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Surgical outcomes of various surgical approaches for transverse colon cancer

Journal of Minimally Invasive Surgery, 2022
The transverse colon has anatomical peculiarities in the middle position between the foregut and the midgut. Because the transverse colon harbors a flexure at both ends, mobilization of the transverse colon can be especially challenging compared with ...
Hyo Jun Kim, Ji Won Park
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Complete mesocolic excision does not increase short-term complications in laparoscopic left-sided colectomies : a comparative retrospective single-center study [PDF]

, 2019
Background: Since the implementation of total mesorectal excision (TME) in rectal cancer surgery, oncological outcomes improved dramatically. With the technique of complete mesocolic excision (CME) with central vascular ligation (CVL), the same surgical ...
Claeys, Donald, Defoort, Barbara, Dewulf, Maxime, Kalmar, Alain, Muysoms, Filip, Pletinckx, Pieter, Vandenberk, Bert   +6 more
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Iatrogenic ureteral injury during laparoscopic versus open colectomy

Al-Azhar Assiut Medical Journal
Background and aim The rate of iatrogenic ureteral injury varies greatly depending on surgical approach and experience of the surgical team. This study compares laparoscopic and open colectomy regarding incidence of ureteral injury.
Ayman M. Abdulmohaymen
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Associations between social risk factors and surgical site infections after colectomy and abdominal hysterectomy [PDF]

, 2019
Importance: Surgical site infection (SSI) is an important patient safety outcome. Although social risk factors have been linked to many adverse health outcomes, it is unknown whether such factors are associated with higher rates of SSI.
Barker, Abigail, Joynt Maddox, Karen E, Luke, Alina A, Olsen, Margaret A, Peacock, Kate, Qi, Andrew C   +5 more
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Smoking in inflammatory bowel diseases: Good, bad or ugly? [PDF]

, 2007
Smoking is an important environmental factor in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), having different effects in ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn’s disease (CD).
Lakatos, László, Lakatos, Péter László, Szamosi, Tamás   +2 more
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ACSS2‐Mediated Histone H4 Lysine 12 Crotonylation (H4K12cr) Alleviates Colitis via Enhancing Transcription of CLDN7

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Histone lysine crotonylation (Kcr) is a highly conserved posttranslational modification implicated with crucial biological processes. This study reveals that ACSS2‐mediated H4K12cr upregulated CLDN7 transcription to strengthen intestinal epithelial barrier.
Ming Yuan, Shaopeng Chen, Zhensen Lin, Runfeng Yu, Kang Chao, Shubiao Ye, Qing Li, Haoxian Ke, Chi Zhang, Junfeng Huang, Guanzhan Liang, Tuo Hu, Xiang Gao, Ping Lan, Xianrui Wu   +14 more
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Surgery and Ulcerative Colitis [PDF]

, 2002
The management of ulcerative colitis requires the collaboration of various teams looking after the patient and any decision regarding surgery should involve not only the patient and the surgeons but also various other professionals looking after the ...
Debono, Joseph, Gatt, Dennis
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Balloon occlusion retrograde transvenous obliteration of gastric varices in two non-cirrhotic patients with portal vein thrombosis [PDF]

, 2014
This report describes two non-cirrhotic patients with portal vein thrombosis who underwent successful balloon occlusion retrograde transvenous obliteration (BRTO) of gastric varices with a satisfactory response and no complications.
Borghei, Peyman, Kim, Seung Kwon, Zuckerman, Darryl A.   +2 more
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Impact of Tumor Location on the Efficacy of Lateral and Mesenteric Lymph Node Dissection in Patients With Rectal Cancer Treated by Upfront Surgery

Annals of Gastroenterological Surgery, EarlyView.
This study examined the impact of tumor location on lymph node metastasis (LNM) patterns and the efficacy of lymph node dissection in rectal cancer. Analyzing 882 patients who underwent total mesorectal excision with lateral lymph node dissection, we found that mesenteric LNM rates were higher in tumors located more orally, whereas lateral LNM rates ...
Tomofumi Uotani, Hiroshi Nagata, Yasuyuki Takamizawa, Konosuke Moritani, Shunsuke Tsukamoto, Tsutomu Fujii, Yukihide Kanemitsu   +6 more
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The Association between Body Mass Index and Lymph Node Harvest After Elective Colon Cancer Resections

World Journal of Colorectal Surgery, 2022
Background: Obesity has been linked to the development of colorectal cancer and increase in morbidity. However, the impact body mass index (BMI) has on surgical staging through nodal harvest is not entirely understood.
Jose L. Cataneo, Hanna Meidl, Gaurang Joshi, Michael S. Zhang, Luke Willand, Rami Lutfi, Francisco Quinteros   +6 more
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