Esther N Dekker,Raja R Narayan,Mohamed A Ahmami,Anis Meddouch,Eva M M Verkolf,Anne M Gehrels,Marc G H Besselink,Casper H J van Eijck,Marjolein Y V Homs,Bianca Mostert,Grainne M O'Kane,Roeland F de Wilde,Johanna W Wilmink,Eileen M O'Reilly,Motaz Qadan,Bas Groot Koerkamp
{"title":"Chemotherapy switch for localized pancreatic cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis.","authors":"Esther N Dekker,Raja R Narayan,Mohamed A Ahmami,Anis Meddouch,Eva M M Verkolf,Anne M Gehrels,Marc G H Besselink,Casper H J van Eijck,Marjolein Y V Homs,Bianca Mostert,Grainne M O'Kane,Roeland F de Wilde,Johanna W Wilmink,Eileen M O'Reilly,Motaz Qadan,Bas Groot Koerkamp","doi":"10.1093/bjs/znae244","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/bjs/znae244","url":null,"abstract":"BACKGROUNDPatients with localized (that is non-metastatic) pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma with an inadequate response or toxicity to first-line chemotherapy may benefit from chemotherapy switch. The aim was to explore the available data on the use and effect of chemotherapy switch, as reported in the literature.METHODSA systematic search was conducted in Embase, MEDLINE (Ovid), the Web of Science, Cochrane, and Google Scholar on 1 December 2023. The main outcomes were the proportion of patients who underwent chemotherapy switch and the carbohydrate antigen 19-9 response and resection, R0 resection, and ypN0 resection rates after chemotherapy switch. Data were pooled using a random-effects model.RESULTSA total of five retrospective studies, representing 863 patients with localized pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma, were included and 226 of the 863 patients underwent chemotherapy switch. In four studies, first-line chemotherapy consisted of 5-fluorouracil/leucovorin/irinotecan with oxaliplatin ('FOLFIRINOX') and patients were switched to gemcitabine with nab-paclitaxel. Reasons for chemotherapy switch included an inadequate biochemical, clinical, or radiological response, or toxicity. Three studies compared patients who underwent chemotherapy switch with patients who only received first-line chemotherapy and found that the proportion of patients who underwent chemotherapy switch was 20.5% (95% c.i. 10.5% to 36.3%). The pooled resection rate after chemotherapy switch was 42.0% (95% c.i. 16.6% to 72.5%). Two studies compared the chance of resection after chemotherapy switch versus first-line chemotherapy alone and found a risk ratio of 0.88 (95% c.i. 0.65 to 1.18). Two studies, with a combined total of 576 patients, found similar postoperative survival for patients who underwent chemotherapy switch and patients who only received first-line chemotherapy.CONCLUSIONOne in five patients with localized pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma underwent chemotherapy switch after an inadequate response or toxicity to first-line chemotherapy. The pooled resection rate after chemotherapy switch was 42% and similar in overall survival compared with first-line chemotherapy only. Three ongoing trials are investigating chemotherapy switch in patients with an inadequate radiological or carbohydrate antigen 19-9 response.","PeriodicalId":136,"journal":{"name":"British Journal of Surgery","volume":"2 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":9.6,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142436098","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Laparoscopic Pancreatoduodenectomy: The Intermediate Approach.","authors":"Kui Long, Dingwei Xu, Jie Huang","doi":"10.1093/bjs/znae247","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/bjs/znae247","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":136,"journal":{"name":"British Journal of Surgery","volume":"111 10","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":8.6,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142454005","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Risk-reducing mastectomy in mutation carriers.","authors":"Alexandra M Zaborowski, Michael R Boland","doi":"10.1093/bjs/znae264","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/bjs/znae264","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":136,"journal":{"name":"British Journal of Surgery","volume":"111 10","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":8.6,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142491491","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Correction to: Global access to technologies to support safe and effective inguinal hernia surgery: A prospective, international cohort study.","authors":"","doi":"10.1093/bjs/znae275","DOIUrl":"10.1093/bjs/znae275","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":136,"journal":{"name":"British Journal of Surgery","volume":"111 10","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":8.6,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11524888/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142542319","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Charlotta L Wenzelberg, Peder Rogmark, Olle Ekberg, Ulf Petersson
{"title":"Reinforced tension-line suture after laparotomy: early results of the Rein4CeTo1 randomized clinical trial.","authors":"Charlotta L Wenzelberg, Peder Rogmark, Olle Ekberg, Ulf Petersson","doi":"10.1093/bjs/znae265","DOIUrl":"10.1093/bjs/znae265","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The aim was to investigate whether adding a reinforced tension-line (RTL) suture to a standard 4 : 1 small-bite closure would reduce the incidence of incisional hernia after colorectal cancer surgery.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Patients aged at least 18 years, who were scheduled for elective colorectal cancer surgery through a midline incision at two Swedish hospitals (2017-2021), were randomized in a 1 : 1 ratio to either fascial closure with RTL and 4 : 1 small-bite closure with polypropylene sutures (RTL group) or 4 : 1 small-bite closure with polydioxanone suture alone (PDS group). The primary outcome was CT-detected incisional hernia 1 year after surgery. CT interpreters were blinded regarding treatment group.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>In all, 160 patients were randomized, 80 in each group. The study closed early to recruitment and follow-up. Some 134 patients were analysed at 1 year: 63 in the RTL group and 71 in the PDS group. Nineteen patients were found to have an incisional hernia: 4 (6%) in the RTL group and 15 (21%) in the PDS group (OR 3.95, 95% c.i. 1.24 to 12.60; P = 0.014). No unintended effects were found in either group.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Adding an RTL suture at fascial closure decreased the incidence of incisional hernia in patients undergoing surgery for colorectal cancer. Trial registration: NCT03390764 (https://clinicaltrials.gov).</p>","PeriodicalId":136,"journal":{"name":"British Journal of Surgery","volume":"111 10","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":8.6,"publicationDate":"2024-09-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11523493/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142542320","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Giovanni Mariscalco, Riccardo G Abbasciano, Karen Booth, Sunil Bhudia, Stefano Forlani, Michael Sabetai, Amit Modi, Graham Cooper, Manoj Kuduvalli
{"title":"Service specification in aortic centres-UK Aortic Society survey.","authors":"Giovanni Mariscalco, Riccardo G Abbasciano, Karen Booth, Sunil Bhudia, Stefano Forlani, Michael Sabetai, Amit Modi, Graham Cooper, Manoj Kuduvalli","doi":"10.1093/bjs/znae243","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/bjs/znae243","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":136,"journal":{"name":"British Journal of Surgery","volume":"111 9","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":8.6,"publicationDate":"2024-08-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142277516","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Linda D Sharples,Vasiliki Anagnostopoulou,Anna L Pouncey,Carol Freeman,Andrew McCarthy,Joanne Gray,Peter McMeekin,Priya Sastry,Luke Vale,Colin Bicknell,Stephen R Large
{"title":"Longitudinal health-related quality of life in people with thoracic aortic aneurysms.","authors":"Linda D Sharples,Vasiliki Anagnostopoulou,Anna L Pouncey,Carol Freeman,Andrew McCarthy,Joanne Gray,Peter McMeekin,Priya Sastry,Luke Vale,Colin Bicknell,Stephen R Large","doi":"10.1093/bjs/znae228","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/bjs/znae228","url":null,"abstract":"BACKGROUNDSurgical intervention for thoracic aortic aneurysms is high risk. Understanding changes in health-related quality of life before and after endovascular stent grafting and open surgical repair can aid treatment decision-making.METHODSThe Effective Treatments for Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms ('ETTAA') study (ISRCTN04044627) was a longitudinal, observational study. Adults with new/existing arch or descending thoracic aortic aneurysms greater than or equal to 4 cm in diameter were followed from 2014 to 2022. Five domains of health-related quality of life (Mobility, Self-Care, Usual Activities, Pain/Discomfort, and Anxiety/Depression) were recorded using the EuroQoL, five dimensions, five levels ('EQ-5D-5L') questionnaire and analysed using a range of longitudinal mixed models.RESULTSOf 886 thoracic aortic aneurysm participants, 824 completed at least 2 questionnaires. Patients had slightly worse health-related quality of life than age-matched norms. Without surgery, deterioration occurred over time in Mobility (0.072/year (95% c.i. 0.042 to 0.101), P < 0.001) and Self-Care (0.039/year (95% c.i. 0.018 to 0.061), P < 0.001) in both sexes and Pain/Discomfort in women (0.069/year (95% c.i. 0.020 to 0.118), P = 0.005). For 6 weeks after endovascular stent grafting, there was a significant impairment in Self-Care (0.214 (95% c.i. 0.112 to 0.316), P < 0.001) and (for women only) in Usual Activities (0.625 (95% c.i. 0.338 to 0.911), P < 0.001), which then returned to pre-endovascular stent grafting levels. Six weeks after open surgical repair, the impairment in health-related quality of life was greater (Mobility 0.492 (95% c.i. 0.314 to 0.669), Self-Care 0.474 (95% c.i. 0.364 to 0.583), Usual Activities 1.469 (95% c.i. 1.042 to 1.896), and Pain/Discomfort 0.561 (95% c.i. 0.363 to 0.760), all P < 0.001) and took longer to return to pre-open surgical repair levels, partly due to increased complications and longer hospitalization. Anxiety/Depression decreased after open surgical repair (-0.214 (95% c.i. -0.326 to -0.101), P < 0.001). Age, sex, frailty, smoking, New York Heart Association class, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease were significantly associated with health-related quality of life.CONCLUSIONWithout intervention, health-related quality of life declines as age increases. Changes in health-related quality of life should contribute to surgical treatment decision-making.","PeriodicalId":136,"journal":{"name":"British Journal of Surgery","volume":"383 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":9.6,"publicationDate":"2024-08-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142170851","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Daan J Comes,Stijn Bluiminck,Emma J Kooistra,Lindsey de Nes,Frans T W E van Workum,Hugo Touw,Myrthe M M Eussen,Nicole D Bouvy,Tim Stobernack,Philip R de Reuver
{"title":"The carbon footprint of a laparoscopic cholecystectomy.","authors":"Daan J Comes,Stijn Bluiminck,Emma J Kooistra,Lindsey de Nes,Frans T W E van Workum,Hugo Touw,Myrthe M M Eussen,Nicole D Bouvy,Tim Stobernack,Philip R de Reuver","doi":"10.1093/bjs/znae225","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/bjs/znae225","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":136,"journal":{"name":"British Journal of Surgery","volume":"24 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":9.6,"publicationDate":"2024-08-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142249979","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}