Tian-Yuan Yuan , Jing-Yi Li , Ying-Xin Chen , Shao-Xuan Wang
{"title":"Mixed adenoneuroendocrine carcinomas (MANEC) of the gastrointestinal tract: A case report","authors":"Tian-Yuan Yuan , Jing-Yi Li , Ying-Xin Chen , Shao-Xuan Wang","doi":"10.1016/j.asjsur.2024.12.062","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.asjsur.2024.12.062","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":55454,"journal":{"name":"Asian Journal of Surgery","volume":"48 5","pages":"Pages 3026-3027"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143906184","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 “Hand-as-Foot” teaching method for the Kennedy Classification of knee joint dislocations","authors":"Wanyin Zhang, Guanwen Sun","doi":"10.1016/j.asjsur.2024.10.269","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.asjsur.2024.10.269","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":55454,"journal":{"name":"Asian Journal of Surgery","volume":"48 5","pages":"Pages 3011-3012"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143907895","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}
Tanakorn Tarapongpun , Hung-Wen Lai , Chiung-Ying Liao , Shih-Lung Lin , Hsin-I Huang , Shou-Tung Chen , Dar-Ren Chen
{"title":"Comparative efficacy of indocyanine green and Tc-99m for sentinel lymph node biopsy in breast cancer: Upfront surgery and post-neoadjuvant chemotherapy","authors":"Tanakorn Tarapongpun , Hung-Wen Lai , Chiung-Ying Liao , Shih-Lung Lin , Hsin-I Huang , Shou-Tung Chen , Dar-Ren Chen","doi":"10.1016/j.asjsur.2025.01.045","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.asjsur.2025.01.045","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>This retrospective study aimed to compare the sensitivity of sentinel lymph node (SLN) detection using indocyanine green (ICG), Technetium-99 (Tc-99m), and combined technique (ICG + Tc-99m) in clinical node-negative early-stage breast cancer patients, both in upfront surgery and post-neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) settings.</div></div><div><h3>Method</h3><div>Breast cancer patients who underwent breast surgery with SLN biopsy from December 2021 to May 2024 were enrolled. Both ICG and Tc-99m were used in combination during the SLN biopsy. The primary outcome was the SLN detection rate (per case) and nodal detection rate (per node) compared between ICG, Tc-99m, and combined technique.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>176 patients (128 upfront surgery, 48 post-NAC) were analyzed and a total of 326 SLNs were identified. The SLN detection rate was not different between ICG and Tc-99m in upfront surgery (96.1 % vs. 95.3 %, P = 0.65) and post-NAC (89.6 % vs. 85.4 %, P = 0.41). The mean number of identified SLNs was higher with ICG compared to Tc-99m (1.6 ± 1.0 vs. 1.4 ± 0.9, P < 0.001). ICG exhibited a higher overall nodal detection rate than Tc-99m (86.2 % vs. 74.2 %, P < 0.001). Using the combined technique significantly increased the SLN detection rate particularly in post-NAC compared to Tc-99m alone (93.8 % vs 85.4 %, P < 0.05) with a false negative rate of 2.1 %.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>ICG demonstrated high sensitivity for SLN detection, comparable to Tc-99m in both upfront surgery and NAC settings. Using dual tracers also significantly improved the SLN detection rate in post-NAC setting, suggesting that ICG may serve as an effective alternative tracer for SLN mapping, regardless of NAC.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":55454,"journal":{"name":"Asian Journal of Surgery","volume":"48 5","pages":"Pages 2866-2873"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143906245","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":"Undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma of pancreas: A case report","authors":"Gen Li , Hong Zhou , Wenxiang Jin, Yitao Bai","doi":"10.1016/j.asjsur.2024.05.030","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.asjsur.2024.05.030","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":55454,"journal":{"name":"Asian Journal of Surgery","volume":"48 5","pages":"Pages 2948-2949"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141041623","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":"Effect of surgical treatment on cancer-specific survival of cervical squamous cell carcinoma: A population-based study","authors":"Pan Li","doi":"10.1016/j.asjsur.2024.11.080","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.asjsur.2024.11.080","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":55454,"journal":{"name":"Asian Journal of Surgery","volume":"48 5","pages":"Pages 3125-3127"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142755882","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":"A case of Actinomyces odontolyticus with Peptostreptococcus infection in the right lower limb","authors":"Wenshuai Li , Fei Tan , Xianqing Shi, Qiuming Gao","doi":"10.1016/j.asjsur.2024.11.050","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.asjsur.2024.11.050","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":55454,"journal":{"name":"Asian Journal of Surgery","volume":"48 5","pages":"Pages 3068-3069"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142775123","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":"VA-ECMO combined with IABP-assisted treatment for acute myocardial infarction complicated by cardiogenic shock: A case report","authors":"Guoliang Zhao , Jinhua Zhou , Huan Liu","doi":"10.1016/j.asjsur.2025.01.145","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.asjsur.2025.01.145","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":55454,"journal":{"name":"Asian Journal of Surgery","volume":"48 5","pages":"Pages 3000-3001"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143907156","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":"Massive ovarian mass and abnormal vaginal discharge: An unusual presentation of HPV-related cervical adenocarcinoma","authors":"Yisi Wang, Huiyun Tang","doi":"10.1016/j.asjsur.2024.11.247","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.asjsur.2024.11.247","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":55454,"journal":{"name":"Asian Journal of Surgery","volume":"48 5","pages":"Pages 3015-3016"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143907897","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}