Abstract Background The European Association of Endoscopic Surgery (EAES) initiated a
consensus development conference on the laparoscopic resection of colon cancer during …

BACKGROUND: Retrospective analyses of clinical trials and prospective clinical studies
have suggested that heparins may have an effect on cancer survival. This putative anti …

OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this article is to summarize current hypotheses for the possible
sources of laparoscopic port-site metastasis, to review the results of experimental models …

The application of laparoscopic techniques for curative resection of colorectal cancer is
controversial, owing to reports of cancer recurrence at the port-site wounds. Despite …

BACKGROUND: Concerns about port site metastases have limited the application of
minimally invasive surgery for intra-abdominal malignancies. The purpose of this review …

SAGES evidence-based guidelines for the laparoscopic resection of curable colon and rectal
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Background Whether laparoscopic-assisted surgery (LS) can achieve the same oncologic
outcomes compared with open surgery (OS) for rectal cancer remains controversial. The aim …

Since Mouret performed the first laparoscopic cholecystectomy in 1987, this technique has
become the gold standard for the management of cholelithiasis. With the assumption that the …

Port-site metastasis (PSM) is a specific and challenging complication of laparoscopic
gynecologic oncologic procedures. Research has demonstrated that PSM is associated with …

Selectins, a family of cell adhesion molecules, bind to sialylated and fucosylated
carbohydrates, such as sialyl Lewis x (SLe x) and its derivatives, as their minimal recognition …