Article
Surgery
J. Ng Cheong Chung, S. K. Kamarajah, A. A. Mohammed, R. C. F. Sinclair, D. Saunders, M. Navidi, A. Immanuel, A. W. Phillips
Summary: The study found that multimodal analgesia (MA) is less effective than thoracic epidural analgesia (TEA) in pain control, however, it is helpful in reducing hypotensive episodes and the need for vasopressors, which may be beneficial in postoperative recovery programs.
BRITISH JOURNAL OF SURGERY
(2021)
Article
Oncology
Alexander C. Mertens, Marianne C. Kalff, Wietse J. Eshuis, Thomas M. Van Gulik, Mark I. Van Berge Henegouwen, Suzanne S. Gisbertz
Summary: In a propensity score-matched cohort, transthoracic esophagectomy showed a better lymph node dissection with higher yield, but also resulted in increased morbidity and short-term mortality.
ANNALS OF SURGICAL ONCOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Ehsan Soltani, Habibollah Mahmoodzadeh, Azadeh Jabbari Nooghabi, Mehdi Jabbari Nooghabi, Khosrow Ravankhah Moghaddam, Ehsan Hassanzadeh Haddad
Summary: This study compared the post-operative complications and outcomes of transthoracic esophagectomy (TTE) and transhiatal esophagectomy (THE) in patients with esophageal cancer. The study found that the two groups had similar characteristics and rates of complications, but the THE group had a lower operative mortality.
JOURNAL OF CARDIOTHORACIC SURGERY
(2022)
Article
Surgery
Lingdun Zhuge, Difan Zheng, Hengyu Mao, Jiaqing Xiang, Haiquan Chen
Summary: The study revealed that low post-operative serum albumin level (<35 g/L) was associated with an increased risk of anastomotic leakage in patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma. However, improving the albumin level to the normal range post-operatively could reduce the risk of leakage.
ANZ JOURNAL OF SURGERY
(2021)
Article
Surgery
Sudheer Kanchodu, Hirdaya Hulas Nag
Summary: This study retrospectively analyzed the outcomes of 46 patients with lower esophageal cancer who underwent laparoscopic-assisted transhiatal esophagectomy (LATE). The results showed that LATE is feasible and superior in terms of lymph node yield compared to traditional surgical approaches, with lower morbidity rates. It also offers the benefits of minimal invasive surgery with satisfactory short-term and long-term oncological outcomes.
JOURNAL OF MINIMAL ACCESS SURGERY
(2023)
Article
Surgery
Frederike Franke, Thorben Moeller, Anne-Sophie Mehdorn, Jan Henrik Beckmann, Thomas Becker, Jan-Hendrik Egberts
Summary: Standardization of robotic oesophagectomy can benefit patients and surgeons by reducing complications, shortening the learning curve, and improving surgical training. Standardization is crucial for establishing a new surgical technique and plays a key role in the learning curve of Ivor-Lewis oesophageal resection, leading to better reproducibility and improved quality of results.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MEDICAL ROBOTICS AND COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY
(2021)
Article
Automation & Control Systems
Shuangyi Wang, James Housden, Tianxiang Bai, Hongbin Liu, Junghwan Back, Davinder Singh, Kawal Rhode, Zeng-Guang Hou, Fei-Yue Wang
Summary: This research explores the development of virtual environments using a robotic trans-esophageal ultrasound system, utilizing 3D slicer as the main workspace and GUI, Matlab engine for control algorithms, and PLUS toolkit for simulated ultrasound images. Detailed implementation methods and system features were presented, along with case studies demonstrating its capabilities when used together with the physical TEE robot.
IEEE-CAA JOURNAL OF AUTOMATICA SINICA
(2021)
Review
Medicine, General & Internal
Shi-Meng Weng, Sheng-Yu Fang, Lian-Wang Li, Xing Fan, Yin-Yan Wang, Tao Jiang
Summary: The demand for acquiring different languages has increased with increasing globalization, but the neural language network of bilingual or multilingual individuals remains unclear, posing challenges in neurosurgical practice. Studies show that the structure of the language network changes as the number of acquired languages increases in glioma patients.
CHINESE MEDICAL JOURNAL
(2021)
Article
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Ilona Michalowska, Patrycjusz Stoklosa, Malgorzata Milkowska, Dariusz Zakrzewski, Malgorzata Nieznanska, Pawel Kwiatek, Sylwia Lewandowska, Krzysztof Kusmierski, Piotr Kolsut, Mariusz Kusmierczyk, Jaroslaw Kuriata, Karina Zatorska, Tomasz Hryniewiecki
Summary: In patients with PVE, cardiac CT was found to be more accurate in diagnosing valvular and perivalvular abscesses, vegetations, and inflammatory infiltration compared to echocardiography. However, echocardiography had a higher diagnostic value in evaluating paravalvular leakage. The combination of cardiac CT and echocardiography improves the diagnostic accuracy of PVE and both examinations should be performed in these patients.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF RADIOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Endocrinology & Metabolism
Guillaume Lacoin, Ilyess Zemmoura, Jean-Luc Gennisson, Denis Kouame, Jean-Pierre Remenieras
Summary: Quantification of vascularization volume provides valuable information for vascular pathologies. An adaptive clutter filtering and noise equalization method called MANIOQ is proposed to analyze the microvascularization in gliomas intra-operatively.
JOURNAL OF CEREBRAL BLOOD FLOW AND METABOLISM
(2023)
Article
Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications
Gui-Bin Bian, Li Zhang, He Chen, Zhen Li, Pan Fu, Wen-Qian Yue, Yu-Wen Luo, Pei-Cong Ge, Wei-Peng Liu
Summary: This paper proposes a novel unsupervised learning framework to accurately estimate the motion of instruments and soft tissue from intra-operative images. It addresses the challenge of heavy occlusion in the surgical scene and achieves better accuracy compared to other unsupervised methods.
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON MEDICAL IMAGING
(2023)
Review
Medicine, General & Internal
Pietro Regazzoni, Jesse B. Jupiter, Wen-Chih Liu, Alberto A. Fernandez dell'Oca
Summary: Evidence-based medicine combines the best external evidence with clinical expertise and patient preferences. Evaluating the quality of surgical performance is challenging, but having complete intra-operative image documentation can help overcome this challenge. Access to this data allows for secondary analysis and comparisons with similar cases, improving publication quality and facilitating the application of research findings to real-world settings. Bridging the gap between clinical research and practice requires joint efforts from surgeons, scientific societies, publishers, and healthcare authorities.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE
(2023)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Ryan Tsz-Hei Tse, Hongda Zhao, Christine Yim-Ping Wong, Angel Wing-Yan Kong, Ronald Cheong-Kin Chan, Ka-Fai To, Chi-Fai Ng, Jeremy Yuen-Chun Teoh
Summary: The study demonstrates that intra-operative and post-operative environments can impact bladder cancer recurrence, with sterile water and MMC showing increased cytotoxicity to cancer cells in hyperthermic conditions.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2022)
Article
Anesthesiology
Elena Ahrens, Tim M. Tartler, Aiman Suleiman, Luca J. Wachtendorf, Haobo Ma, Guanqing Chen, Samir M. Kendale, Peter Kienbaum, Balachundhar Subramaniam, Soeren Wagner, Maximilian S. Schaefer
Summary: This study investigated the association between intra-procedural hypoxaemia or hypocapnia and delirium after surgery. The results showed that both hypoxaemia and hypocapnia were associated with an increased risk of postoperative delirium, and this association was dependent on the duration and magnitude of the events. Therefore, maintaining normal gas exchange is important to prevent postoperative neurological disorders.
BRITISH JOURNAL OF ANAESTHESIA
(2023)
Article
Otorhinolaryngology
Michael C. Shih, Rachana Gudipudi, Shaun A. Nguyen, Tamar M. Gordis, Julian Amin, Jamie Wilsgard, Betsy K. Davis, Sara Jasper, Terry A. Day
Summary: This study aimed to evaluate the outcomes of a novel technique called Trismus Intra-operative Release and Expansion (TIRE) for patients with head and neck cancer. The results showed that TIRE could provide temporary improvement in interincisal distance, but sustained improvement was not consistently seen after 1 year of follow-up.
HEAD AND NECK-JOURNAL FOR THE SCIENCES AND SPECIALTIES OF THE HEAD AND NECK
(2022)
Article
Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Andrea Wirsching, Moustapha A. El Lakis, Kamran Mohiuddin, Agostino Pozzi, Michal Hubka, Donald E. Low
JOURNAL OF GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY
(2018)
Review
Gastroenterology & Hepatology
P. R. Boshier, R. Heneghan, S. R. Markar, V. E. Baracos, D. E. Low
DISEASES OF THE ESOPHAGUS
(2018)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Stephen J. Kaplan, Paul A. Trottman, Grete H. Porteous, Aneesha J. Morris, Emilee A. Kauer, Donald E. Low, Michal Hubka
ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY
(2019)
Review
Surgery
Andrea Wirsching, Piers R. Boshier, Rajesh Krishnamoorthi, Michael C. Larsen, Shayan Irani, Andrew S. Ross, Donald E. Low
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SURGERY
(2019)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Scott M. Atay, Arlene Correa, Wayne L. Hofstetter, Stephen G. Swisher, Jaffer Ajani, Nassar K. Altorki, Shanda H. Blackmon, Eugene H. Blackstone, Thomas W. Rice, Traves D. Crabtree, Thomas A. D'Amico, Gail E. Darling, Steven R. DeMeester, Thomas R. DeMeester, Stephanie G. Worrell, Lorenzo E. Ferri, Henning A. Gaissert, Mark J. Krasna, Antoon Lerut, Phillippe Nafteux, Johnny Moons, Alex G. Little, Donald E. Low, Phillip W. Carrott, Henner M. Schmidt, Daniel Miller, Katie S. Nason, James D. Luketich, Mark B. Orringer, Andrew C. Chang, Nabil P. Rizk, Jarmo A. Salo, Paul M. Schneider, Bernard Mark Smithers, Daniel Vallboehmer, J. J. van Lanschot, Thomas K. Varghese, Thomas J. Watson, Jeff H. Peters, Stephen C. Yang
JOURNAL OF THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY
(2019)
Review
Surgery
Donald E. Low, William Allum, Giovanni De Manzoni, Lorenzo Ferri, Arul Immanuel, MadhanKumar Kuppusamy, Simon Law, Mats Lindblad, Nick Maynard, Joseph Neal, C. S. Pramesh, Mike Scott, B. Mark Smithers, Valerie Addor, Olle Ljungqvist
WORLD JOURNAL OF SURGERY
(2019)
Article
Surgery
Donald E. Low, Madhan Kumar Kuppusamy, Derek Alderson, Ivan Cecconello, Andrew C. Chang, Gail Darling, Andrew Davies, Xavier Benoit D'Journo, Suzanne S. Gisbertz, S. Michael Griffin, Richard Hardwick, Arnulf Hoelscher, Wayne Hofstetter, Blair Jobe, Yuko Kitagawa, Simon Law, Christophe Mariette, Nick Maynard, Christopher R. Morse, Philippe Nafteux, Manuel Pera, C. S. Pramesh, Sonia Puig, John V. Reynolds, Wolfgang Schroeder, Mark Smithers, B. P. L. Wijnhoven
Article
Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Andrea Wirsching, Fredrik Klevebro, Piers R. Boshier, Michal Hubka, Madhan K. Kuppusamy, Steve H. Kirtland, Donald E. Low
DISEASES OF THE ESOPHAGUS
(2019)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Alison L. Halpern, Piers R. Boshier, Allana M. White, Anna K. Houk, Laura Helmkamp, John D. Mitchell, Robert A. Meguid, Donald E. Low, David A. Fullerton, Michael J. Weyant
ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY
(2020)
Article
Surgery
Piers R. Boshier, Fredrik Klevebro, Katerina Savva, Anabelle Waller, Lory Hage, George B. Hanna, Donald E. Low
Summary: The aim of this study was to investigate long-term health-related quality of life (HRQOL) and symptom evolution after esophagectomy. The study found that esophagectomy was associated with decreased HRQOL and persistent gastrointestinal symptoms. Dysphagia improved over time, while weight loss scores showed nonstatistical improvement. Other symptoms remained constant. HRQOL did not improve after one year post-surgery, but long-term survivors demonstrated comparable or improved HRQOL compared to the general population.
Review
Gastroenterology & Hepatology
F. Klevebro, A. Tsekrekos, D. Low, L. Lundell, M. Vieth, S. Detlefsen
DISEASES OF THE ESOPHAGUS
(2020)
Article
Geriatrics & Gerontology
Eliza R. C. Hagens, Minke L. Feenstra, Maarten A. van Egmond, Hanneke W. M. van Laarhoven, Maarten C. C. M. Hulshof, Piers R. Boshier, Donald E. Low, Mark I. van Berge Henegouwen, Suzanne S. Gisbertz
JOURNAL OF CACHEXIA SARCOPENIA AND MUSCLE
(2020)
Article
Surgery
Francesco Puccetti, Fredrik Klevebro, MadhanKumar Kuppusamy, Michal Hubka, Donald E. Low
Summary: This study evaluated the protocol-driven use of UGI contrast study in esophagectomy patients to facilitate early removal of nasogastric tube. The results showed that targeted contrast study can lead to earlier NGT removal, reduced hospital stay, and successful intervention for patients with delayed gastric conduit emptying.
SURGICAL ENDOSCOPY AND OTHER INTERVENTIONAL TECHNIQUES
(2022)
Review
Medicine, General & Internal
Muaaz Masood, Donald Low, Shanley B. Deal, Richard A. Kozarek
Summary: Gastrointestinal reflux disease (GERD) is a common chronic condition in the United States that significantly affects quality of life and can lead to complications. Obesity is a risk factor for GERD, and weight loss and bariatric surgery can often improve GERD symptoms. However, recent studies have shown that bariatric surgery may actually worsen or cause GERD.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE
(2023)
Review
Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Shiwei Han, Donald E. Low
ABCD-ARQUIVOS BRASILEIROS DE CIRURGIA DIGESTIVA-BRAZILIAN ARCHIVES OF DIGESTIVE SURGERY
(2022)