Ankit Shukla, Senthil Gnanasekaran, Raja Kalayarasan, Biju Pottakkat
{"title":"Early experience with robot-assisted Frey's procedure surgical outcome and technique: Indian perspective.","authors":"Ankit Shukla, Senthil Gnanasekaran, Raja Kalayarasan, Biju Pottakkat","doi":"10.7602/jmis.2022.25.4.145","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7602/jmis.2022.25.4.145","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>Robotic surgery for pancreatic diseases is currently on the rise, feasible, well-accepted, and safe. Frequently performed procedures in relation to pancreatic diseases include distal pancreatectomy and pancreatoduodenectomy. The literature commonly describes robotic lateral pancreaticojejunostomy; however, data on robot-assisted Frey's is scarce.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We herein, describe our series and technique of robot-assisted Frey's procedure at our tertiary care center between November 2019 and March 2022, and its short-term outcomes in comparison to the open Frey's. Patients with chronic pancreatitis having intractable pain, dilated duct, and no evidence of inflammatory head mass or malignancy were included in the study for robot-assisted Frey's.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>In our study, out of 32 patients, nine patients underwent robot assisted Frey's procedure. The duration of surgery was significantly longer in robotic group (570 minutes vs. 360 minutes, <i>p</i> = 0.003). The medians of intraoperative blood loss and postoperative analgesic requirement were lower in robotic group, but the difference was not statistically significant (250 mL vs. 350 mL, <i>p</i> = 0.400 and 3 days vs. 4 days, <i>p</i> = 0.200, respectively). The median length of hospital stay was shorter in the robotic group, though not significant (6 days vs. 7 days, <i>p</i> = 0.540). At a median follow-up of 28 months, there was no significant difference in the postoperative complications and short-term outcomes between the two groups.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Robotic surgery offers benefits of laparoscopic surgery in addition it has better visualization, magnification, dexterity, and ergonomics. Frey's procedure is possible robotically with acceptable outcomes in selected patients.</p>","PeriodicalId":73832,"journal":{"name":"Journal of minimally invasive surgery","volume":"25 4","pages":"145-151"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/a5/b7/jmis-25-4-145.PMC9763489.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9134928","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Evaluation of early versus delayed laparoscopic cholecystectomy in acute calculous cholecystitis: a prospective, randomized study.","authors":"Gaurav Gupta, Ajay Shahbaj, Dharmendra Kumar Pipal, Pawan Saini, Vijay Verma, Sangeeta Gupta, Vibha Rani, Seema Yadav","doi":"10.7602/jmis.2022.25.4.139","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7602/jmis.2022.25.4.139","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>Uncertainty exists about whether early laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) is an appropriate surgical treatment for acute calculous cholecystitis. This study aimed to compare early vs. late LC for acute calculous cholecystitis regarding intraoperative difficulty and postoperative outcomes.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This was a prospective randomized study carried out between December 2015 and June 2017; 60 patients with acute calculous cholecystitis were divided into two groups (early and delayed groups), each comprising 30 patients. Thirty patients treated with LC within 3 to 5 days of arrival at the hospital were assigned to the early group. The other 30 patients were placed in the delayed group, first treated conservatively, and followed by LC 3 to 6 weeks later.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The conversion rates in both groups were 6.7% and 0%, respectively (<i>p</i> = 0.143). The operating time was 56.67 ± 11.70 minutes in the early group and 75.67 ± 20.52 minutes in the delayed group (<i>p</i> = 0.001), and both groups observed equal levels of postoperative complications. Early LC patients, on the other hand, required much fewer postoperative hospital stay (3.40 ± 1.99 vs. 6.27 ± 2.90 days, <i>p</i> = 0.006).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Considering shorter operative time and hospital stay without significant increase of open conversion rates, early LC might have benefits over late LC.</p>","PeriodicalId":73832,"journal":{"name":"Journal of minimally invasive surgery","volume":"25 4","pages":"139-144"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/8c/75/jmis-25-4-139.PMC9763484.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10481472","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Laparoscopic extended right hemicolectomy with superior-to-inferior dissection: a mentee's initial experience.","authors":"Min Chul Kim, Sung Chan Park","doi":"10.7602/jmis.2022.25.4.158","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7602/jmis.2022.25.4.158","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Laparoscopic right hemicolectomy is a widely accepted procedure for right colon cancer. Among the various approaches, the superior approach has potential benefits in that it exposes the gastrocolic trunk early and consistently allows for D3 lymph node dissection along superior mesenteric vessels. In this video, we present a beginner performing a laparoscopic extended right hemicolectomy using a superior approach without an assistant.</p>","PeriodicalId":73832,"journal":{"name":"Journal of minimally invasive surgery","volume":"25 4","pages":"158-160"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/5a/07/jmis-25-4-158.PMC9763482.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10490500","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Minimally invasive surgery for maximally invasive tumors-pelvic exenterations for rectal cancers: are we prepared?","authors":"Joe King Man Fan","doi":"10.7602/jmis.2022.25.4.127","DOIUrl":"10.7602/jmis.2022.25.4.127","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Despite the public awareness of colorectal cancer screening with more and more early premalignant or malignant lesions detected, surgeons still face the challenges of operating for a patient suffering from locally advanced rectal carcinoma which required pelvic exenterations, and surgical outcomes mostly influenced by margin status, adjuvant chemotherapy, positive lymph nodes and liver metastasis, etc. Open pelvic exenteration has been the adopted approach in the past and laparoscopic surgery is another option in expert centers. A study in this issue of the <i>Journal of Minimally Invasive Surgery</i> demonstrated promising results of minimally invasive approaches for pelvic exenteration in patients with locally advanced rectal carcinoma, with overall complication rate of 28.2% with a 7.3% circumferential resection margin positivity and with no distal margin involvement, with local recurrence rate of 8.1% and overall survival of 85.2% by 2-year follow-up. We are expecting more results in the future to support the routine implementation of minimally invasive pelvic exenterations.</p>","PeriodicalId":73832,"journal":{"name":"Journal of minimally invasive surgery","volume":"25 4","pages":"127-128"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/b7/88/jmis-25-4-127.PMC9763478.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10488101","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Minimally invasive surgery for maximally invasive tumors: pelvic exenterations for rectal cancers.","authors":"Mufaddal Kazi, Ashwin Desouza, Chaitali Nashikkar, Avanish Saklani","doi":"10.7602/jmis.2022.25.4.131","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7602/jmis.2022.25.4.131","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>Trials comparing minimally invasive rectal surgery have uniformly excluded T4 tumors. The present study aimed to determine the safety of minimally invasive surgery (MIS) for locally-advanced rectal cancers requiring pelvic exenterations based on benchmarked outcomes from the international PelvEx database.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Consecutive patients of T4 rectal cancers with urogenital organ invasion that underwent MIS exenterations between November 2015 and June 2022 were analyzed from a single center. A safety threshold was set at 20% for R1 resections and 40% for major complications (≥grade IIIA) for the upper limit of the 95% confidence interval (CI).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The study included 124 MIS exenterations. A majority had a total pelvic exenteration (74 patients, 59.7%). Laparoscopic surgery was performed in 95 (76.6%) and 29 (23.4%) had the robotic operation. Major complications were observed in 35 patients (28.2%; 95% CI, 20.5%-37.0%). R1 resections were found pathologically in nine patients (7.3%; 95% CI, 3.4%-13.4%). The set safety thresholds were not crossed. At a median follow-up of 15 months, 44 patients (35.5%) recurred with 8.1% local recurrence rate. The 2-year overall and disease-free survivals were 85.2% and 53.7%, respectively.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>MIS exenterations for locally-advanced rectal cancers demonstrated acceptable morbidity and safety in term of R0 resections at experienced centers. Longer follow-up is required to demonstrate cancer survival outcomes.</p>","PeriodicalId":73832,"journal":{"name":"Journal of minimally invasive surgery","volume":"25 4","pages":"131-138"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/27/6b/jmis-25-4-131.PMC9763485.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10481471","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Potential benefit of superior to inferior dissection during laparoscopic extended right hemicolectomy.","authors":"Dae Ro Lim","doi":"10.7602/jmis.2022.25.4.129","DOIUrl":"10.7602/jmis.2022.25.4.129","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Various approaches can be used for performing laparoscopic right hemicolectomy for right-sided colon cancer. However, laparoscopic complete mesocolic excision with central vessel ligation using these approaches may sometimes present with difficulties of various factors. This video article presents a laparoscopic extended right hemicolectomy using a superior-to-inferior approach. The superior approach has potential benefits in that it exposes the superior mesenteric vessels and gastrocolic trunk.</p>","PeriodicalId":73832,"journal":{"name":"Journal of minimally invasive surgery","volume":"25 4","pages":"129-130"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/97/e5/jmis-25-4-129.PMC9763483.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10481475","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"<i>The Journal of Minimally Invasive Surgery</i> is indexed by PubMed Central in 2022.","authors":"Sun Jin Park","doi":"10.7602/jmis.2022.25.3.85","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7602/jmis.2022.25.3.85","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><i>The Journal of Minimally Invasive Surgery</i> (JMIS) is the official journal of the Korean Society of Endo-Laparoscopic & Robotic Surgery (formerly the Korean Society of Endoscopic and Laparoscopic Surgeons). The editorial board of JMIS has been trying steadily for several years to be indexed by the international literature databases. As a first step, JMIS has been deposited into PubMed Central in 2022. Here I would like to show you the path that JMIS has been following over the years.</p>","PeriodicalId":73832,"journal":{"name":"Journal of minimally invasive surgery","volume":" ","pages":"85-86"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/93/0b/jmis-25-3-85.PMC9494017.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40386215","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Gyung Mo Son, Tae Un Kim, Dong-Hoon Shin, Joo-Young Na, In Young Lee, Shin Hoo Park
{"title":"Ileal long-segment ischemia after the unintended ligation of variant ileal branch during laparoscopic right hemicolectomy.","authors":"Gyung Mo Son, Tae Un Kim, Dong-Hoon Shin, Joo-Young Na, In Young Lee, Shin Hoo Park","doi":"10.7602/jmis.2022.25.3.116","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7602/jmis.2022.25.3.116","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The variant terminal trunk of the superior mesenteric artery (SMA) could be confused with the ileocolic artery (ICA) as it runs on the right side of the superior mesenteric vein. If the variant ileal branch of SMA is mistaken for the ICA, unintentional ligation could cause long-segment ischemia in the ileum. We encountered a rare case of ileal ischemia caused by unintentional ligation of the variant ileal branch of the SMA during laparoscopic right hemicolectomy, which was confirmed by indocyanine green (ICG) angiography and hyperspectral imaging (HSI). Intraoperative real-time perfusion monitoring using ICG angiography and tissue oxygen saturation monitoring using HSI could help detect segments of hypoperfusion and prevent hypoperfusion-related anastomotic complications.</p>","PeriodicalId":73832,"journal":{"name":"Journal of minimally invasive surgery","volume":" ","pages":"116-119"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/8b/60/jmis-25-3-116.PMC9494016.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40386216","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Fluorescence imaging, an emerging tool for preserving the parathyroid glands during thyroidectomy.","authors":"Kyung Ho Kang","doi":"10.7602/jmis.2022.25.3.89","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7602/jmis.2022.25.3.89","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>With vocal cord palsy, hypoparathyroidism is one of the two major complications after thyroid surgery. Traditional approaches to preserving the parathyroid glands during thyroid surgery include identifying the glands precisely and preserving their vasculature with the naked eye, which mainly depend on the experience and skill of the surgeon. Recently, a relatively new technique, fluorescence image-guided surgery, has been widely researched and is becoming increasingly popular. The authors present a video clip of transoral robotic total thyroidectomy, which shows the three typical statuses of the parathyroid glands after thyroid surgery (well-perfused, poorly or non-perfused, and congested) and explains how to deal with each status of the parathyroid glands.</p>","PeriodicalId":73832,"journal":{"name":"Journal of minimally invasive surgery","volume":"25 3","pages":"89-90"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/df/d4/jmis-25-3-89.PMC9494020.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10762689","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Seung Jae Lee, In Seok Choi, Ju Ik Moon, Dae Sung Yoon, Won Jun Choi, Sang Eok Lee, Nak Song Sung, Seong Uk Kwon, In Eui Bae, Seung Jae Roh, Sung Gon Kim
{"title":"Optimal indication of single-incision laparoscopic cholecystectomy using Konyang Standard Method in benign gallbladder diseases.","authors":"Seung Jae Lee, In Seok Choi, Ju Ik Moon, Dae Sung Yoon, Won Jun Choi, Sang Eok Lee, Nak Song Sung, Seong Uk Kwon, In Eui Bae, Seung Jae Roh, Sung Gon Kim","doi":"10.7602/jmis.2022.25.3.97","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7602/jmis.2022.25.3.97","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>The optimal indications for single-incision laparoscopic cholecystectomy (SILC) have not yet been established.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This single-center retrospective study included consecutive patients who underwent SILC between April 2010 and June 2020. Difficult surgery (DS) (conversion to multiport or open cholecystectomy, adjacent organ injury, operation time of ≥90 minutes, or estimated blood loss of ≥100 mL) and poor postoperative outcome (PPO) (postoperative hospital stay ≥ 7 days or Clavien-Dindo grade ≥ II postoperative complications) were defined to comprehensively evaluate surgical difficulty and postoperative outcomes, respectively.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Of 1,405 patients (mean age, 51.2 years; 802 female [57.1%]), 427 (grade I, n = 358; grade II/III, n = 69) underwent SILC for acute cholecystitis (AC), 34 (2.4%) needed conversion to multiport (n = 33) or open cholecystectomy (n = 1), 7 (0.5%) had adjacent organ injury during surgery, and 49 (3.5%) developed postoperative complications. Of the patients, 89 and 52 had DS and PPO, respectively. In the multivariate analysis, grade I AC, grade II/III AC, and body mass index of ≥30 kg/m<sup>2</sup> were significant predictors of DS. Age of ≥70 years and DS were significant predictors of PPO. In a subgroup analysis of patients with AC, DS (9.5% vs. 27.5%, <i>p</i> < 0.001) and PPO (5.0% vs. 15.9%, <i>p</i> = 0.001) were more frequent in patients with grade II/III AC than in those with grade I AC.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>SILC is not recommended in patients with grade II/III AC and should be carefully performed by experienced and well-trained surgeons.</p>","PeriodicalId":73832,"journal":{"name":"Journal of minimally invasive surgery","volume":" ","pages":"97-105"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/d6/58/jmis-25-3-97.PMC9494018.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40386213","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}