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Best Papers in General Surgery
The five that matter, every day.
In patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma who responded to systemic therapy, surgical resection significantly prolongs time to treatment failure compared to maintenance therapy.
A new classification system called DISH (Dehiscence, Infection, Seroma, Haematoma) standardizes the reporting of surgical site outcomes, enhancing clinical management and research.
Patients with pancreaticobiliary maljunction (PBM) have significantly worse recurrence-free survival following surgical resection for gallbladder carcinoma without hepaticojejunostomy.
A counterclockwise, step-by-step approach for robotic pancreatoduodenectomy enhances surgical workflow and appears to reduce operative complications.
Using biological mesh for pelvic floor reconstruction after extralevator abdominoperineal resection in low rectal cancer patients does not provide a cost-effective solution despite slightly reducing perineal complications.
ERCP is a highly effective and safe option for managing symptomatic cystic duct remnant stones in post-cholecystectomy patients, reducing the need for surgical excision.
Prophylactic hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) significantly enhances peritoneal metastasis-free survival and disease-free survival in patients with locally advanced colorectal cancer, though overall survival rates and complication rates remain unchanged.
Surgeons are familiar with intraoperative cell salvage (ICS) but use it sparingly during liver resections for cancer due to concerns about tumor cell contamination, indicating a need for more robust oncological outcome data.
Utilizing an artery-first approach for distal pancreatectomy with celiac axis resection can effectively manage blood loss and maintain low mortality in pancreatic cancer surgery.
Curative surgery for locally recurrent rectal cancer (LRRC) is yielding better long-term outcomes, with a significant increase in the R0 resection rate and overall survival.
