Issue 2/2019
Content (28 Articles)
The General Surgery Residency Program in Italy: a changing scenario
Marco Montorsi, Nicolò De Manzini
Reform in the training of digestive surgeons in France: a revolution for a renaissance!
Karim Boudjema, Laurent Sulpice
Surgery 2019: an existential crisis
Marco G. Patti, Melina R. Kibbe
Bowel preparation in colorectal surgery: back to the future?
Alice Frontali, Yves Panis
The diagnosis and management of intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms of the pancreas: has progress been made?
Jenny Lim, Peter J. Allen
Selecting treatment sequence for patients with incidental gallbladder cancer: a neoadjuvant approach versus upfront surgery
Leonid Cherkassky, William Jarnagin
Effectiveness of mechanical bowel preparation versus no preparation on anastomotic leakage in colorectal surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Jobbe P. L. Leenen, Judith E. K. R. Hentzen, Henrietta D. L. Ockhuijsen
Laparoscopic lavage and drainage for Hinchey III diverticulitis: review of technical aspects
Matteo Gregori, Diletta Cassini, Norma Depalma, Michelangelo Miccini, Farshad Manoochehri, Gianandrea A. Baldazzi
Prophylactic drainage after laparoscopic cholecystectomy for acute cholecystitis: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Marcello Picchio, Alessandro De Cesare, Annalisa Di Filippo, Martina Spaziani, Erasmo Spaziani
“Complex abdominal wall” management: evidence-based guidelines of the Italian Consensus Conference
Micaela Piccoli, Ferdinando Agresta, Grazia Maria Attinà, Dalia Amabile, Domenico Marchi, Carlo Bergamini, Rossana Berta, Luigi Boccia, Diego Cuccurullo, Valentino Fiscon, Francesco Gossetti, Pierluigi Ipponi, Giovanna Riccipetitoni, Massimiliano Rimini, Domenico Russello, Vincenzo Trapani, Fausto Tricarico, Gregorio Tugnoli, Gianluigi Melotti, Luca Ansaloni, Simona Barlera, Davide Beghelli, Giampiero Campanelli, Fabio Cesare Campanile, Michele Carlucci, Salvatore Casarano, Osvaldo Chiara, Piero Chirletti, Francesco Corcione, Feliciano Crovella, Marina Davoli, Ezio Gianetta, Stefano Giordani, Rita Hervatin, Mauro Longoni, Pietro Maida, Pierluigi Marini, Gabriele Munegato, Paolo Negro, Paolo Pelosi, Diego Piazza, Luigi Presenti, Roberto Rea, Massimo Sartelli, Mario Testini, Andrea Valeri, Nereo Vettoretto, Rodolfo Vincenti
A stepwise learning curve to define the standard for technical improvement in laparoscopic liver resections: complexity-based analysis in 1032 procedures
Luca Aldrighetti, Federica Cipriani, Guido Fiorentini, Marco Catena, Michele Paganelli, Francesca Ratti
Surgical and oncological outcomes of hepatic resection for BCLC-B hepatocellular carcinoma: a retrospective multicenter analysis among 474 consecutive cases
Stefano Di Sandro, Leonardo Centonze, Enrico Pinotti, Andrea Lauterio, Riccardo De Carlis, Fabrizio Romano, Luca Gianotti, Luciano De Carlis, Tiziana Cena, Vincenzo Bagnardi, Laura Benuzzi, Isabella Pezzoli, Maria Danieli, Arianna Ciravegna
Duodeno-jejunal or gastro-enteric leakage after pancreatic resection: a case–control study
Michele Mazza, Stefano Crippa, Niccolò Pecorelli, Domenico Tamburino, Stefano Partelli, Renato Castoldi, Gianpaolo Balzano, Massimo Falconi
Intraoperative ultrasonography in patients undergoing surgery for Crohn’s disease. Prospective evaluation of an innovative approach to optimize staging and treatment planning
Luca Viganò, Michela Mineccia, Franco Bertolino, Francesco Giraldi, Caterina Rigazio, Rodolfo Rocca, Alessandro Ferrero
The obesity paradox in beyond total mesorectal excision surgery for locally advanced and recurrent rectal cancer
Daniel L. H. Baird, Constantinos Simillis, Gianluca Pellino, Christos Kontovounisios, Shahnawaz Rasheed, Paris P. Tekkis
Burnout and psychological distress between surgical and non-surgical residents
Matteo Serenari, Alessandro Cucchetti, Paolo Maria Russo, Guido Fallani, Katia Mattarozzi, Antonio Daniele Pinna, Valentina Colonnello, Gilberto Poggioli, Matteo Cescon
TME for rectal cancer: consecutive 70 patients treated with laparoscopic and robotic technique—cumulative experience in a single centre
J. L. Mégevand, E. Lillo, M. Amboldi, L. Lenisa, A. Ambrosi, A. Rusconi
Colorectal surgery in Italy: a snapshot from the iCral study group
Marco Catarci, Giacomo Ruffo, Felice Borghi, Alberto Patriti, Paolo Delrio, Marco Scatizzi, Stefano Mancini, Gianluca Garulli, Alessandro Carrara, Felice Pirozzi, Stefano Scabini, Andrea Liverani, Gianluca Baiocchi, Roberto Campagnacci, Andrea Muratore, Graziano Longo, Marco Caricato, Raffaele Macarone Palmieri, Nereo Vettoretto, Marcello Ceccaroni, Paolo Ciano, Elisa Bertocchi, Desirée Cianflocca, Margherita Lambertini, Ugo Pace, Maddalena Baraghini, Lorenzo Pandolfini, Riccardo Angeloni, Andrea Lucchi, Giuseppe Tirone, Michele Motter, Antonio Sciuto, Antonio Martino, Andrea Pierre Luzzi, Tatiana di Cesare, Sarah Molfino, Angela Maurizi, Patrizia Marsanic, Federico Tomassini, Simone Santoni, Gabriella Teresa Capolupo, Pietro Amodio, Elisa Arici, Benedetta Ruggeri, Gianluca Guercioni
Laparoscopic resection of splenic flexure colon cancers: a retrospective multi-center study with 117 cases
Michele Grieco, Diletta Cassini, Domenico Spoletini, Enrica Soligo, Emanuela Grattarola, Gianandrea Baldazzi, Silvio Testa, Massimo Carlini
The impact of experience on short- and long-term outcomes on gastric ESD: a western series
F. Catalano, V. Mengardo, A. Trecca, A. Tomezzoli, L. Rodella, A. Cerofolini, G. Verlato, G. de Manzoni
Robotic assisted gastrectomy compared with open resection: a case-matched study
Riccardo Caruso, Emilio Vicente, Yolanda Quijano, Benedetto Ielpo, Hipolito Duran, Eduardo Diaz, Isabel Fabra, Valentina Ferri
Appendectomy in Switzerland: how is it done?
Nicolas M. Obrist, Christoph Tschuor, Stefan Breitenstein, Raphael N. Vuille-dit-Bille, Christopher Soll
Never put equipoise in appendix! Final results of ASAA (antibiotics vs. surgery for uncomplicated acute appendicitis in adults) randomized controlled trial
Marco Ceresoli, Michele Pisano, Niccolò Allievi, Elia Poiasina, Federico Coccolini, Giulia Montori, Paola Fugazzola, Luca Ansaloni
Cytoreductive surgery followed by HIPEC repetition for secondary ovarian cancer recurrence
Stefano Cianci, Carlo Ronsini, Giuseppe Vizzielli, Alessandro Tropea, Antonio Biondi, Giovanni Scambia, Anna Fagotti
A remark on: do all the European surgeons perform the same D2? The need for D2 audit in Europe
Dezső Tóth
Alternative uses of virtual simulators for laparoscopy and robot‐assisted surgery for medical students
Gregorio Di Franco, Desirée Gianardi, Raffaella Berchiolli
The use of da Vinci Xi and the increased surgeon’s experience could change the perspective over the cost–benefit ratio of robot-assisted surgery
Desirée Gianardi, Matteo Palmeri, Luca Morelli