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Traditionally, many innovations in digestive surgery were first evaluated using cholecystectomies in humans as an in vivo model. The large number of patients in good condition, the non-reconstructive nature of...
A Dieulafoy lesion is a relatively rare, but potentially life threatening cause of gastrointestinal bleeding, which accounts for only 1~2% of acute cases. The most common site is the stomach...
PURPOSE: In recent years, single-port laparoscopic appendectomy (SPLA) has been gaining in popularity and there have been many reports on the results of SPLA. The purpose of this study is...
PURPOSE: Decision of laparoscopic surgery (LS) for locally advanced colorectal cancer is based on preoperative computed tomography (CT), notwithstanding the inaccuracy of T staging. The aim of this study was...
PURPOSE: The aim of this study was to compare ESD only and subsequent Laparoscopy-assisted gastrectomy (LAG) patients for EGC through propensity score matching analysis.
METHODS: This study was a retrospective review...
PURPOSE: Single-port laparoscopic surgery has been used increasingly in treatment of a variety of conditions, and one recently introduced technique is single-port laparoscopic total extraperitoneal (SPLTEP) hernia repair. The aim...
PURPOSE: We attempted to evaluate the outcomes of a newly inaugurated surgical technique of laparoscopic pyloromyotomy with microscope and stab incision (MS-LP) with right upper quadrant transverse open pyloromyotomy (RT-OP),...