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  1. Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) are the most common mesenchymal tumors of the gastrointestinal tract. Distant metastasis has been detected in approximately 50% of GIST patients at the first diagnosis. ...

    Authors: Dao-Ning Liu, Wei-Wei Jia, Hai-Yue Wang, Jian-Hui Wu, Cheng-Peng Li and Chun-Yi Hao
    Citation: BMC Surgery 2023 23:189
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  3. The role of intra-operative cholangiography (IOC) in laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) is controversial. CT cholangiography (CTC) provides a reliable assessment of biliary anatomy, potentially reducing operati...

    Authors: Douglas Chung
    Citation: BMC Surgery 2023 23:187
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  4. To investigate the predictive value of the Prognostic Nutrition Index (PNI) in major complications after esophagectomy for esophageal cancer and to develop a Nomogram risk prediction model.

    Authors: Maimaiti Mijiti, Dan Li, Rui Yan, Tingting Yuan, Guimei Shen and Dan Zhao
    Citation: BMC Surgery 2023 23:186
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  5. Enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) has significant effects in gastrointestinal surgery, urology, and orthopedic department, but the application of ERAS in liver cancer patients undergoing hepatectomy is le...

    Authors: Huan Huang, Ping Zhou, Jia Li, Hongping Luo and Liping Yu
    Citation: BMC Surgery 2023 23:185
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  6. In clinical practice, spinal extradural arachnoid cysts (SEAC) are relatively rare. The key to the treatment of SEAC is recognize and close the dural defects (fistula orifice), but there is currently no conven...

    Authors: Yu Tian, Yong Chen, Long Chen, Xianghong Meng, Mengmeng Fu, Xin Shi and Yuanxiang Lin
    Citation: BMC Surgery 2023 23:184
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  7. In some earlier studies, self-pulling and later transection (SPLT) esophagojejunostomy (E-J) was incorporated into total laparoscopic total gastrectomy (TLTG) procedures. Its effectiveness and safety, however,...

    Authors: Defei Chen, Fuyu Yang, Fan He, Saed Woraikat, Chenglin Tang and Kun Qian
    Citation: BMC Surgery 2023 23:183
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  9. Muscle mass loss after gastrectomy is associated with a negative impact on quality of life (QOL) and long-term prognosis following gastric cancer treatment, especially in elderly patients. We conducted a prosp...

    Authors: Yasunori Nishida, Mai Tokunaga, Akira Kameyama, Masatake Miyamoto, Seijiro Yoshifuku, Kotaro Sasahara, Noriaki Otagiri and Katsunori Tauchi
    Citation: BMC Surgery 2023 23:181
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  10. For thirty years, the Harmonic scalpel has been used for precise dissection, sealing and transection. There are numerous meta-analyses on individual surgical procedures with Harmonic, but no overarching review...

    Authors: Robert Kloosterman, George W. J. Wright, Elizabeth M. Salvo-Halloran, Nicole C. Ferko, John Z. Mennone, Jeffrey W. Clymer, Crystal D. Ricketts and Giovanni A. Tommaselli
    Citation: BMC Surgery 2023 23:180
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  11. Liver-to-spleen signal intensity ratio (LSR) is evaluated by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in the hepatobiliary phase and has been reported as a useful radiological assessment of regional liver function. Ho...

    Authors: Masashi Kudo, Naoto Gotohda, Motokazu Sugimoto, Shin Kobayashi, Masaru Konishi and Tatsushi Kobayashi
    Citation: BMC Surgery 2023 23:179
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  12. Giant inguinal hernia (GIH) is a rare condition in the developed world, and the literature is scarce. Case reports describe different techniques in an attempt to prevent abdominal compartment syndrome (ACS). W...

    Authors: Jonathan Abraham Demma, Rachel Gefen, Ofek Shpigelman, Alon Pikarsky and Gidon Almogy
    Citation: BMC Surgery 2023 23:178
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  13. Esophageal perforation is a surgical emergency with a high rate of morbidity and mortality. Its poor prognosis is mainly associated with previous patient-specific comorbidities and a lack of timely diagnosis a...

    Authors: Reza Shahriarirad, Mohamadreza Karoobi, Ramin Shekouhi, Kamyar Ebrahimi, Keivan Ranjbar, Armin Amirian, Parviz Mardani, Mohammad Javad Fallahi and Bizhan Ziaian
    Citation: BMC Surgery 2023 23:177
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  14. We mainly evaluated whether preserving the inferior mesenteric artery (IMA) sheath to dissecting IMA root lymph nodes (also called No.253 lymph nodes) would benefit patients in terms of comparable lymph-node y...

    Authors: Qian Li, Ye Wang, Jia-wei Wang, Long Qian, Song Wang, Ting-ting Cao, Ya-bin Xia, Xiao-xu Huang and Li Xu
    Citation: BMC Surgery 2023 23:176
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    The Correction to this article has been published in BMC Surgery 2023 23:243

  15. The aim of this study was to evaluate the feasibility and efficacy of simultaneous resection of synchronous advanced esophageal and gastric cancers.

    Authors: Rongrong Jiang, Youbo Wang, Juefeng Xu, Zhiming Chen and Liewen Pang
    Citation: BMC Surgery 2023 23:175
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  17. Bariatric surgery is the most effective method of morbid obesity treatment. Microbiota has many functions in human body and many of them remain to be unknown. The aim of this study was to establish if the comp...

    Authors: Tomasz Stefura, Jakub Rusinek, Maciej Zając, Barbara Zapała, Tomasz Gosiewski, Agnieszka Sroka-Oleksiak, Dominika Salamon, Michał Pędziwiatr and Piotr Major
    Citation: BMC Surgery 2023 23:173
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  18. Distal radius fracture (DRF) is one of the most common orthopaedic-related traumas. DRF patients with die-punch fractures have a higher risk of loss of reduction, poorer functional outcomes, and increased risk...

    Authors: Zisheng Xu, Yuqing Liang, Guobo Geng, Weidong Mu and Peng Xu
    Citation: BMC Surgery 2023 23:172
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  19. Older individuals increasingly require emergency abdominal surgeries. They are susceptible to surgical stress and loss of independence in performing daily activities. We hypothesized that the psoas muscle volu...

    Authors: Keishi Yamaguchi, Shokei Matsumoto, Takeru Abe, Kento Nakajima, Satomi Senoo, Masayuki Shimizu and Ichiro Takeuchi
    Citation: BMC Surgery 2023 23:171
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  22. Thoracotomy with posterolateral incision (PLI) is commonly used for surgical repair of patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) in extremely low birth weight (ELBW) infants. Some reports have described thoracotomy for P...

    Authors: Mitsumasa Okamoto, Yudai Tsuruno and Hiroaki Fukuzawa
    Citation: BMC Surgery 2023 23:168
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  23. Anterior resection (AR) is considered the gold standard for curative cancer treatment in the middle and upper rectum. The goal of the sphincter-preserving procedure, such as AR, is vulnerable to anastomotic le...

    Authors: Eihab Munshi, Marie-Louise Lydrup and Pamela Buchwald
    Citation: BMC Surgery 2023 23:167
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  24. thoracolumbar burst fractures are associated with spinal canal occupation. The indirect decompression of the spinal canal and reduction of the fragment can be achieved with the distraction of the middle column...

    Authors: Juan Ignacio Cirillo, Ignacio Farias, Cristóbal Del Pino, Marcos Gimbernat, Alejandro Urzúa, Carlos Tapia and Juan José Zamorano
    Citation: BMC Surgery 2023 23:166
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  25. Post living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) biliary complications can be troublesome over the post-operative course of patients, especially those with recurrent cholangitis or choledocholithiasis. Thus, in ...

    Authors: Tzu-Cheng Wen, Chia-En Hsieh, Ya-Lan Hsu, Kuo-Hua Lin, Yu-Ju Hung and Yao-Li Chen
    Citation: BMC Surgery 2023 23:165
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  26. The CATCH (Coil Application Trial in China) trial was designed to assess the safety and efficacy of the Numen Coil Embolization System in the treatment of intracranial aneurysms in comparison with the Axium co...

    Authors: Yazhou Jin, Xinbin Guo, Tao Quan, Rui Zhao, Tianxiao Li, Zhenwei Zhao, Hua Yang, Xingen Zhu, Guobiao Liang, Bing Leng, Xin Wu, Yang Wang and Sheng Guan
    Citation: BMC Surgery 2023 23:164
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  27. Comparison of natural orifice specimen extraction (NOSE) and transabdominal specimen extraction (TASE) in colorectal surgery remains controversial. Herein, we aimed to perform a retrospective analysis on surgi...

    Authors: Fatemeh Shahabi, Ala Orafaie, Majid Ansari, Zahra Gholami Moallem, Ali Mehri, Maryam Hejri Moghadam, Reza Roshanravan, Abbas Abdollahi and Mahboobeh Rasouli
    Citation: BMC Surgery 2023 23:163
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  28. The relationship between intraoperative lactate levels and prognosis after emergency gastrointestinal surgery remains unclear. The purpose of this study was to investigate the prognostic value of intraoperativ...

    Authors: Shinji Sugita, Masashi Ishikawa, Takahiro Sakuma, Masumi Iizuka, Sayako Hanai and Atsuhiro Sakamoto
    Citation: BMC Surgery 2023 23:162
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  29. The treatment strategies for acute appendicitis differ depending on the facility, and various studies have investigated the usefulness of conservative treatment with antibiotics, laparoscopic surgery, and inte...

    Authors: Masahiro Shiihara, Yasuhiro Sudo, Norimasa Matsushita, Takeshi Kubota, Yasuhiro Hibi, Harushi Osugi and Tatsuo Inoue
    Citation: BMC Surgery 2023 23:161
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    The Correction to this article has been published in BMC Surgery 2023 23:221

  33. Neurofibromatosis (NF) is an inherited disease and a benign tumor originating from nerve sheath cells. Neurofibromatosis type I (NF1) is the most common type, and most cases are characterized by neurofibromas....

    Authors: Qianqian Gao, Siwei Qu, Ning Ma, Weixin Wang, Sen Chen, Zhe Yang and Yangqun Li
    Citation: BMC Surgery 2023 23:157
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  34. Assessment of ‘physiological stress levels’ and ‘nutritional status’ before surgery is important for predicting complications and indirect interventions on the pancreas. The aim of this study was to determine ...

    Authors: Igor A. Kryvoruchko, Plamen Staikov, Valeriy V. Boyko, Massimo Sartelli, Yulia V. Ivanova, Andrij Honcharov, Svetlana Gramatiuk and Karine Sargsyan
    Citation: BMC Surgery 2023 23:156
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  37. Robotic hepatectomy (RH) has gradually been accepted as it has overcome some of the limitations of open hepatectomy (OH). This study was to compare short-term outcomes in RH and OH for overweight (preoperative...

    Authors: Zhao-Yi Lin, Xiu-Ping Zhang, Guo-Dong Zhao, Cheng-Gang Li, Zhao-Hai Wang, Rong Liu and Ming-Gen Hu
    Citation: BMC Surgery 2023 23:153
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  38. The removal of spinal implants is needed in revision surgery or in some cases whose fracture had healed or fusion had occurred. The slip of polyaxial screw or mismatch of instruments would make this simple pro...

    Authors: Yao Zhang, Jipeng Song, Yuzheng Lu, Meng Yi, Xiaohang Xu and Lixiang Ding
    Citation: BMC Surgery 2023 23:152
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  39. At present, it is not known whether hip effusion/synovitis affects the therapeutic effect of multiple drilling core decompression (MDCD) in patients with bone marrow edema syndrome of hip (BMESH). The aims wer...

    Authors: Hua-zhang Xiong, Yan-li Peng, Yu-hong Deng, Ying Jin, Ming-hong Tu and Shu-hong Wu
    Citation: BMC Surgery 2023 23:151
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  40. Postoperative pulmonary complications (PPCs) seriously harm the recovery and prognosis of patients undergoing surgery. However, its related risk factors in critical patients after hepatectomy have been rarely ...

    Authors: Bin Wang, HanSheng Liang, HuiYing Zhao, JiaWei Shen, YouZhong An and Yi Feng
    Citation: BMC Surgery 2023 23:150
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  42. Multi-organ dysfunction syndrome and multi-organ failure are the leading causes of late death in patients sustaining severe blunt trauma. So far, there is no established protocol to mitigate these sequelae. Th...

    Authors: Roham Borazjani, Salahaddin Mahmudi-Azer, Mohammad Hossein Taghrir, Reza Homaeifar, Gholamreza Dabiri, Shahram Paydar and Hossein Abdolrahimzadeh Fard
    Citation: BMC Surgery 2023 23:148
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  43. There are only a few epidemiological reports available for reference. The clinicopathological features are not clear, so there is no consensus on treating rectal multiple neuroendocrine neoplasms. This study a...

    Authors: Xiuli Zheng, Mingli Wu, Shengmian Li, Limian Er, Huiyan Deng, Shuo Guo and Zhihuan Liu
    Citation: BMC Surgery 2023 23:147
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  44. Postoperative pancreatic fistula (POPF) is the most serious complication and the main reason for morbidity and mortality after pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD). Currently, there exists no flawless pancreaticojejun...

    Authors: Lihong Zhang, Xuefeng Zhu, Yongsheng Zhu, Jianjun Huang, Lide Tao and Yijun Chen
    Citation: BMC Surgery 2023 23:146
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  46. Skin flap transplantation is one of the most common tissue transplantation methods for wound repair and organ reconstruction in plastic surgery. During the transplantation process, the inflammatory response of...

    Authors: Peng Song, Yizheng Liu, Chenfei Du, Zhen Lei, Jinwei Ai, Guanghui Li and Kai Jing
    Citation: BMC Surgery 2023 23:144
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  48. The Parkland Grading Scale (PGS) is an intraoperative grading scale to stratify gallbladder disease severity during laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC). We evaluated the usefulness of the PGS in predicting the d...

    Authors: Ya-qi Liu, Chao Wang, Xuan Cai, Zhi-xue Zheng and Jing-tao Bi
    Citation: BMC Surgery 2023 23:142
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  50. Solid pseudopapillary tumor (SPT) of the pancreas is a rare low-grade malignant tumor. Here, we aimed to determine the safety and feasibility of laparoscopic parenchyma-sparing pancreatectomy for SPT located i...

    Authors: Zhengdong Zou, Lu Feng, Bing Peng, Jianhua Liu and Yunqiang Cai
    Citation: BMC Surgery 2023 23:140
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