OBJECTIVE The safety of the simultaneous resection of synchronous colorectal cancer liver metastases (SCRLM) is still being debated. However, this simultaneous operative approach is more commonly adopted at present than in the past. Therefore, we compared simultaneous hepatic resection with delayed hepatic resection in this study. METHODS All patients with SCRLM diagnosed before initial treat...

The article by Nam and de Groot provides a good overview of treatment options and considerations forglioblastoma. Surgery is a critical mainstay providing diagnostic and therapeutic benefits. The importance of extent of resection for glioblastoma has been debated for decades. Not only important at diagnosis, the relevanceof extent of resection at recurrence is increasing as patients with gliobl...

OBJECTIVE To prospectively evaluate the survival benefit of dissection of the nerve plexus and lymphadenectomy in patients with pancreatic head cancer. BACKGROUND Despite randomized controlled trials on the extent of surgery in pancreatic cancer, attempts have been made to perform more extended resections. METHODS A total of 244 patients were enrolled; of these, 200 were randomized to under...

INTRODUCTION Surgery is the primary treatment of glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), and a greater extent of resection (EOR) has been shown to be associated with improved survival. Our objective was to perform a meta-analysis comparing the 1-year overall survival (OS) and 1-year progression-free survival (PFS) of GBM patients who receive total resection, incomplete resection, or biopsy only. EVIDE...

BACKGROUND This study critically reviews sigmoid colon resection for diverticulitis comparing open and laparoscopic techniques. METHODS We conducted a retrospective review of all open and laparoscopic cases of diverticulitis between 1992 and 2001. Data analyzed included the following: indications for operation, postoperative complications, and incidence of laparoscopic conversion to laparotom...

In the treatment of distal rectal cancer, abdominoperineal resection is traditionally performed. However, the recognition of shorter safe distal resection line, intersphincteric resection technique has given a chance of sphincter-saving surgery for patients with distal rectal cancer during last two decades and still is being performed as an alternative choice of abdominoperineal resection. The ...

BACKGROUND Laparoscopic liver resection (LLR) has been considered to be safe and feasible. However, few studies focused on the comparison between the anatomic and nonanatomic LLR. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to compare the perioperative factors and outcomes of the anatomic and nonanatomic LLR, especially the area of liver parenchymal transection and blood loss per unit area. METH...

BACKGROUND Wedge resection is often used instead of anatomic resection in an attempt to mitigate perioperative risk. In propensity-matched populations, we sought to compare the perioperative outcomes of patients undergoing wedge resection with those undergoing anatomic resection. METHODS The Society of Thoracic Surgery database was reviewed for stage I and II non-small cell lung cancer patien...

The inflammatory response has been shown to be a major contributor to acute kidney injury. Considering that laparoscopic surgery is beneficial in reducing the inflammatory response, we compared the incidence of postoperative acute kidney injury between laparoscopic liver resection and open liver resection. Among 1173 patients who underwent liver resection surgery, 222 of 926 patients who underw...