Background Laparoscopy is widely adopted across nearly all surgical subspecialties in the
elective setting. Initially finding indication in minor abdominal emergencies, it has gradually …

Background and Aims: Approximately 75% of patients admitted with small bowel obstruction
have intra-abdominal adhesions as their cause (adhesive small bowel obstruction). Up to …

Background Long-term outcomes of cholecystectomy are largely unknown though it is a
common procedure in general surgery. We aimed to investigate the long-term mortality rate …

Aim Minimally invasive approaches to proctocolectomy with ileal pouch anal anastomosis
have become the standard of care with one benefit being the reduced risk of adhesion …

Small bowel obstruction syndromes (SBO) represent one of the main causes of emergency
admission for surgical abdominal pain. The 2018 Bologna Guidelines (Ten Broek et al …

Introduction There is limited literature on the optimal approach to treat adhesive small bowel
obstruction (ASBO) in children. We sought to compare rates and outcomes of laparoscopic …

Purpose The objective was to develop a radiological score obtained from multi-detector
computed tomography (MDCT) to differentiate between single band adhesion (SBA) and …

BACKGROUND There are minimal data on long‐term surgical outcomes of patients who
have undergone resection for Wilms tumor (WT) and neuroblastoma (NB). METHODS A …

Introduction. Prophylactic surgery before spaceflight may eliminate the risk of appendicitis
and cholecystitis in astronauts on deep space missions. However, even minimally invasive …

Aim Adhesive small bowel obstructions (SBO) are one of the most common complications
following abdominal surgery, and they decrease patient quality of life. Since 2000 …