Laparoscopic cholecystectomy, like laparoscopic appendectomy, is one of the initial procedures performed by trainee surgeons in many training hospitals, particularly in patients without acute inflammation, such as those with cholelithiasis [ 1 , 2 …
Emergency surgery for gastrointestinal perforation has one of the highest mortality rates among all types of surgeries [ 1 ]. The mortality rate 30 days after emergency surgery is reported to be 8.4%, and that at 1 year is 24.6% [ 2 ]. Predicting …
Authors:
Naoko Fukushima, Takahiro Masuda, Kazuto Tsuboi, Masami Yuda, Keita Takahashi, Fumiaki Yano, Ken Eto
Gastric cancer is the fifth-most common type of cancer and the third leading cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide [ 1 ]. Surgical resection combined with preoperative and/or postoperative adjuvant treatment is performed worldwide to improve the …
Lung transplantation is a viable option for patients with end-stage pulmonary parenchymal and vascular diseases for which all medical therapies have failed. In Japan, 108 lung transplants were performed in 2022, of which 48 were single lung …
Gastric cancer (GC) is the leading cause of cancer-related death worldwide [ 1 ]. Although the overall incidence of gastric cancer has been decreasing due to advances in Helicobacter pylori eradication, the incidence of upper gastric cancer has …
Remnant gastric cancer (RGC) is a rare disease with an incidence rate of 1–5% after distal gastrectomy [ 1 , 2 ]. The morbidity rate of gastric cancer has increased as its prognosis after gastrectomy has improved in recent years, owing to advances …
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is a common fatal human cancer [ 1 ]. Complete surgical resection is the standard treatment for PDAC, although the long-term survival after tumor resection remains unsatisfactory [ 2 ]. Therefore, effective …
Pulmonary segmentectomy is becoming increasingly common because of the expanded indications for early stage-lung cancer. Saji et al. showed that the overall survival of patients who underwent segmentectomy was significantly better than that of …
The role of segmentectomy has expanded to include resection of peripheral small-sized early non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC), as this technique may better preserve the lung function than lobectomy [ 1 , 2 ]. Recently, a Japanese randomized …
Hypoparathyroidism and hypocalcemia are well-known complications of thyroidectomy that extend the hospital stay, require additional laboratory investigations and treatment, and increase costs [ 1 , 2 ]. Perioperative parathyroid hormone (PTH) …
Vesicoureteral reflux (VUR) is a common condition in children with a reported prevalence of 1%. However, it is difficult to determine this rate precisely given the varied risk factors in this population. Previous studies have reported a VUR rate …
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Mehmet Öztürk, Haluk Şen, Feyza Yılmaz, Ömer Bayrak, Gürdal Demirci, Muharrem Baturu, M. Sakıp Erturhan, İlker Seçkiner
Breast cancer is the leading cause of cancer death among women in the world, including in Turkey [ 1 ]. However, advances in the diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer have extended the life expectancy of patients and decreased mortality rates [ …
Authors:
Atilla Çelik, Fikret Çalıkoğlu, Ahmet Akbaş, Gülçin Ercan, Ali Muhammedoğlu
Since the first successful lung transplantation, in Toronto in 1983, approximately 4,000 lung transplant procedures have been performed annually world-wide, according to the international thoracic organ transplant registry collected by the …
Colorectal cancer is one of the most common cancers, with approximately 2.2 million new cases diagnosed annually worldwide [ 1 ]. Recent advances in surgical techniques and chemotherapy have greatly improved the prognosis, even for advanced stage …
Retroperitoneal sarcoma (RPS) is categorized as a “rare cancer” that affects less than one person per 100,000 people per year [ 1 ]. RPS exhibits heterogeneous biological behavior and can develop in the fat, muscles, nerves, and other connective …
Gastric cancer is the fourth leading cause of cancer-related mortality worldwide, whereas esophageal cancer is the sixth leading cause [ 1 ]. Despite recent advancements in chemotherapy, surgical resection with lymph node dissection is the standard …
Repeated hepatectomy for patients with hepatocellular carcinoma or colorectal liver metastasis is widely accepted to prolong the survival after primary hepatectomy [ 1 – 7 ]. In repeated hepatectomy, precise inspection by intraoperative …
Thymoma is now often treated surgically with thoracoscopic procedures, such as video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) and robot-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (RATS); however, the indications for these procedures are reportedly limited to …
Acute appendicitis is one of the most common causes of emergency abdominal surgery worldwide, with a lifetime risk of 7–8% [ 1 ]. Recently, appendicitis has been classified into complicated appendicitis (CA) and uncomplicated appendicitis (UA) [ 2 …
