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Transoral Resection for Oropharyngeal Neoplasms
Transoral resection of oropharyngeal neoplasms using laser and microscope has been done for more than three decades. The evolution of endoscopic...
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Higher Postoperative Mortality and Inferior Survival After Right-Sided Liver Resection for Perihilar Cholangiocarcinoma: Left-Sided Resection is Preferred When Possible
BackgroundA right- or left-sided liver resection can be considered in about half of patients with perihilar cholangiocarcinoma (pCCA), depending on...
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Mind the gap—the use of sodium fluoresceine for resection of brain metastases to improve the resection rate
Introduction and purposeBrain metastases appear to be well resectable due to dissectable tumor margins, but postoperative MRI quite often depicts...
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Risk Factors of Positive Resection Margin in Hepatectomy for Resectable Ruptured Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Risk Prediction and Prognosis
Background and AimClinical work has revealed that hepatectomy for resectable ruptured hepatocellular carcinoma (rHCC) has a relatively high...
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Value and role of surgical margins in transoral laser microsurgery of the larynx, literature review and clinical considerations
PurposeThere is no agreement on the most appropriate post-operative pathway for the management of positive margins after laser cordectomy for early...
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Outcomes of surgical resection and intraoperative electron radiotherapy for patients with para-aortic recurrences of gastrointestinal and gynecologic malignancies
BackgroundPara-aortic lymph node (PALN) metastases from primary pelvic malignancies are often treated with resection, but recurrence is common. We...
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Comparison of functional and oncological outcome of conformal sphincter preservation operation, low anterior resection, and abdominoperineal resection in very low rectal cancer: a retrospective comparative cohort study with propensity score matching
PurposeConformal sphincter preservation operation (CSPO) procedure is a sphincter preservation procedure for preserving the anal canal function for...
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Robotic resection of presacral tumors
BackgroundPresacral tumors are a rare entity typically treated with an open surgical approach. A limited number of minimally invasive resections have...
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Resection of intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma in octogenarians: a single-center analysis
The rapidly aging population in industrialized countries comes with an increased incidence of intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (iCC) which presents...
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Development of a machine learning-based model for predicting positive margins in high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion (HSIL) treatment by Cold Knife Conization(CKC): a single-center retrospective study
ObjectivesThis study aims to analyze factors associated with positive surgical margins following cold knife conization (CKC) in patients with...
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Hepatic Resection
Hepatic resection is undertaken for the treatment of liver tumors, trauma, and some infection. This chapter describes the indications,...
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Surgical considerations in the resection of solitary fibrous tumors of the pleura
Solitary fibrous tumors (SFTs) are rare mesenchymal pleural neoplasms with an overall good prognosis and low recurrence rate if completely resected...
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Resection Techniques in Barrett’s Esophagus
Endoscopic resection (ER) of early Barrett’s neoplasia is the treatment of choice. Visible lesions should be carefully inspected and delineated prior...
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Endomucosal Resection of the Upper GI Tract
Despite advances in minimally invasive surgery, esophagectomy, and gastric resection remain morbid procedures for cancers of the upper...
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Distinct cellular composition between normal surgical margins and tumor tissues in oral squamous cell carcinoma
BackgroundAdequate resection of normal surgical margins is important. However, the clear distinction between the normal surgical margins and tumor...
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Comparative Survival Function in Patients with Positive Surgical Margins Following Laryngectomy
Aims: This study aims to make a comparative analysis of disease-free survival (DFS) and overall disease-specific survival (OS) in patients with...
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Comparison of Visor Access Approach with Lower LIP Split Approach in Resection of Oral Cancers
PurposeThere is high prevalance of oral cancers particularly buccal mucosa and lower gingivobuccal sulcus in our region. These can be approached by...
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The Trans-facial Approach for Simultaneous Resection and Reconstruction of Retromolar Trigone Tumors: A Pilot Study
IntroductionEarly retromolar trigone (RMT) lesions are difficult to access and free tissue transfer is often an overkill for such small lesions. The...
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Resection of anorectal fistula cancer associated with Crohn’s disease after preoperative chemoradiotherapy: a case report
BackgroundAnorectal fistula cancer is often diagnosed in an advanced state, and radical resection is difficult when invasion of the pelvic wall is...
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Single-institution outcomes after excision of benign phyllodes tumors: low recurrence risk even with positive margins
PurposeBenign phyllodes tumors (BPT) are rare breast neoplasms with clinical behavior that poses low recurrence risk. Guidelines regarding...