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{"title":"Postprandial hypoglycemia as a complication of bariatric and metabolic surgery: a comprehensive review of literature.","authors":"Mehdi Karimi, Omid Kohandel Gargari","doi":"10.3389/fsurg.2024.1449012","DOIUrl":"10.3389/fsurg.2024.1449012","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Postprandial hypoglycemia (PPH) is a challenging and significant complication that can occur following bariatric and metabolic surgery. Symptoms of PPH are typical of hypoglycemia, such as sweating, weakness, disorientation, palpitation, etc. The complex nature of PPH is essential to achieve accurate diagnosis and effective management. This review aims to give extensive coverage of the intricate nature of PPH common with bariatric and metabolic surgery, outlining its pathogenesis, risk factors, clinical presentation, diagnostic strategies, and treatment options. The study explores various clinical forms and pathogenic mechanisms behind PPH while discussing diagnostic tools like continuous glucose monitoring or mixed meal tolerance tests. Furthermore, it considers possible interventions, including dietary changes, pharmaceutical therapies, and surgeries, to relieve symptoms and improve patient's quality of life. It aims to comprehensively understand how healthcare professionals can effectively manage this disorder for patients undergoing bariatric and metabolic surgery.</p>","PeriodicalId":12564,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Surgery","volume":"11 ","pages":"1449012"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11564166/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142647267","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Fumarate hydratase-deficient renal cell carcinoma complicated with liver metastasis: case report.","authors":"Hanmin Chen, Qingming Zeng, Folin Liu, Xiaofeng Zou","doi":"10.3389/fsurg.2024.1430344","DOIUrl":"10.3389/fsurg.2024.1430344","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Fumarate hydratase-deficient renal cell carcinoma (FH-RCC) is a rare subtype of kidney tumor. Most of them are solitary lesions, making preoperative diagnosis difficult, aggressive, and with poor prognosis. They may metastasize even at an early stage, however, there is currently no optimal diagnostic and therapeutic approach for metastatic FH-RCC.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We report the case of a 34-year-old male patient with renal tumor and liver metastasis, who underwent open tumor resection of the right kidney combined with resection of liver metastases. Postoperative pathology was confirmed, followed by targeted therapy.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Postoperative pathological results confirmed FH-RCC, targeted therapy was performed after surgery. No tumor recurrence was observed during the follow-up of almost 16 months.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>FH-RCC patients with liver metastasis can achieve a good prognosis through early resection of primary tumor and metastatic lesions combined with targeted therapy.</p>","PeriodicalId":12564,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Surgery","volume":"11 ","pages":"1430344"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11564154/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142647263","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Factors affecting the occurrence of maxillary sinus fungus ball.","authors":"Hye-Bin Jang, Dong Hoon Lee, Sang Chul Lim","doi":"10.3389/fsurg.2024.1491155","DOIUrl":"10.3389/fsurg.2024.1491155","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>We identified patients who initially did not have a maxillary sinus fungus ball on computed tomography (CT) but developed it on a subsequent CT scan. We assessed potential risk factors for developing a maxillary sinus fungus ball between the two scans.</p><p><strong>Patients and methods: </strong>This study included 35 patients with 38 lesions who initially had no maxillary sinus fungus balls on CT but were later diagnosed with the condition and underwent surgery.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>We analyzed 38 lesions in 35 patients, each of whom had normal CT scan results initially but later developed a maxillary sinus fungus ball. No specific risk factors for developing a maxillary sinus fungus ball were identified. However, when compared to the maxillary sinusitis group, facial trauma and dental implant surgery appeared to be associated with maxillary sinus fungus ball formation (<i>p</i> < 0.05).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>We investigated factors influencing the development of maxillary sinus fungus balls that were absent in previous CT scans and found no significant risk factors. Nonetheless, relative to the maxillary sinusitis (control) group, the maxillary sinus fungus ball group tended to have more previous facial trauma and dental implant surgery.</p>","PeriodicalId":12564,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Surgery","volume":"11 ","pages":"1491155"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11564155/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142647260","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Analyzing postoperative complications in colorectal cancer surgery: a systematic review enhanced by artificial intelligence.","authors":"Dan Andras, Angela Madalina Lazar, Dragoş Crețoiu, Florian Berghea, Dragos Eugen Georgescu, Valentin Grigorean, Simona Raluca Iacoban, Bogdan Mastalier","doi":"10.3389/fsurg.2024.1452223","DOIUrl":"10.3389/fsurg.2024.1452223","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Colorectal cancer stands as a predominant cause of cancer-related mortality worldwide. Despite progressive strides in surgical methodologies, the specter of postoperative complications is very large, significantly impacting both morbidity and mortality rates. This review aims to meticulously examine existing scholarly works to gauge the prevalence, severity, and therapeutic approaches to postoperative complications arising from colorectal cancer surgeries.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Employing a systematic approach, this study reviewed 135 peer-reviewed publications from the period of 2000-2023. The corpus was organized into categories reflective of the postoperative complications discussed: anastomotic leakage, port-site metastases, small bowel adhesions and obstructions, thrombosis, ileus, postoperative infections, urinary dysfunctions, and cardiovascular dysfunctions. Advanced artificial intelligence tools were leveraged for in-depth literature searches and semantic analyses to pinpoint research lacunae.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The analysis revealed that anastomotic leakage and postoperative infections garnered the majority of academic focus, representing 35% and 25% of the studies, respectively. Conversely, port-site metastases and cardiovascular dysfunctions were less frequently examined, accounting for merely 5% and 3% of the literature. The reviewed studies indicate a disparity in the reported prevalence rates of each complication, oscillating between 3% and 20%. Furthermore, the review identified a dearth of evidence-based management protocols, underscored by a pronounced heterogeneity in treatment guidelines.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The literature is replete with analyses on anastomotic leakage and postoperative infections; however, there exists a glaring scarcity of exhaustive research on other postoperative complications. This review emphasizes the pressing need for uniform treatment guidelines and spotlights areas in dire need of further research, aiming at the comprehensive enhancement of patient outcomes following colorectal cancer surgery.</p>","PeriodicalId":12564,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Surgery","volume":"11 ","pages":"1452223"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-10-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11560852/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142618184","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Outcome and survival analysis of pulmonary metastasectomy for primary sarcoma with pulmonary metastases.","authors":"Chih-Hsiang Chang, Xu-Heng Chiang, Mong-Wei Lin, Shuenn-Wen Kuo, Pei-Ming Huang, Hsao-Hsun Hsu, Jin-Shing Chen","doi":"10.3389/fsurg.2024.1470784","DOIUrl":"10.3389/fsurg.2024.1470784","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Sarcomas are rare malignancies, accounting for approximately 1% of all cancers. Pulmonary metastases are the most preferential site for distant metastasis in malignant soft tissue sarcomas. Despite the lack of evidence from large randomized trials to support treatment guidelines, surgical resection of resectable metastatic tumors remains the current standard of care. This study aimed to explore the survival status of patients with soft tissue sarcoma after resection of pulmonary metastases.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This study is a retrospective analysis of patients who mestastasectomy by means of lobar or sublobar resections at National Taiwan University Hospital and its branches. The statistical and investigation period was from February 2007 to December 2020.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Among 110 samples during the investigation period, the overall 5-year survival rate was 62.9%, which was higher than the 15%-50.9% reported previously. A disease-free interval of more than 12 months and the occurrence of local recurrence of sarcoma at the time of resection of pulmonary metastases are associated with overall survival. Most of the samples were treated with minimally invasive surgery (VATS), and therefore, most patients had a shorter hospital stay and better postoperative recovery.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>For pulmonary metastatic sarcoma, pulmonary metastasectomy is a relatively safe treatment method with short hospital stay and short ICU stay. The results of this study suggest that VATS is preferred over thoracotomy, but further observations are needed to confirm these findings.</p>","PeriodicalId":12564,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Surgery","volume":"11 ","pages":"1470784"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-10-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11557538/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142635910","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Machine learning perioperative applications in visceral surgery: a narrative review.","authors":"Intekhab Hossain, Amin Madani, Simon Laplante","doi":"10.3389/fsurg.2024.1493779","DOIUrl":"10.3389/fsurg.2024.1493779","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Artificial intelligence in surgery has seen an expansive rise in research and clinical implementation in recent years, with many of the models being driven by machine learning. In the preoperative setting, machine learning models have been utilized to guide indications for surgery, appropriate timing of operations, calculation of risks and prognostication, along with improving estimations of time and resources required for surgeries. Intraoperative applications that have been demonstrated are visual annotations of the surgical field, automated classification of surgical phases and prediction of intraoperative patient decompensation. Postoperative applications have been studied the most, with most efforts put towards prediction of postoperative complications, recurrence patterns of malignancy, enhanced surgical education and assessment of surgical skill. Challenges to implementation of these models in clinical practice include the need for more quantity and quality of standardized data to improve model performance, sufficient resources and infrastructure to train and use machine learning, along with addressing ethical and patient acceptance considerations.</p>","PeriodicalId":12564,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Surgery","volume":"11 ","pages":"1493779"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-10-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11557547/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142635909","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Effects of different hinge positions on tibial rotation in uniplanar medial opening wedge high tibial osteotomy with three-dimensional tibial models.","authors":"Lizhong Jing, Yulian Ren, Shaoshan Wang, Jiushan Yang, Jian Wang","doi":"10.3389/fsurg.2024.1441777","DOIUrl":"10.3389/fsurg.2024.1441777","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>To investigate the effects of different hinge positions in the sagittal and axial planes on distal tibial rotation (DTR) during medial opening wedge high tibial osteotomy (MOWHTO) with three-dimensional tibial models.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Preoperative CT data from 30 knee joints in 30 patients who underwent surgery for varus malalignment of knee were included. 1 standard hinge position (0°), 6 axial planes (±5°, ±10°, ±15°), and 6 sagittal planes (±5°, ±10°, ±15°) hinge positions were defined and virtual uniplanar osteotomy was performed. The correction angle of each model was generated using Fujisawa's point. Participants' baseline characteristics, radiologic parameters and DTR were measured. One-Way Repeated Measures ANOVA and single factor linear regression analysis were used to analyze the association between tibial rotation and hinge position in the sagittal and axial planes.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>We found a clear linear correlation between changes in hinge position in the sagittal plane and DTR. The changes in DTR were the smallest when the hinge position was at 5°, where internal or external rotation of the DTR may occur. When the front aspect of hinge axis rotated distally, DTR tended towards internal. Meanwhile, when the front aspect of hinge axis rotated proximally, DTR tended towards external. There were no correlations with every hinge axis position in the axial plane.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>It is sagittal but not axial hinge axis affects DTR in uniplanar MOWHTO with three-dimensional tibial models. In the sagittal plane, every change in hinge position was significantly linearly correlated with DTR. However, no linear correlations were observed between every hinge position change in the axial plane.</p>","PeriodicalId":12564,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Surgery","volume":"11 ","pages":"1441777"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-10-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11557556/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142618204","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Cost-consequence analysis of the enhanced recovery after surgery protocol in major lung resection with minimally invasive technique (VATS).","authors":"Alessandra Buja, Giuseppe De Luca, Stefano Dal Moro, Marco Mammana, Anna Zanovello, Stefano Miola, Deris Gianni Boemo, Ilaria Storti, Pietro Bovo, Fabio Zorzetto, Marco Schiavon, Federico Rea","doi":"10.3389/fsurg.2024.1471070","DOIUrl":"10.3389/fsurg.2024.1471070","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>ERAS is an evidence-based multimodal perioperative protocol focused on stress reduction and promoting a return to function. The aim of this work is to perform a cost-consequence analysis for the implementation of ERAS in major lung resection by means of minimally invasive surgery (VATS) from the public health service perspective, evaluating resource consumption and clinical outcomes with respect to a control group of past patients, which did not adopt an ERAS protocol.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Outcome differences (re-intervention rates, major and minor intraoperative and postoperative complications, readmissions, and mortality) as well as the costs of preoperative, operative, and postoperative care were estimated. The sample consisted of 64 consecutive patients enrolled in the ERAS programme between April 2021 and August 2022, compared to a control group (historical cohort) comprising 31 patients treated from April 2020 to December 2020, prior to the implementation of the ERAS programme. The study sample comprises patients who fulfil the established ERAS protocol inclusion criteria, including general criteria (acceptance of the protocol, proximity of residence, absence of contraindications to physiotherapy and early mobilisation), surgical criteria (anatomical lung resection up to lobectomy, absence of extensive resection, good possibility of conducting the operation in VATS) and anaesthesiologic criteria (ASA ≤2). Costs were quantified using the national health system perspective.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The average length-of-stay was at least one day shorter in the ERAS group [<0.001. Average total costs including entire pathway healthcare costs were substantially reduced for ERAS-VATS patients (mean: € 5,955.71 vs. €6,529.41 Δ = -573.70 <i>p</i> = 0.018)]. Specifically, the median costs of the admission phase were significantly different between the two groups (median: €4,648.82 vs. €5,596.58, <i>p</i> = 0.008), with a reduction in hospital stay expenditure in the ERAS-VATS group (median: €1,599.62 vs. €2,399.43, <i>p</i> = 0.025). No significant differences were found regarding major clinical outcomes.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The implementation of an ERAS programme is a dominant strategy, representing an intervention capable of reducing overall costs in the context of elective anatomical lung resection with VATS without any significant differences in major complications and re-intervention rates.</p>","PeriodicalId":12564,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Surgery","volume":"11 ","pages":"1471070"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-10-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11557562/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142618198","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Case Report: Postoperative ascites: allergic reaction to the drainage tube in a 12-year-old patient.","authors":"Ren-Sen Jiang, Jing Lao, Huan-Sheng Wang, Miao-Bing Wu, Bing Wang, Jian-Yao Wang","doi":"10.3389/fsurg.2024.1409673","DOIUrl":"10.3389/fsurg.2024.1409673","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Allergic reaction to the silicone is rare in children and as a result very little experience has been reported on symptom and treatment. We presented a case involving a child who experienced prolonged ascites following a surgery of placing an abdominal drainage tube, characterized by the ongoing drainage of clear, light-yellow fluid at a rate of 250 mL/day through the drainage tube for 36 days. Examination of the ascitic fluid revealed an abnormal elevation in eosinophil proportion, which exhibited positive response to anti-allergic treatment. Subsequent to the removal of the drainage tube, the ascites gradually resolved. In conclusion, we presented here the first and youngest case of allergic ascites associated with drainage tube after surgery of ovarian mucinous cystadenoma, it is imperative not to overlook the possibility of drainage tube allergy in the diagnostic process.</p>","PeriodicalId":12564,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Surgery","volume":"11 ","pages":"1409673"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-10-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11557521/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142635907","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Corrigendum: Clinical efficacy of unilateral laminotomy for bilateral decompression in the treatment of adjacent segment disease after lumbar fusion.","authors":"Yun Xu, Yang Liu, Ding Ding, Bin Ru, Quan Wan, Zhongwei Ji, Wenlong Liu, Ran Guo, Jiaqi Hu, Nannan Zhang, Langhai Xu, Shun Li, Wenjun Cai","doi":"10.3389/fsurg.2024.1499570","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3389/fsurg.2024.1499570","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>[This corrects the article DOI: 10.3389/fsurg.2024.1449838.].</p>","PeriodicalId":12564,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Surgery","volume":"11 ","pages":"1499570"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-10-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11555498/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142618197","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}