Introduction
Antireflux surgery (ARS) has been the preferred treatment option for advanced gastroesophageal reflux disease. Since, ARS is more commonly performed, more patients are presenting with failed fundoplication requiring reoperative intervention. The patterns of these fundoplication failures in obese patients are still not understood. Our objective is to evaluate the patterns of failure in obese patient.
Methods
We retrospectively assessed 137 patients who underwent reoperative interv
[INTRODUCTION]: Recently, feasibility and safety of single-incision laparoscopic colorectal resection (SILC) for colorectal cancer has been reported; however, benefits and outcomes are not well defined. The aim of this study was to reveal short-term and long-term outcomes of SILC compared with multi-incision laparoscopic colorectal resection (MILC) for colorectal cancer using propensity score matching analysis.
[EXCLUSION CRITERIA FOR SILC]:(1) tumors located at the transverse, descending colon
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METHODS: The data were collected for patients between 1996 and 2013 for patients undergoing investigation and treatment for GOJ and gastric
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