Annals of surgery
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Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study
Effect of the World Health Organization checklist on patient outcomes: a stepped wedge cluster randomized controlled trial.
Implementing the WHO Safe Surgery Checklist may reduce morbidity, length of stay and mortality, although many questions remain.
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Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study
Video-based peer feedback through social networking for robotic surgery simulation: a multicenter randomized controlled trial.
To examine the feasibility and outcomes of video-based peer feedback through social networking to facilitate robotic surgical skill acquisition. ⋯ Video-based peer feedback through social networking appears to be an effective paradigm for surgical education and accelerates the robotic surgery learning curve during simulation.
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Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study Comparative Study
Chemotherapy or liver transplantation for nonresectable liver metastases from colorectal cancer?
The primary objective was to compare overall survival (OS) in patients with colorectal cancer (CRC) with nonresectable liver-only metastases treated by liver transplantation or chemotherapy. ⋯ Compared with chemotherapy, liver transplantation resulted in a marked increased OS in CRC patients with nonresectable liver-only metastases.
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Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study
Impact of neoadjuvant chemoradiation on lymph node status in esophageal cancer: post hoc analysis of a randomized controlled trial.
The study objectives were to analyze the impact of the number of lymph nodes (LNs) reported as resected (NLNr) and the number of LNs invaded (NLNi) on the prognosis of esophageal cancer (EC) after neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy. ⋯ nCRT is not only responsible for disease downstaging but also predicts fewer LNs being identified after surgical resection for EC. This has implications for the current quality criteria for surgical resection.
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Randomized controlled trial of the use of a large-pore polypropylene mesh to prevent incisional hernia in colorectal surgery.
To reduce the incidence of incisional hernia (IH) in colorectal surgery by implanting a mesh on the overlay position. ⋯ The incidence of IH is high in patients undergoing elective or emergency surgery for colorectal diseases. The addition of a prophylactic large-pore polypropylene mesh on the overlay position decreases the incidence of IH without adding morbidity.