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{"title":"Prognostic Significance of Preoperative and Postoperative Evaluation of Combined Tumor Markers for Patients With Colon Cancer.","authors":"Hong-Feng Pan, Zhi-Fang Zheng, Ze-Yi Zhao, Zhun Liu, Sheng-Hui Huang, Pan Chi","doi":"10.1097/SLE.0000000000001126","DOIUrl":"10.1097/SLE.0000000000001126","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The combined value of the tumor markers carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) and carbohydrate antigen 19-9 (CA19-9) in patients with colon cancer (CC) is unclear. This study aimed to investigate the role of composite tumor markers in the prognosis of CC.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Patients who underwent curative resection of colon adenocarcinoma were enrolled. The tumor marker status before and after the operation was used to divide the patients into groups according to the number of tumor markers with abnormal expression, and recurrence-free survival (RFS) and overall survival (OS) of different groups were compared. The impact of changes in composite tumor markers in the perioperative period on outcomes was further explored.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Ultimately, 531 patients were enrolled in the study. As the number of preoperative and postoperative elevated tumor markers increased, both RFS and OS rates became lower (both P <0.05). Further analysis revealed that the number of elevated tumor markers after resection can significantly affect the outcomes (both P <0.05). In patients with abnormal preoperative tumor markers, normalization of markers after surgery was a protective factor for prognosis (both P <0.05), and patients with postoperative elevated levels of both tumor markers had a 5.5-fold and 6-fold increase in the risk of recurrence and death. In addition, patients with elevated markers after surgery had a high risk of recurrence within 5 years after colectomy.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Postoperative tumor markers had a better ability to differentiate postoperative outcomes in patients with CC than preoperative tumor markers. Patients whose tumor markers normalized after surgery had a better prognosis.</p>","PeriodicalId":22092,"journal":{"name":"Surgical Laparoscopy, Endoscopy & Percutaneous Techniques","volume":" ","pages":"335-344"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140912769","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Quality of Life in Patients Undergoing Endoscopic Thyroidectomy Versus Conventional Open Thyroidectomy: Interim Results From Randomized Trial.","authors":"Kamal Kataria, Vaibhav Aggarwal, Anita Dhar, Piyush Ranjan, Yashwant Rathore, Rajesh Khadgawat, Rakesh Kumar, Amit Chirom, Shipra Agarwal, Muhammed Huzaifa","doi":"10.1097/SLE.0000000000001280","DOIUrl":"10.1097/SLE.0000000000001280","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>We determined whether endoscopic thyroidectomy (ET) is associated with better health-related quality of life (QoL) compared with open thyroidectomy.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We randomly assigned 28 patients aged older than 18 years, Bethesda IV or less on cytology and gland volume of <40 mL to undergo hemithyroidectomy through either open or endoscopic (axillo-breast approach/bilateral axillo-breast approach) technique. The primary outcome was QoL scores on the Short Form-36 and Thyroid-Specific Questionnaire at 2, 6, and 12 weeks postsurgery. Secondary outcomes were postoperative complications, hospital stay, and pain scores.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The generic QoL scores based on Short Form-36 were statistically nonsignificant between the two groups. QoL scores based on Thyroid-Specific Questionnaire were statistically significant ( P < 0.05) favoring open thyroidectomy in the following domains: (1) numbness at 2, 6, and 12 weeks ( P = 0.04, 0.004, and 0.005, respectively), (2) shoulder impairment at 2 weeks ( P = 0.017), and (3) favoring ET in cosmesis at 6 and 12 weeks ( P = 0.037 and 0.02, respectively). ET has longer operative time (104.6 ± 25.4 vs 123 ± 8.9 min; P = 0.03), longer hospital stays (2.8 ± 0.4 vs 2.4 ± 0.5; P = 0.056) and higher pain scores at 2 and 6 weeks ( P = 0.007 and 0.012, respectively) but decreased intraoperative bleeding (33.5 ± 6.4 vs 29.1 ± 3.7 mL; P = 0.037).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>ET has higher cosmetic satisfaction, increased numbness, and shoulder movement impairment during short-term postsurgery follow-up. Both techniques are similar in impacting general physical, mental, and social health-related QoL. (Clinical Trials Registry of India, Reg. No. CTRI/2020/07/026374).</p>","PeriodicalId":22092,"journal":{"name":"Surgical Laparoscopy, Endoscopy & Percutaneous Techniques","volume":" ","pages":"349-355"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140912771","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Advanced Preoperative Clinical Stage Is Associated With More Lymph Node Harvest in Patients With Right Colon Cancer.","authors":"Hyeon Kyeong Kim, Bo-Young Oh, Gyoung Tae Noh, Soon Sup Chung, Ryung-Ah Lee, Ho Seung Kim","doi":"10.1097/SLE.0000000000001301","DOIUrl":"10.1097/SLE.0000000000001301","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>The adequacy of lymph node (LN) harvest is important in oncological colon cancer resections. While several studies have suggested factors influencing LN yield in colon cancer, limited data are available only regarding right hemicolectomies with complete mesocolic excision (CME) and central vessel ligation (CVL).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A retrospective analysis was conducted on 169 patients who underwent right hemicolectomies with CME and CVL for right-sided colon cancer between February 2019 and March 2023. The patients were divided into 2 groups: groups with ≤24 LN yield and >24 LN yield, and the patient, surgical, and pathologic factors, which could potentially influence the LN yield, were analyzed.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Younger age, lower American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) classification, and advanced clinical TNM (cTNM) stage among patient factors, the presence of obstructions regarding the surgical factors, and the presence of desmoplastic tumor reaction in the pathologic factors were more likely to harvest >24 LNs. In a multivariate analysis, younger age, lower ASA classification, advanced cTNM stage, and an ileocolic artery (ICA) crossing pattern posterior to the superior mesenteric vein (SMV) were independently associated with a >24 LN harvest. Patients with cTNM 3,4 showed the tendency of > 24 LN yield consistently within each subgroup, irrespective of the age, ASA classification, and ileocolic artery crossing pattern.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Our investigation revealed a significant correlation between the advanced preoperative clinical stage and an increased number of harvested lymph nodes (LNs) in patients undergoing right hemicolectomies with CME a CVL. The observed association is potentially influenced by tumor aggressiveness and the extent of surgical resection performed by the surgeon. To elucidate the intricate relationship between surgical outcomes and the quantity of LN harvest in patients subjected to standardized CME and CVL for right-sided colon cancer, further dedicated research is warranted.</p>","PeriodicalId":22092,"journal":{"name":"Surgical Laparoscopy, Endoscopy & Percutaneous Techniques","volume":" ","pages":"432-438"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141451542","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Success Rate Is Lower but Completion Rate of Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy Is higher in Endoscopic Transpapillary Gallbladder Drainage than Percutaneous Gallbladder Drainage for Acute Cholecystitis.","authors":"Toshiro Masuda, Hiroshi Takamori, Ken-Ichi Ogata, Katsuhiro Ogawa, Kenji Shimizu, Ryuichi Karashima, Hidetoshi Nitta, Katsutaka Matsumoto, Tetsuya Okino, Hideo Baba","doi":"10.1097/SLE.0000000000001294","DOIUrl":"10.1097/SLE.0000000000001294","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>We investigated the success and complication rates of endoscopic transpapillary gallbladder drainage (ETGBD) and percutaneous transhepatic gallbladder drainage (PTGBD) and the outcomes of subsequent cholecystectomy for acute cholecystitis.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Patients (N=178) who underwent cholecystectomy after ETGBD or PTGBD were retrospectively assessed.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>ETGBD was successful in 47 (85.5%) of 55 procedures, whereas PTGBD was successful in 123 (100%) of 123 sessions ( P <0.001). Complications related to ETGBD and PTGBD occurred in 6 (12.8%) of 47 and 16 (13.0%) of 123 patients, respectively ( P =0.97). After propensity matching, 43 patients from each group were selected. Median time from drainage to cholecystectomy was 48 (14 to 560) days with ETGBD and 35 (1 to 90) days with PTGBD ( P =0.004). Laparoscopy was selected more often in the ETGBD group (97.7%) than in the PTGBD group (79.1%) ( P =0.007), and conversion from laparoscopy to open cholecystectomy was more common with PTGBD (41.2%) than with ETGBD (7.1%) ( P <0.001). Mean operation time was significantly shorter with ETGBD (135.8±66.7 min) than with PTGBD (195.8±62.2 min) ( P <0.001). The incidence of Clavien-Dindo grade ≥III postoperative complications was 9.3% with ETGBD and 11.6% with PTGBD ( P =0.99).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The success rate is lower but completion of laparoscopic cholecystectomy is more in endoscopic gallbladder drainage than percutaneous gallbladder drainage for acute cholecystitis.</p>","PeriodicalId":22092,"journal":{"name":"Surgical Laparoscopy, Endoscopy & Percutaneous Techniques","volume":" ","pages":"413-418"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141470864","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A Grading System for Assessing the Status of the Sphincter of Oddi During Intraoperative Choledochoscopy: A Surgeon's Perspective.","authors":"Hai Chuan Chen, Zhe Jin Wang, Hong Liang Song","doi":"10.1097/SLE.0000000000001285","DOIUrl":"10.1097/SLE.0000000000001285","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The aim of this study was to establish a simple and practical grading system for evaluating the status of the sphincter of Oddi (SO) during intraoperative choledochoscopy. This system helps identify relevant variables that influence the status of the SO and provides recommendations for preventing stone recurrence.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Ninety-three patients were selected retrospectively from a total of 316 patients diagnosed with choledocholithiasis between July 2020 and June 2023. All patients underwent common bile duct (CBD) exploration surgery and intraoperative choledochoscopy. The status of the SO was assessed during choledochoscopy. According to the severity of the condition, the patients were categorized into 4 groups. Data from each group, grades 1, 2, 3, 4, was analyzed statistically.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The number of patients in grade 1 was significantly lower than that of the other 3 groups. Except for grade 1, patients in grade 4 exhibited significant differences compared with the other 2 groups in terms of the diameter of the CBD, size of stones, presence of pneumobilia, and history of endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) ( P <0.05). There were no significant differences between the groups in terms of sex, age, liver function, number of stones, history of gastrectomy, cholecystectomy, or CBD exploration.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The grading system helps us classify different sphincter functions and better understand the formation of choledocholithiasis by subdividing the status of the SO. Endoscopic sphincterotomy (EST) treatment can easily result in the loss of SO function, which increases the risk of stone recurrence.</p>","PeriodicalId":22092,"journal":{"name":"Surgical Laparoscopy, Endoscopy & Percutaneous Techniques","volume":" ","pages":"356-360"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140943780","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Decision-making Considerations in Revisional Bariatric Surgery.","authors":"Sheena Chen, Jessica Chiang, Omar Ghanem, George Ferzli","doi":"10.1097/SLE.0000000000001296","DOIUrl":"10.1097/SLE.0000000000001296","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>With drastic variations in bariatric practices, consensus is lacking on an optimal approach for revisional bariatric surgeries.</p><p><strong>Materials and methods: </strong>The authors reviewed and consolidated bariatric surgery literature to provide specific revision suggestions based on each index surgery, including adjustable gastric band (AGB), sleeve gastrectomy (SG), Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB), biliopancreatic diversion with duodenal switch (BPD-DS), single anastomosis duodenal-ileal bypass with sleeve (SADI-S), one anastomosis gastric bypass (OAGB), and vertical banded gastroplasty (VBG).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>AGB has the highest weight recurrence rate and can be converted to RYGB, SG, and BPD-DS. After index SG, common surgical options include a resleeve or RYGB. The RYGB roux limb can be distalized and pouch resized in context of reflux, and the entire anatomy can be revised into BPD-DS. Data analyzing revisional surgery after a single anastomosis duodenal-ileal bypass with sleeve was limited. In patients with one anastomosis gastric bypass and vertical banded gastroplasty anatomy, most revisions were the conversion to RYGB.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>As revisional bariatric surgery becomes more common, the best approach depends on the patient's indication for surgery and preexisting anatomy.</p>","PeriodicalId":22092,"journal":{"name":"Surgical Laparoscopy, Endoscopy & Percutaneous Techniques","volume":" ","pages":"400-406"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141499074","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Development and Validation of the GAASThyriC Model for Predicting Patients with Suboptimal Clinical Response After Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy and a Practical Calculator: A Retrospective Cohort Study.","authors":"Muhammed Taha Demirpolat, Mehmet Muzaffer İslam","doi":"10.1097/SLE.0000000000001300","DOIUrl":"10.1097/SLE.0000000000001300","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>It might not be possible to achieve the desired outcome in every patient following bariatric surgery, even though every patient is thoroughly examined before surgery. This study aimed to develop a regression model based on parameters that affect weight loss success in patients scheduled for laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) and thus preoperatively predict whether the patients will have an optimal clinical response in terms of weight loss at the end of the first year.</p><p><strong>Materials and methods: </strong>Between January 2018 and August 2022, patients who underwent LSG were analyzed retrospectively. Age, sex, comorbidities, smoking status, alcohol use status, preoperative weight, preoperative body mass index (BMI), preoperative laboratory data, weight, and total weight loss (TWL)% values at the end of the first year were recorded. At the end of the first year following LSG, patients with TWL% above 20% were defined as having an optimal clinical response in terms of weight loss. This study is designed, conducted, and reported regarding the \"transparent reporting of a multivariable prediction model for individual prognosis or diagnosis\" (TRIPOD) statement. The final model was used to construct an Excel-based calculator.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Four hundred thirty-eight patients underwent the sleeve gastrectomy procedure, and 38 of them were excluded from the study because of a lack of 1-year follow-up information, resulting in 400 eligible patients for our study. Age, glucose, thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH), alcohol consumption, systemic immune inflammation index (SII), and tobacco were the independent predictors of optimal clinical response ( P <0.001, P <0.001, P <0.001, P =0.011, P =0.039, P =0.045, respectively). The model was called the GAASThyriC score. When the final model was tested in the validation cohort, the AUC was 0.875 (95% CI, 0.742-0.999), the sensitivity was 83.3% (95% CI, 51.6-97.9), specificity was 86.4% (95% CI, 77.4-92.8), negative likelihood ratio was 0.19 (95% CI, 0.05-0.68), and accuracy was 86% (95% CI, 77.6-92.1) when the cutoff value was set to the optimal threshold (logit = 0.8451).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The GAASThyriC score can be used as an effective auxiliary tool to predict the patient population with suboptimal clinical response in terms of TWL% at the end of the first year after LSG.</p>","PeriodicalId":22092,"journal":{"name":"Surgical Laparoscopy, Endoscopy & Percutaneous Techniques","volume":" ","pages":"424-431"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141427677","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A Prospective Comparative Analysis to Study the Impact on Voice Changes Following Endoscopic Thyroidectomy.","authors":"Arun Kumar, Anita Dhar, Anurag Srivastava, Rakesh Kumar","doi":"10.1097/SLE.0000000000001297","DOIUrl":"10.1097/SLE.0000000000001297","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Endoscopic approach has come up as a safe and feasible procedure for thyroidectomy with better cosmetic outcomes. However, concerns over its safety in terms of nerve injury and postoperative voice changes remain. This prospective study evaluated the role of vocal cord function assessment using laryngeal examination and voice analysis in patients who underwent endoscopic hemithyroidectomy either by the trans-oral endoscopic thyroidectomy vestibular approach (TOETVA) or the bilateral axillobreast approach (BABA).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Thirty-nine consecutive patients were randomly allocated to either of the 2 groups of endoscopic hemithyroidectomy; 19 in TOETVA and 20 in the BABA groups. Vocal cord function was assessed subjectively using the GRBAS scale and objectively by acoustic analysis of parameters such as jitter, shimmer, mean frequency (F 0 ), noise-to-harmonic ratio (NHR), and maximum phonatory time (MPT) at baseline, postoperative day 10, and 3 months after surgery.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>There were no significant differences in mean GRBAS scores and values of mean frequency, jitter and shimmer between the 2 groups and on postoperative day 10 and at 3 months compared with baseline. The mean NHR and MPT showed no differences between the 2 procedures. However, there was a significant decrease in their values on day 10 postsurgery, compared with baseline. These values returned to their baseline at 3 months. The other operative parameters were comparable between the 2 groups, except for the shorter mean operative time in the TOETVA group.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Perioperative quantitative voice parameters were comparable with no statistically significant difference between the 2 techniques of endoscopic thyroidectomy.</p>","PeriodicalId":22092,"journal":{"name":"Surgical Laparoscopy, Endoscopy & Percutaneous Techniques","volume":" ","pages":"407-412"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141470862","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Primary Robotic Versus Conventional Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass in Morbidly Obese Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.","authors":"Xiaoyu Du, Liwen Shen, Shumei Xu, Wei Xu, Jiaxing Yang, Yichen Liu, Kun Li, Ruifang Fan, Long Yan","doi":"10.1097/SLE.0000000000001293","DOIUrl":"10.1097/SLE.0000000000001293","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Robotic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RRYGB) and conventional laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (LRYGB) are commonly performed as primary bariatric procedures. The aim of this article was to assess the role of RRYGB in patients undergoing primary bariatric procedures.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>All of the qualified studies were selected from the PubMed, Embase, and Web of Science databases, etc. We mainly compared the outcomes and safety between RRYGB and LRYGB. The outcomes evaluation included surgical effect and surgical safety.</p><p><strong>Result: </strong>In total, 35 studies containing 426,463 patients were selected. The mortalities of patients adopting these 2 bariatric procedures were similar (RRYGB: 59/28,023, 0.21%; LRYGB: 612/397,945, 0.15%). We found no significant difference between RRYGB and LRYGB in the incidence of postoperative complications (30-day: OR=1.06, P =0.18; 1-y: OR=1.06, P =0.92). The incidence of 30-day readmission after the operation was higher in RRYGB patients (OR=1.24, P =0.003). However, we found that the RRYGB group had a lower incidence of anastomotic stricture 1 year after the operation when compared with LRYGB (OR=0.35, P =0.0004). The 1-year %EBMIL of these 2 groups was similar (78.53% vs. 76.02%). There was no significant difference in length of hospital stay (LOS) (WMD=-0.03d, P =0.59), conversion rate (OR=0.84, P =0.75), or anastomotic leak (OR=1.00, P =0.99) between these 2 groups. The mean hospital charges were higher in the RRYGB group ($11234.75 vs. $9468.58).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>This systematic review and meta-analysis showed no significant advantage of RRYGB in surgical effect or reduction of intraoperative complications. RRYGB may reduce the incidence of some postoperative long-term complications. The mean hospital charges of RRYGB were higher.</p>","PeriodicalId":22092,"journal":{"name":"Surgical Laparoscopy, Endoscopy & Percutaneous Techniques","volume":" ","pages":"383-393"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141200591","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Endoscopic and Surgical Treatment of Gastrointestinal Neuroendocrine Neoplasms: A Population-based Comparative Study.","authors":"Fuli Gao, Xiaodan Xu","doi":"10.1097/SLE.0000000000001291","DOIUrl":"10.1097/SLE.0000000000001291","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Controversy surrounds the indications for endoscopic treatment (ET) versus surgery in addressing gastrointestinal neuroendocrine neoplasms (GI-NENs). This paper aims to compare the long-term survival prognosis between ET and surgery for patients with GI-NENs.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A retrospective analysis of GI-NEN patients diagnosed between 2000 and 2020 was conducted using the SEER database. Overall survival (OS) and cancer-specific survival (CSS) were estimated using the Kaplan-Meier method. Prognostic factors were assessed through univariate and multivariate Cox regression analyses. Propensity score matching (PSM) was employed to adjust for clinical variables.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>This study encompassed 12,016 patients with GI-NENs, with 3732 patients (31.1%) undergoing ET and 8284 patients (68.9%) opting for surgery. The rectum was the most frequent location for ET, while the small bowel was the predominant site for surgery. Both the ET and surgical groups exhibited similar overall survival risk and cancer-specific survival risk before and after matching. No significant differences in the 1-year, 3-year, 5-year, and 10-year OS and CSS rates were observed between the ET and surgery groups after PSM. Nevertheless, subgroup analysis revealed a significantly better CSS in the ET group than the surgery group, particularly in stage I and tumors sized <10mm ( P <0.01). In the colon subgroup, the OS and CSS of the ET group were superior to those of the surgery group ( P <0.05).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Endoscopic treatment and surgery demonstrate comparable long-term survival prognoses for treating GI-NENs. ET emerges as a viable option for patients averse to surgical interventions.</p>","PeriodicalId":22092,"journal":{"name":"Surgical Laparoscopy, Endoscopy & Percutaneous Techniques","volume":" ","pages":"366-375"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141071858","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}