Obesity has been increasing significantly in Brazil and worldwide, becoming a major public health issue. Traditional prevention and treatment strategies, including behavioral interventions, nutritional modifications, ...
Introduction: Acute appendicitis represents an urgent surgical condition, requiring the removal of the vermiform appendix. Laparoscopy is the standard surgical approach. This study aimed to outline the epidemiological...
Background and Aim: The incidence of incisional hernias has been reported to be around 15%. In the present scenario, a wide array of surgical procedures are available for their better management. In this study, we int...
Introduction: Ultrafast latest developments in artificial intelligence (ΑΙ) have recently multiplied concerns regarding the future of robotic autonomy in surgery. However, the literature on the topic is still scarce...
Background and Objectives: Pyelo-Ureteral Junction Syndrome (PUJS) is the most common obstructive malformation of the upper urinary tract in children and adults. The standard treatment is open pyeloplasty using the Ku...
Introduction: Laparoscopic surgery is a surgical technique that allows to intervene under the control of an endoscope, introduced into the abdominal cavity previously distended by an artificial pneumoperitoneum. We pr...
Introduction: Laparoscopic cholecystectomy is a surgical technique that involves the removal of the gallbladder by laparoscopy. Its practice is timid in sub-Saharan Africa, despite the existence of risk factors such a...
Background and Aim: Radical cystectomy is the treatment of choice for muscle-invasive bladder cancer. Although open surgery is currently the gold standard for this procedure, it can also be done via laparoscopy. We ai...
Objective: Obesity has become a worldwide epidemic that is directly related to chronic tissue inflammation and impaired fibrinolysis, both of which lead to an increased risk of thrombosis. The management of complicati...
Introduction: Since the first laparoscopic-assisted colon resection was introduced in 1991 by Jacobs et al., it has gradually become popular. Increasingly more colorectal surgeons admit that the laparoscopic technique...