期刊: WORLD JOURNAL OF GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY, 2022; 14 (4)
BACKGROUNDDespite being a benign disease, hepatolithiasis has a poor prognosis because of its intractable nature and frequent recurrence. Nonsurgical ......
期刊: WORLD JOURNAL OF GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY, 2022; 14 (6)
BACKGROUNDHemoglobin and albumin are associated with the prognosis of gastric cancer (GC) patients. However, the prognostic value of the hemoglobin to......
期刊: WORLD JOURNAL OF GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY, 2022; 14 (4)
BACKGROUND Primary encapsulating peritoneal sclerosis (EPS) is a rare but devastating disease that causes fibrocollagenous cocoon-like encapsulation o......
期刊: WORLD JOURNAL OF GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY, 2022; 14 (8)
BACKGROUND Three-dimensional (3D) laparoscopic technique has gradually been applied to the treatment of carcinoma in the remnant stomach (CRS), but it......
期刊: WORLD JOURNAL OF GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY, 2022; 14 (10)
BACKGROUNDImmunoglobulin G4-related disease (IgG4-RD) is an immune-mediated condition characterized by abundant IgG4 positive plasma cells and fibrosi......
期刊: WORLD JOURNAL OF GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY, 2022; 14 (5)
Over the last 40 years, the incidence and prevalence of gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms (GEP-NENs) have continued to increase. Compare......
期刊: WORLD JOURNAL OF GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY, 2022; 14 (7)
BACKGROUND Giant simple hepatic cysts causing intrahepatic duct dilatation and obstructive jaundice are uncommon. A variety of measures with different......
期刊: WORLD JOURNAL OF GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY, 2022; 14 (10)
BACKGROUNDHepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a major cause of cancer-related mortality worldwide. Transcatheter arterial chemoembolization (TACE) has b......
期刊: WORLD JOURNAL OF GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY, 2022; 14 (11)
In recent years, natural orifice specimen extraction surgery (NOSES), a novel minimally invasive surgical technique, has become a focus in the surgica......
期刊: WORLD JOURNAL OF GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY, 2022; 14 (9)
Cholesterol gallstones are very common in hepatobiliary surgery and have been studied to a certain extent by doctors worldwide for decades. However, t......
期刊: WORLD JOURNAL OF GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY, 2022; 14 (11)
BACKGROUND The prognostic value of quantitative assessments of the number of retrieved lymph nodes (RLNs) in gastric cancer (GC) patients needs furthe......
期刊: WORLD JOURNAL OF GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY, 2022; 14 (6)
The physiological function of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract is based on the slow wave generated and transmitted by the interstitial cells of Cajal. ......
期刊: WORLD JOURNAL OF GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY, 2022; 14 (12)
BACKGROUND Tailgut cyst is a congenital enterogenous cyst that rarely undergoes malignant transformation. Its clinical manifestations mainly correlate......
期刊: WORLD JOURNAL OF GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY, 2022; 14 (4)
BACKGROUND The studies of laparoscopic-assisted transhiatal gastrectomy (LTG) in patients with Siewert type II adenocarcinoma of the esophagogastric j......
期刊: WORLD JOURNAL OF GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY, 2022; 14 (12)
Crohn's disease (CD) is a chronic inflammatory disorder of the gastrointestinal tract with an increasing incidence worldwide. Comprehensive therapy fo......