Xin Gao MD , Wenwu Liu MD , Yingzhi Zhao MD , Kaixin Zhang MD , Yadi Zhang MD , Xing Wei MD , Wei Dai MD, PhD , Hongfan Yu PhD , Yong Tang MD , Zihua Lan MD , Rong Zhang MD , Yu He MD , Nian Xu MD , Junnan Hu MD , Yue Lin MD , Guibin Qiao MD, PhD , Qiuling Shi PhD , Xiang Zhuang MD, PhD , Qiang Li MD
{"title":"Effect of the surgical day of the week on postoperative outcomes of video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery for early-stage lung cancer patients: A multicenter cohort study","authors":"Xin Gao MD , Wenwu Liu MD , Yingzhi Zhao MD , Kaixin Zhang MD , Yadi Zhang MD , Xing Wei MD , Wei Dai MD, PhD , Hongfan Yu PhD , Yong Tang MD , Zihua Lan MD , Rong Zhang MD , Yu He MD , Nian Xu MD , Junnan Hu MD , Yue Lin MD , Guibin Qiao MD, PhD , Qiuling Shi PhD , Xiang Zhuang MD, PhD , Qiang Li MD","doi":"10.1016/j.cpsurg.2025.101974","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cpsurg.2025.101974","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":55192,"journal":{"name":"Current Problems in Surgery","volume":"76 ","pages":"Article 101974"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146191203","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Josh P. Kotecha , Samruddhi Tagalpallewar , Diya Banerjee , Mel H. Sarker , Emily Deng , Christie Tsang , Thejas K , Dr Laure de Preux
{"title":"Greening Lean: Overcoming barriers to integrating environmental practices in surgical Lean management projects: A scoping review","authors":"Josh P. Kotecha , Samruddhi Tagalpallewar , Diya Banerjee , Mel H. Sarker , Emily Deng , Christie Tsang , Thejas K , Dr Laure de Preux","doi":"10.1016/j.cpsurg.2026.101978","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cpsurg.2026.101978","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":55192,"journal":{"name":"Current Problems in Surgery","volume":"76 ","pages":"Article 101978"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146081387","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The top 100 most-cited articles on kidney transplantation in the past 20 years: A bibliometric analysis","authors":"Jialiang Hui MD. , Jingyi Liang MD. , Wenli Zeng MD. , Tian Li MD. , Siyuan Ma MD. , Renfei Xia MD.","doi":"10.1016/j.cpsurg.2025.101972","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cpsurg.2025.101972","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":55192,"journal":{"name":"Current Problems in Surgery","volume":"76 ","pages":"Article 101972"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146081465","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Da Vinci robot-assisted surgery for complex common bile duct stones: Efficacy and safety analysis—A retrospective study","authors":"Gangchen Zhou MD , Liancong Qv MD , Yu Liu MD , Pengcheng Ban MD , Zhanyi Chen MD , Youpeng Jia PhD","doi":"10.1016/j.cpsurg.2026.101984","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cpsurg.2026.101984","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":55192,"journal":{"name":"Current Problems in Surgery","volume":"76 ","pages":"Article 101984"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147379568","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Study on the effect of rehabilitation intervention timing on symptom cluster relief after lumbar spine surgery: A retrospective cohort study","authors":"Kaiyuan Shi BS , Liting Zhu BS , Quan Yuan MS","doi":"10.1016/j.cpsurg.2026.101993","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cpsurg.2026.101993","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":55192,"journal":{"name":"Current Problems in Surgery","volume":"76 ","pages":"Article 101993"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147379742","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lige Liu Msc , Qiuyue Yan Msc , Meng Li Msc , Jingyi Ai Msc
{"title":"Impact of intensive lipid-lowering therapy with ezetimibe combined with atorvastatin on plaque stability in cerebral infarction patients after carotid artery stenting","authors":"Lige Liu Msc , Qiuyue Yan Msc , Meng Li Msc , Jingyi Ai Msc","doi":"10.1016/j.cpsurg.2025.101964","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cpsurg.2025.101964","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":55192,"journal":{"name":"Current Problems in Surgery","volume":"76 ","pages":"Article 101964"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146081464","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Reimagining nerve injury care through digital twins: A conceptual framework","authors":"Ethan Blum M.Eng, Christopher J. Dy MD, MPH","doi":"10.1016/j.cpsurg.2026.101989","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cpsurg.2026.101989","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":55192,"journal":{"name":"Current Problems in Surgery","volume":"76 ","pages":"Article 101989"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147379614","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Xiaoyan Li MD, PhD , Yifei Wang MD , Yanrong Wu MD , Yiran Liang MD, PhD , Xiaoli Kong MD, PhD , Tingting Ma MD, PhD , Liyu Jiang MD, PhD , Qifeng Yang MD, PhD
{"title":"Evaluation of preoperative lymphatic drainage imaging using indocyanine green for precise sentinel lymph node biopsy in breast cancer patients","authors":"Xiaoyan Li MD, PhD , Yifei Wang MD , Yanrong Wu MD , Yiran Liang MD, PhD , Xiaoli Kong MD, PhD , Tingting Ma MD, PhD , Liyu Jiang MD, PhD , Qifeng Yang MD, PhD","doi":"10.1016/j.cpsurg.2026.101990","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cpsurg.2026.101990","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>Sentinel lymph node (SLN) biopsy (SLNB) is the preferred surgical treatment for patients with clinically diagnosed node-negative breast cancer. However, failure to detect SLN(s) and postoperative adverse reactions have led to continuous refinement regarding this procedure. As such, the present study explored the application of preoperative lymphatic drainage imaging using indocyanine green (ICG) for more precise SLNB.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>A total of 144 patients with breast cancer were divided into two groups, intraoperative localization (IOL) and preoperative localization (POL) groups, and the chi-squared test was used to compared SLN detection rates. ICG concentration and injection time were evaluated to determine the appropriate preoperative localization procedure. The application of preoperative lymphatic drainage imaging in breast-conserving surgery was further assessed in another 7 patients.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>SLNs were successfully detected in 134 of 144 patients with breast cancer; more specifically, SLN detection rates in the IOL and POL groups were 88.10% and 100%, respectively (P=0.015). Injection of ICG solution diluted 1:100 three days before surgery clearly developed a lymphatic drainage pathway without residual fluorescence affecting intraoperative SLN detection. Moreover, the application of preoperative lymphatic drainage imaging facilitated the identification of SLNs in all seven patients with breast cancer who underwent breast-conserving surgery through a single-point injection of tracers.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>This study describes a reliable means of achieving preoperative localization of the lymphatic drainage pathways, which can not only avoid SLN detection failure due to intraoperative biopsy-caused lymphatic injury, but also help to actualise single-point injection to improve the postoperative aesthetics of the breast.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":55192,"journal":{"name":"Current Problems in Surgery","volume":"76 ","pages":"Article 101990"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147379521","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Interpreting the performance of ChatGPT-4.0 and ChatGPT-4omni in thyroidology on answering thyroid question: A multicenter study for thyroidologists","authors":"Demet Sengul , Ilker Sengul","doi":"10.1016/j.cpsurg.2026.101999","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cpsurg.2026.101999","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":55192,"journal":{"name":"Current Problems in Surgery","volume":"76 ","pages":"Article 101999"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147379556","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}