The 5-year recurrence rates, incidence of incisional hernias, and quality-of-life outcomes did not differ significantly ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . CHICAGO — Laparoscopic surgery for colorectal liver metastases nearly equaled or surpassed open surgery for ...

Although in the past decade there have been numerous reports on laparoscopic colorectal surgery for cancer, the majority of these are retrospective. The few published prospective randomized trials ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . “Open gastrectomy has long been the criterion standard worldwide. However, application of laparoscopic ...

The systematic review of all randomized controlled trials in abdominopelvic surgery is a sobering assessment of Intuitive Surgical's da Vinci system, which was approved by the FDA more than 20 years ...

Finland: A five-year follow-up of the Laparoscopic vs Open Adhesiolysis for Adhesive Small Bowel Obstruction (LASSO) randomized clinical trial has found no significant long-term advantage of ...

Lymph-node yield in 23,773 rectal cancer patients undergoing surgery between 2000 and 2011 and its impact on staging accuracy - Results from a nationwide observational study. This is an ASCO Meeting ...

Primary surgery followed by selective radiochemotherapy versus conventional preoperative radiochemotherapy for patients with locally advanced rectal cancer with MRI-negative circumferential margin ...

Liver operation puzzle concept: hands of surgeon with surgical instruments (tools) performs liver surgery as a result of hepatic disorder (cirrhosis, hepatic cancer, hepatitis, hepatectomy) ...