High-quality microvascular anastomosis is the foundation of successful microsurgery and one of the most important basic skills for microsurgeons. The traditional manual suture is recognized as the “gold standard” fo...
The development of intestinal anastomosis techniques,including hand suturing,stapling,and compression anastomoses,has been a significant advancement in surgical practice.These methods aim to prevent leakage and minimi...
Aim:Genital lymphoedema(GL)is a chronic and debilitating disease,which can severely affect the patient’s quality of life with significant socio-economic impact.Nowadays,no gold standard algorithm exists for GL from d...
We comment on a study titled“Feasibility and safety of"bridging"pancreaticogastrostomy for pancreatic trauma in Landrace pigs”in which ten pigs were randomized to either experimental“bridging”pancreaticogastrostom...
BACKGROUND Anastomotic leak constitutes a major problem in abdominal surgery.Technical insufficiency,topical or systemic factors contribute to disrupted healing of the performed bowel anastomosis and result in anastom...
Endoscopic management for difficult common bile duct(CBD)stones still presents a challenge for several reasons,including anatomic anomalies,patients’individual conditions and stone features.In recent years,variable m...
Endoscopic ultrasound(EUS)has both diagnostic and therapeutic clinical applications.This review article focuses on recent advances in two commonly performed procedures:EUS-guided tissue acquisition and EUS-guided drai...
BACKGROUND Anastomotic leakage is a serious complication following gastrointestinal surgery and is associated with increased morbidity and mortality.The incidence of anastomotic leakage is determined by anatomy and is...
Purpose: Describe the indications and techniques of digestive anastomoses at the Koutiala District Hospital. Patients and Methods: This was a prospective and descriptive study conduct...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China[grant number 81373249],[grant num-ber 81571855];Mittal Student Innovation Test Plan of Cen-tral South University[grant number MX2016447];Student Innovation Test Plan of Central South University[grant number CX2016343],[grant number YC2016714].
Feto-fetal transfusion syndrome(FFTS)severely affects monochorionic(MC)multiple pregnancies and affects 1 in 1600 pregnancies overall.The number of increasing disputed obstetrics cases in China is related to unavailab...