Surgical advancements have transformed colorectal cancer treatment, withcomplete mesocolic excision (CME) becoming a crucial method to guaranteeoncological safety and effectiveness. The article by Yadav emphasized the...
In colon cancer surgery,ensuring the complete removal of the primary tumor and draining lymph nodes is crucial.Lymphatic drainage in the colon follows the vascular supply,typically progressing from pericolic to paraao...
BACKGROUND The optimal extent of lymphadenectomy in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma(ESCC)patients remained debatable.AIM To explore the ideal number of cleared lymph nodes in ESCC patients undergoing upfront surger...
Supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China,No.81401515;Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University Science Technology and Innovation Seed Fund,No.znpy2018030;“351Talent Project(Luojia Young Scholars)”of Wuhan University.
BACKGROUND Situs inversus totalis(SIT)is a rare condition in which the positions of abdominal and thoracic organs present a“mirror image”of the normal ones in the median sagittal plane.Although minimally invasive su...
BACKGROUND Gastric cancer is an aggressive disease with frequent lymph node(LN)involvement.The NCCN recommends a D2 lymphadenectomy and the harvesting of at least 16 LNs.This threshold has been the subject of great de...
BACKGROUND Neoadjuvant chemotherapy(NACT)and oesophagectomy is the standard of care for resectable oesophageal adenocarcinomas.Survival outcomes following resection have been improving over time while NACT remain larg...
BACKGROUND Chylous ascites is a rare complication in colorectal surgery with limited evidence.AIM To systematically review all available evidence to describe the incidence,clinical presentation,risk factors and manage...
National Natural Science Foundation of China(General Program),No.31620103910;National Natural Science Foundation of China(Key Program),No.81874181;National Health Commission of China,No.2019ZX09301158;Shanghai Municipal Commission of Economy and Informatization,No.2019RGZN01096;Shanghai Shenkang Hospital Development Center,No.12018107;and Xinhua Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine,No.19XHCR13D.
BACKGROUND Whether regional lymphadenectomy(RL)should be routinely performed in patients with T1b gallbladder cancer(GBC)remains a subject of debate.AIM To investigate whether RL can improve the prognosis of patients ...
Pancreatic head adenocarcinoma(PHAC) is one of the most aggressive malignancies, and it has low long-term survival rates. Surgery is the only option for long-term survival. The difficulties associated with PHAC includ...
Gallbladder cancer is the most common tumor of the biliary tract and it is associated with a poor prognosis.Unexpected gallbladder cancer is a cancer incidentally discovered,as a surprise,at the histological examinati...