The role of tissue adhesives and sealants in colorectal anastomotic healing-a scoping review.

Purpose: Anastomotic leakage (AL) after colorectal resection is a serious postoperative complication with grave consequences for patients. Despite several efforts to reduce its incidence, AL is still seen among 2-20% of colorectal cancer patients receiving an anastomosis. The use of tissue adhesives and sealants as an extra layer of protection around the anastomosis has shown promising results.

Implementation of a standardized surgical technique in robot-assisted restorative rectal cancer resection: a single center cohort study.

Background: Despite increasing focus on the technical performance of total mesorectal excision over recent decades, anastomotic leakage (AL) continues to be a serious complication for many patients, even in the hands of experienced surgical teams. This study describes implementation of standardized surgical technique in an effort to reduce variability, decrease the risk of anastomotic leakage, and improve associated short-term outcomes for rectal cancer patients undergoing robot-assisted restorative rectal resection (RRR).

Methods: We evaluated all rectal cancer patients undergoing robot-assisted RRR at Aarhus University Hospital between 2017 and 2020.

Anastomotic leakage following restorative rectal cancer resection: treatment and impact on stoma presence 1 year after surgery-a population-based study.

Purpose: Anastomotic leakage (AL) continues to be a challenge after restorative rectal resection (RRR). Various treatment options of AL are available; however, their long-term outcomes are uncertain. We explored the impact of AL on the risk of stoma presence 1 year after RRR for rectal cancer and described treatment of AL after RRR including impact on the probability of receiving adjuvant chemotherapy and stoma presence following different treatment options of AL.

Diagnostic accuracy of ultrasound-guided core biopsy of peripheral nerve sheath tumors.

Purpose: To retrospectively evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of and complications from ultrasound-guided core needle biopsy (UGCNB) of suspected peripheral nerve sheath tumors (PNSTs).

Methods: Patients undergoing UGCNB from January 2004 to December 2016, based on the suspicion of PNST, were included in the study. Age, gender, anatomical location, dates of relevant events, and histopathological reports of the UGCNB cores and the resected tumors were retrieved from the patients' medical records.