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Conversion surgery for gastric cancer is defined as surgery for tumors with distant metastases that are technically or oncologically unresectable at diagnosis, with the aim of achieving R0 resection after chemotherapy. However, there is no randomized controlled trial evidence comparing conversion surgery with continued chemotherapy at the stage of response to chemotherapy. In addition, there are no recommendations on appropriate targets, timing of surgery, extent of resection, pre-and post-operative chemotherapy regimens or duration of chemotherapy, which are issues that need to be resolved. A randomized controlled phase Ⅲ trial is currently underway to address these clinical questions, and it is hoped that this will provide some answers to the long debated significance of conversion surgery.
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Ann Surg Oncol
September 2025
Hepato‑Biliary and Pancreatic Surgery Unit, Department of Surgery, Hospital del Mar, Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona, Spain.
Background: Spleen-preserving distal pancreatectomy by robotic surgery is a safe and feasible surgical technique. Currently, spleen-preserving distal pancreatectomy represents an alternative to the classical distal pancreatectomy with splenectomy, in the case of benign and low-grade malignant diseases of the body or pancreas tail. The reasons for preserving the spleen are based on the reduction of postoperative complications, such as post-splenectomy infections, subphrenic abscess, portal thrombosis, pulmonary hypertension, thrombocytosis, and thromboembolism.
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September 2025
Department of Surgery and Science, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, 812-8588, Japan.
Purpose: Liver metastases from colorectal cancer (CRLM) are a major determinant of the prognosis of metastatic colorectal cancer. Although curative resection is recommended for resectable CRLM, recurrence remains a challenge and the criteria for patient selection and repeat resection are still unclear. We conducted this study to evaluate the outcomes of metastatic lesion resection with curative intent (R0 resection), to identify the factors associated with recurrence, and to establish the feasibility of repeat metastasectomy.
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September 2025
Dagestan State Medical University, Makhachkala, Russia.
Objective: To analyze the effectiveness of minimally invasive surgery for small and medium sized liver cysts.
Material And Methods: We used minimally invasive technologies in 331 patients with echinococcal liver cysts (small cysts (<3.5 cm) - 49 (14.
Laryngoscope
September 2025
UCSF Voice & Swallowing Center, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA.
Objectives: In patients with significant upper airway stenosis, airway compromise can occur associated with general anesthesia (GA). A previous study demonstrated the feasibility of awake laser laryngeal stenosis surgery (ALLSS) in the operating room (OR) in five patients. This study sought to determine patient outcomes of ALLSS.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Since 2013, we have performed conversion surgery after hepatic arterial infusion chemotherapy (HAIC) for initially unresectable locally advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (LA-HCC).
Methods: Between 2013 and 2021, we assessed the surgical and oncological outcomes and pathological findings of patients with LA-HCC without extrahepatic spread (EHS) whose tumors converted from unresectable to resectable status with the New-FP regimen HAIC.
Results: We censored 153 patients with LA-HCC (Child-Pugh A, without EHS) indicated for HAIC.