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Updates in Surgery

Issue 1/2019

Content (30 Articles)

Foreword

Message from the Editors-in-Chief

F. Basile, F. Calise

EBM Editorial and Commentary

The dilemma of surgical research between evidences and experience, impact factor and innovation

Luca Viganò, Antonio Giuliani, Fulvio Calise

Brain Death Editorial and Commentary

Past, present, and future of donation after circulatory death in Italy

Luciano De Carlis, Riccardo De Carlis, Paolo Muiesan

Ulcerative Colitis Editorial and Commentary

The role of the mesentery in reducing recurrence after surgery in Crohn’s disease

Dakshitha Wickramasinghe, Janindra Warusavitarne

Rectal Cancer Editorial and Commentary

Is taTME delivering?

M. Gachabayov, R Bergamaschi

Septicemia Review Article

Hyponatremia could identify patients with intrabdominal sepsis and anastomotic leak after colorectal surgery: a systematic review of the literature

Ahmad Alsaleh, Gianluca Pellino, Natasha Christodoulides, George Malietzis, Christos Kontovounisios

Review Article

Is there a role for treatment-oriented surgery in stage IV gastric cancer? A systematic review

Sarah Molfino, Zeno Ballarini, Federico Gheza, Nazario Portolani, Gian Luca Baiocchi

Rectal Cancer Review Article

Transanal total mesorectal excision (TaTME): current status and future perspectives

Andrea Vignali, Ugo Elmore, Marco Milone, Riccardo Rosati

Liver Surgery Review Article

Comparison between robotic and open liver resection: a systematic review and meta-analysis of short-term outcomes

Nikolaos Machairas, Dimetrios Papaconstantinou, Diamantis I. Tsilimigras, Dimitrios Moris, Anastasia Prodromidou, Anna Paspala, Eleftherios Spartalis, Ioannis D. Kostakis

Ultrasound Original Article

Ultrasound liver map technique for laparoscopic liver resections: perioperative outcomes are not impaired by technical complexity

Alessandro Ferrero, Nadia Russolillo, Serena Langella, Fabio Forchino, Matteo Stasi, Federico Fazio, Roberto Lo Tesoriere

Esophageal Varices Original Article

Dissecting the multinodular hepatocellular carcinoma subset: is there a survival benefit after hepatectomy?

Matteo Donadon, Andrea Fontana, Fabio Procopio, Daniele Del Fabbro, Matteo Cimino, Luca Viganò, Angela Palmisano, Guido Torzilli

Original Article

The ALPPS procedure: hepatocellular carcinoma as a main indication. An Italian single-center experience

Giovanni Vennarecci, Daniele Ferraro, Antonella Tudisco, Giovanni Battista Levi Sandri, Nicola Guglielmo, Giammauro Berardi, Isabella Sperduti, Giuseppe Maria Ettorre

Original Article

SICE national survey: current state on the adoption of laparoscopic approach to the treatment of colorectal disease in Italy

Ugo Elmore, Andrea Vignali, Riccardo Rosati, Andrea Valeri, Gianfranco Silecchia, Marco Amisano, Gabriele Anania, Dario Andreone, Giovanni Angelone, Gianandrea Baldazzi, Carlo Bergamini, Francesco Giuseppe Biondo, luigi Boni, Alberto Brolese, Riccardo Brachet Contul, Roberto Campagnacci, Fabio Campanile, Angelo Cavicchi, Massimo Carlini, Bruno Cola, Maurizio Cesari, Luca Covotta, Pietro Cumbo, Nicolò De Manzini, Francesco de Marchi, VicenzaPaolo de Paolis, Giorgio Ercolani, Manes Fernando, Alessandro Ferrero, Gianfranco Francioni, Gianluca Garulli, Michele Genna, Raffaele Gianesini, Aldo Gioffrè, Mario Guerrieri, Marco Azzola Guicciardi, Elio Jovine, Ernesto Laterza, Stefano Merigliano, Marco Milone, Gianluigi Moretto, Emilio Morpurgo, Giuseppe Navarra, Vincenzo Neri, Roberto Ottonello, Vincenzo Panebianco, Maurizio Pavanello, Eraldo Personnettaz, Miacela Piccoli, Fabio Priosa, Aldo Rossi, Mario Sorrentino, Umberto Tedeschi, Silvio Testa, Augusto Verzelli, Nereo Vettoretto, Vincenzo Violi, Pier Sante Zattini

Original Article

Applications of indocyanine green-enhanced fluorescence in laparoscopic colorectal resections

Caterina Santi, Lorenzo Casali, Christian Franzini, Alessio Rollo, Vincenzo Violi

Original Article

Laparoscopic versus open colectomy: the impact of frailty on outcomes

Pankti Kothari, Dominick V. Congiusta, Aziz M. Merchant

Original Article

Application of minimally invasive pancreatic surgery: an Italian survey

Giovanni Capretti, Ugo Boggi, Roberto Salvia, Giulio Belli, Roberto Coppola, Massimo Falconi, Andrea Valeri, Alessandro Zerbi

Original Article

Use of laparoscopic colectomy increasing in trauma: comparison of laparoscopic vs. open colectomy

Areg Grigorian, Alessio Pigazzi, Ninh T. Nguyen, Sebastian D. Schubl, Victor Joe, Matthew Dolich, Michael Lekawa, Jeffry Nahmias

Original Article

Barbed vs conventional sutures in bariatric surgery: a propensity score analysis from a high-volume center

Francesco Pennestrì, Pierpaolo Gallucci, Francesca Prioli, Piero Giustacchini, Luigi Ciccoritti, Luca Sessa, Rocco Bellantone, Marco Raffaelli

Open Access Original Article

Outcomes and indications for emergency thoracotomy after adoption of a more liberal policy in a western European level 1 trauma centre: 8-year experience

Edoardo Segalini, Luca Di Donato, Arianna Birindelli, Alice Piccinini, Alberto Casati, Carlo Coniglio, Salomone Di Saverio, Gregorio Tugnoli, Giovanni Gordini, Andrea Biscardi, Sergio Nicola Forti Parri, Barbara Bonfanti, Kenji Kawamukai, Nicola Lacava, Cristian Lupi, Piergiorgio Cavalli, Enrico Ferri, Aimone Giugni, Sara Trentini, Marzia Baldazzi, Silvia Villani, Jessica McKee, Antonio Affinita, Elena Mengozzi, Nicola Montanari, Mauro Podda, Sherman Kwan

Original Article

Fully robotic left hepatectomy for malignant tumor: technique and initial results

Marco Vito Marino, Gaspare Gulotta, Andrzej Lech Komorowski

Original Article

Robotic versus standard open pancreatectomy: a propensity score-matched analysis comparison

Benedetto Ielpo, Riccardo Caruso, Hipolito Duran, Eduardo Diaz, Isabel Fabra, Luis Malavé, Yolanda Quijano, Emilio Vicente

Original Article

Robotic distal pancreatectomy with selective closure of pancreatic duct: surgical outcomes

Luca Moraldi, Benedetta Pesi, Lapo Bencini, Marco Farsi, Mario Annecchiarico, Andrea Coratti

Original Article

Right colectomy: consecutive 100 patients treated with laparoscopic and robotic technique for malignancy. Cumulative experience in a single centre

J. L. Mégevand, M. Amboldi, E. Lillo, L. Lenisa, E. Ganio, A. Ambrosi, A. Rusconi

Original Article

Transanal total mesorectal excision (TaTME): single-centre early experience in a selected population

Michele De Rosa, Fabio Rondelli, Marcello Boni, Fabio Ermili, Walter Bugiantella, Lorenzo Mariani, Graziano Ceccarelli, Antonio Giuliani

Original Article

Isolated thoracic perfusion in lung metastases from breast cancer: a retrospective observational study

Stefano Guadagni, Karl Aigner, Odisseas Zoras, Francesco Masedu, Giammaria Fiorentini, Enrico Ricevuto, Marcello Deraco, Marco Clementi

Original Article

Video-assisted ablation of pilonidal sinus (VAAPS) versus sinusectomy for treatment of chronic pilonidal sinus disease: a comparative study

Marco Milone, Nunzio Velotti, Michele Manigrasso, Francesco Milone, Loredana Maria Sosa Fernandez, Giovanni Domenico De Palma

Aneurysm Letter to the Editor

Use of 3D models for planning, simulation, and training in vascular surgery

Andrea Moglia, Gregorio Di Franco, Luca Morelli

Letter to the Editor

Limits of continuous neural monitoring in thyroid surgery

Hui Sun, Che-Wei Wu, Antonina Catalfamo, Valerio Fabiano, Gianlorenzo Dionigi

Acknowledgement to Referees

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