Chronic constipation is one of the most common digestive diseases encountered in clinical
practice. Constipation manifests as a variety of symptoms, such as infrequent bowel …

Background The efficacy of stenting for right-sided malignant colonic obstruction is unknown.
This study aimed to evaluate the safety, feasibility, and clinical benefits of self-expandable …

Background: There are many variable techniques for laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair in
children. The aim of this study was to examine the feasibility of the laparoscopic hernia …

Background Robotic thyroidectomy is increasingly used for patients with papillary thyroid
carcinoma (PTC). We compared the differences between robotic and endoscopic transaxillary …

Background Previous multicenter randomized trials demonstrated that omitting mechanical
bowel preparation (MBP) did not increase anastomotic leakage rates or other infectious …

AIM: To investigate the risk factors causing structural sequelae after anastomotic leakage in
patients with mid to low rectal cancer. METHODS: Prospectively collected data of …

Diabetic Retinopathy (DR) is the most common cause of avoidable vision loss, predominantly
affecting the working-age population across the globe. Screening for DR, coupled with …

Purpose Surgeons serve one of the most challenging and stressful professions. Ineffective
control of occupational stress leads to burnout of the surgeon. The aim of this study was to …

Background D3 lymph node dissection is becoming the standard procedure for the treatment
of advanced right colon cancer and has shown increasing evidence of its oncologic benefit. …

Purpose To investigate oncologic outcomes including overall survival and disease-free survival
depending on the extent of lymphadenectomy (D3 versus D2) by comparing D3 and D2 …