensure better defect closure, there...
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Literature Review on Outpatient Treatments for Hemorrhoids
The chapter focuses on literature review on outpatient treatments for hemorrhoids, involving medical management, and above all office-based procedures, for symptomatic low-grade internal hemorrhoids according ...
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Literature Review on Outpatients Treatments for Hemorrhoids
The chapter focuses on literature review on outpatient treatments for hemorrhoids, involving medical management, and above all office-based procedures, for symptomatic low-grade internal hemorrhoids according ...
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Spleen and Pancreas
Splenectomy is a surgical treatment for hematologic diseases like platelet dysfunctions and autoimmune anemia; it is used for lymphoma stadiation and for splenic neoplasms. Laparoscopic surgery for spleen dise...
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Abdominal Wall Surgery
Abdominal hernia diseases are the most common cause of hospitalization in Western countries. Moreover, treatment of inguinal hernias is one of the most commonly performed surgical procedures in the world [1]. ...
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Kidney, Adrenal Gland, Ureter, and Varicocele
From early nephrectomies carried out in 1990s, radical nephrectomy nowadays reaches a high diffusion between surgeons and finds specific indications. In 2014 The European Association of Urology built a Renal Cell...
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Bariatric Surgery
The advent of laparoscopy in the early 1990s has changed the scenario of bariatric surgery by encouraging the spread of certain procedures based on greater acceptance (compliance) of the intervention in a lot ...
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Single-Access Laparoscopic Left Hemicolectomy
Single-incision surgery is an evolution of conventional laparoscopy. It reduces not only the invasiveness of the access but also the surgical procedure itself.
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Erratum to: Efficacy of two different surgical techniques combined in the treatment of rectocele