Annals of gastroenterological surgery
Dec 26, 2023
AIM: Carcinoma of the ampulla of Vater (CAV) shows a favorable prognosis compared to that with the other periampullary tumors, while some cases have a poor prognosis. The aims of the present study are to clarify the clinicopathological factors associ...
Annals of gastroenterological surgery
Nov 17, 2023
BACKGROUND: Although laparoscopic-assisted donor hepatectomy (LADH) has become the definitive procedure for harvesting living donor livers, its surgical outcomes in association with donor body shape have not been elucidated.
Annals of gastroenterological surgery
Aug 10, 2023
BACKGROUND: Systemic inflammatory response represented by C-reactive protein and albumin ratio (CAR) and modified albumin-bilirubin (mALBI) grade both have been associated with long-term outcome in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). In thi...
Annals of gastroenterological surgery
Jul 18, 2023
INTRODUCTION: The prognosis of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) in patients with positive peritoneal washing cytology (CY1) is poor. We aimed to evaluate the results of staging laparoscopy (SL) and treatment efficacy in CY1 patients based on a...
Annals of gastroenterological surgery
Dec 23, 2021
With the development of three-dimensional (3D) simulation software, preoperative simulation technology is almost completely established. The remaining issue is how to recognize anatomy three-dimensionally. Extended reality is a newly developed techno...
Annals of gastroenterological surgery
Dec 12, 2021
AIM: The aim of this retrospective study was to investigate the incidence of cardiovascular thrombotic complications after laparoscopic resection in colorectal cancer.
AIM: The prognostic value of the perioperative carbohydrate antigen 19-9 (CA19-9) value and the prognostic relationship between the CA19-9 value and the surgical margin in extrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (EHCC) have not been fully discussed.
Annals of gastroenterological surgery
Dec 23, 2019
The bifid pancreas is a rare anatomical variation of the pancreatic duct in which double main pancreatic ducts in the body and tail of the pancreas join at the pancreas head and drain through the major papilla. When pancreaticoduodenectomies are carr...