tbuckley/cabot-search huggingface dataset:
Regarding the role of systemic immune-inflammation index on the risk of chronic kidney disease
Authors: Wei Yang, Jinlin Liu
Journal: International Journal of Surgery (2024)

aDepartment of Clinical Laboratory, Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital Bijie Hospital, Bijie, Guizhou, China bDepartment of Clinical Laboratory, South China Hospital, Medical School, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China Sponsorships or competing interests that may be relevant to content are disclosed at the end of this article Published online ■ ■ *Corresponding author. Address: Department of Clinical Laboratory, South China Hospital, Fuxin Road, Shenzhen, 518111, China, Phone: 0086-18768137609, Fax:0755-89698999. E-mail address: [email protected] (J. Liu). This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0 (CCBY), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Impact of three-dimensional reconstruction visualization technology on short-term and long-term outcomes after hepatectomy in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma: a propensity‐score‐matched and inverse probability of treatment‐weighted multicenter study
Authors: Xiaojun Zeng, Haisu Tao, Yanchen Dong, Yuwei Zhang, Junying Yang, Feichao Xuan, Jian Zhou, Weidong Jia, Jingfeng Liu, Chaoliu Dai, Haoyu Hu, Nan Xiang, Ning Zeng, Weiping Zhou, Wanyee Lau, Jian Yang, Chihua Fang
Journal: International Journal of Surgery (2024)

Three-dimensional reconstruction visualization technology (3D-RVT) is an important tool in the preoperative assessment of patients undergoing liver resection. However, it is not clear whether this technique can improve short-term and long-term outcomes in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) compared with two-dimensional (2D) imaging.
A commentary on “auxiliary use of ChatGPT in surgical diagnosis and treatment” (Int J Surg 109 (2023) 3940-3943)
Authors: Ziwei Li, Yan Shu, Yongzhong Tang, Weiju Lai
Journal: International Journal of Surgery (2024)

Chongqing University FuLing Hospital Li Ziwei and Shu Yan equally contributed to this work Data sharing is not applicable to this article as no new data were created or analyzed in this study. Sponsorships or competing interests that may be relevant to content are disclosed at the end of this article. Published online ■ ■ *Corresponding author. Address: Chongqing University FuLing Hospital, Chongqing, 408000, P.R.China and Tang Yongzhong, Chongqing University FuLing Hospital, Chongqing, 408000, P.R.China (equal contribution). E-mail address: [email protected] (L. weiju). This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0 (CCBY), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Reply to the commentary on ‘Approaches of laparoscopic anatomical liver resection of segment 8 for hepatocellular carcinoma: a retrospective cohort study of short-term results at multiple centers in China’
Authors: Yan Feng, Xingru Wang, Hongguang Wang
Journal: International Journal of Surgery (2024)

aDepartment of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Qujing Central Hospital of Yunnan Regional Medical Center, Qujing, China bDepartment of Liver Surgery, Southwest Hospital, Army Medical University, Chongqing, China cDepartment of Hepatobiliary Surgery, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China Yan Feng and Xingru Wang contributed equally to this work. Sponsorships or competing interests that may be relevant to content are disclosed at the end of this article Published online ■ ■ *Corresponding author. Address: Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100000, China, Tel: +8613717659265. E-mail address: [email protected] (H. Wang). This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives License 4.0 (CCBY-NC-ND), where it is permissible to download and share the work provided it is properly cited. The work cannot be changed in any way or used commercially without permission from the journal. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
Regarding the role of metabolite on the risk for severe postoperative complications in colorectal cancer patient
Authors: Wei Yang, Jinlin Liu
Journal: International Journal of Surgery (2024)

aDepartment of Clinical Laboratory, Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital Bijie Hospital, Bijie, Guizhou, China bDepartment of Clinical Laboratory, South China Hospital, Medical School, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China Sponsorships or competing interests that may be relevant to content are disclosed at the end of this article. Published online ■ ■ *Corresponding author. Address: Department of Clinical Laboratory, South China Hospital 1 Fuxin Road, Shenzhen, 518111, China. Cell phone: 0086-18768137609, Fax:0755-89698999. E-mail address: [email protected] (J. Liu). This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0 (CCBY), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Clinical and molecular features of progressive papillary thyroid microcarcinoma
Authors: Zhiyuan Wang, Xiaoyu Ji, Hao Zhang, Wei Sun
Journal: International Journal of Surgery (2024)

In recent decades, the prevalence of thyroid cancer has risen substantially, with papillary thyroid microcarcinoma (PTMC) constituting over 50% of cases. Although most PTMCs exhibit indolent growth and a favorable prognosis, some present an increased risk of recurrence and an unfavorable prognosis due to high-risk characteristics such as lymph node metastasis, extrathyroidal extension, and distant metastasis. The early identification of clinically progressing PTMC remains elusive. In this review, the authors summarize findings from PTMC progression-related literature, highlighting that factors such as larger tumor size, cervical lymph node metastasis, extrathyroidal extension, younger age, higher preoperative serum thyroid-stimulating hormone levels, family history, and obesity positively correlate with PTMC progression. The role of multifocality in promoting PTMC progression; however, remains contentious. Furthermore, recent studies have shed light on the impact of mutations, such as BRAF and TERT mutations, on PTMC progression. Researchers have identified several mRNAs, noncoding RNAs, and proteins associated with various features of PTMC progression. Some studies propose that peripheral and tumor tissue-infiltrating immune cells could serve as biomarkers for the clinical progression of PTMC. Collectively, these clinical and molecular features offer a rationale for the early detection and the development of precision theranostic strategies of clinically progressive PTMC.
Associations of postoperative outcomes with geriatric nutritional risk index after conventional and robotic-assisted total knee arthroplasty: a randomized controlled trial
Authors: Guanzhi Liu, Qimeng Liu, Run Tian, Kunzheng Wang, Pei Yang
Journal: International Journal of Surgery (2024)

Background: The association between postoperative outcomes of robotic-assisted total knee arthroplasty (RA-TKA) and nutrition status among elderly adults remained unclear. The authors aimed to evaluate these associations and provide a nutrition status reference for the surgical technique selection of TKA. Methods: In the present study, the authors used data from a multicenter, prospective, randomized controlled project, which recruited patients underwent TKA therapy. A total of 88 elderly adults (age ≥65 years old) were included in this study. Their preoperative and postoperative demographic data and radiographic parameters were collected. Clinical outcomes, including postoperative hip-knee-ankle (HKA) angle deviation, knee society score (KSS), 10 cm visual analog scale, and so on, were observed and compared between the RA-TKA group and the conventional TKA group. Logistic regression was performed to adjust several covariates. In addition, according to the results of restricted cubic splines analyses, all participants were categorized into two groups with GNRI≤100 and GNRI &gt;100 for further subgroup analyses. Results: Our results showed despite having a lower postoperative HKA angle deviation, the RA-TKA group had a similar postoperative KSS score compared with the conventional TKA group in elderly adults. Among elderly patients with GNRI&gt;100, RA-TKA group achieved significantly more accurate alignment (HKA deviation, P =0.039), but did not obtain more advanced postoperative KSS scores because of the compensatory effect of good nutrition status. However, among elderly patients with GNRI≤100, RA-TKA group had significantly higher postoperative KSS scores compared to the conventional TKA group ( P =0.025) and this association were not altered after adjustment for other covariates. Conclusion: Considering the clinical outcomes of conventional TKA may be more susceptible to the impact of nutrition status, elderly patients with GNRI≤100 seem to be an applicable population for RA-TKA, which is more stable and would gain significantly more clinical benefits compared with conventional TKA.
A new designed full process coverage robot-assisted total hip arthroplasty: a multicentre randomized clinical trial
Authors: Xinzhe Lu, Zian Zhang, Hao Xu, Wenzhe Wang, Haining Zhang
Journal: International Journal of Surgery (2024)

Objective: To compare the effect of a new complete robot-assisted total hip arthroplasty (RA-THA) with that of the manual total hip arthroplasty (MTHA) and to verify the accuracy and safety of the former. Methods: Overall, 148 patients were enroled from 3 March 2021 to 28 December 2021 in this study and classified into RA-THA ( n =74 patients) and MTHA ( n =74 patients) groups. The sex, age, operative side, BMI, diagnosis, other basic information, operative time, acetabular prosthesis anteversion and inclination, femoral prosthesis anteversion and angulation, femoral prosthesis filling rate, leg length discrepancy (LLD), Harris hip score, and visual analogue scale (VAS) score of the two groups were compared. Results: No significant differences were observed in the two groups regarding sex, age, operative side, BMI, diagnosis, Harris hip score, VAS score, acetabular inclination, acetabular prosthesis anteversion, femoral prosthesis anteversion, combined anteversion, and femoral prosthesis filling rate ( P &gt;0.05). The operative time was significantly longer in the RA-THA group than in the MTHA group (106.71±25.22 min vs. 79.42±16.16 min; t=7.30, P &lt;0.05). The femoral angulation (1.78°±0.64°) and LLD (2.87±1.55 mm) in the RA-THA group were significantly lesser than those in the MTHA group (2.22°±1.11° and 5.81±6.27 mm, respectively; t=−2.95 and t=−3.88, P &lt;0.05). Conclusion: The complete RA-THA has some advantages over the traditional procedure in restoring the lower limb length and controlling the femoral prosthesis angulation. Thus, this study verifies the accuracy and safety of the robot-assisted system.
Intersphincteric resection following robotic-assisted versus laparoscopy-assisted total mesorectal excision for middle and low rectal cancer: a multicentre propensity score analysis of 1571 patients
Authors: Yuchen Guo, Liang He, Weidong Tong, Shuangyi Ren, Zhaocheng Chi, Ke Tan, Bo Wang, Chunxiao Lie, Quan Wang
Journal: International Journal of Surgery (2024)

Robotic-assisted total mesorectal excision (RaTME) may be associated with reduced conversion to an open approach and a higher rate of complete total mesorectal excision (TME); however, studies on its advantages in intersphincteric resection (ISR) are inadequate.
A nomogram incorporating treatment data for predicting overall survival in gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumors: a population-based cohort study
Authors: Zenghong Wu, Guochen Shang, Kun Zhang, Weijun Wang, Mengke Fan, Rong Lin
Journal: International Journal of Surgery (2024)

Background: Over the last few decades, the annual global incidence of gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumours (GEP-NETs) has steadily increased. Because of the complex and inconsistent treatment of GEP-NETs, the prognosis of patients with GEP-NETs is still difficult to assess. The study aimed to construct and validate the nomograms included treatment data for prediction overall survival (OS) in GEP-NETs patients. Methods: GEP-NETs patients determined from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER)-13 registry database (1992–2018) and with additional treatment data from the SEER-18 registry database (1975–2016). In order to select independent prognostic factors that contribute significantly to patient survival and can be included in the nomogram, multivariate Cox regression analysis was performed using the minimum value of Akaike information criterion (AIC) and we analyzed the relationship of variables with OS by calculating hazard ratios (HRs) and 95% CIs. In addition, we also comprehensively compared the nomogram using to predict OS with the current 7th American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) staging system. Results: From 2004 to 2015, a total of 42 662 patients at diagnosis years with GEP-NETs were determined from the SEER database. The results indicated that the increasing incidence of GEP-NETs per year and the highest incidence is in patients aged 50–54. After removing cases lacking adequate clinicopathologic characteristics, the remaining eligible patients ( n =7564) were randomly divided into training (3782 patients) and testing sets (3782 patients). In the univariate analysis, sex, age, race, tumour location, SEER historic stage, pathology type, TNM, stage, surgery, radiation, chemotherapy, and CS tumour size were found to be significantly related to OS. Ultimately, the key factors for predicting OS were determined, involving sex, age, race, tumour location, SEER historic stage, M, N, grade, surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy. For internal validation, the C-index of the nomogram used to estimate OS in the training set was 0.816 (0.804–0.828). For external validation, the concordance index (C-index) of the nomogram used to predict OS was 0.822 (0.812–0.832). In the training and testing sets, our nomogram produced minimum AIC values and C-index of OS compared with AJCC stage. Decision curve analysis (DCA) indicated that the nomogram was better than the AJCC staging system because more clinical net benefits were obtained within a wider threshold probability range. Conclusion: A nomogram combined treatment data may be better discrimination in predicting overall survival than AJCC staging system. The authors highly recommend to use their nomogram to evaluate individual risks based on different clinical features of GEP-NETs, which can improve the diagnosis and treatment outcomes of GEP-NETs patients and improve their quality of life.
Minimally invasive versus open partial nephrectomy for complex renal tumors: insights and limitation
Authors: Chuan-Yi Kuo, I-Wen Chen, Kuo-Chuan Hung
Journal: International Journal of Surgery (2024)

aDepartment of Anesthesiology, E-Da Hospital, I-Shou University, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan bDepartment of Anesthesiology, Chi Mei Medical Center, Liouying, Tainan city, Taiwan cDepartment of Anesthesiology, Chi Mei Medical Center, Tainan city, Taiwan Running title: Minimally invasive partial nephrectomy for complex renal tumors Key words: minimally Invasive partial nephrectomy; open partial nephrectomy; complex renal tumors; prediction interval Footnote: The affiliations for I-Wen Chen (affiliation 2) and Kuo-Chuan Hung (affiliation 3) represent different hospitals, despite both being under the Chi Mei Medical Center. These affiliations should not be combined or confused as they are distinct entities within different locations Sponsorships or competing interests that may be relevant to content are disclosed at the end of this article. Published online ■ ■ *Corresponding author. Address: Department of Anesthesiology, Chi Mei Medical Center, Tainan city, Taiwan, Chi Mei Medical Center, No.901, ChungHwa Road, YungKung Dist, Tainan 71004, Taiwan. Tel: +886-6-281-2811; Fax: +886-6-283-3806. E-mail address: [email protected] (K-C. Hung). This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0 (CCBY), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
A commentary on ‘Boosting weight loss after conversional Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass with liraglutide and placebo use. A double-blind-randomized controlled trial’
Authors: Tingfen Han, Tingting Wang
Journal: International Journal of Surgery (2024)

Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Taizhou Hospital of Zhejiang Province affiliated to Wenzhou Medical University, Taizhou, 317000, China Sponsorships or competing interests that may be relevant to content are disclosed at the end of this article. Published online ■ ■ *Corresponding author. Address: 150 Ximen Street, Linhai City, Taizhou City, Zhejiang Province, 317000,China. E-mail address: [email protected] (T. Wang). This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives License 4.0 (CCBY-NC-ND), where it is permissible to download and share the work provided it is properly cited. The work cannot be changed in any way or used commercially without permission from the journal. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
A commentary on ‘Application of three-dimensional printing in cardiovascular diseases: a bibliometric analysis’
Authors: Yu Wang, Yangping Zhuang, Jun Ke, Feng Chen
Journal: International Journal of Surgery (2024)

aShengli Clinical Medical College of Fujian Medical University, Department of Emergence, Fujian Provincial Hospital, Fuzhou, China bFujian Emergency Medical Center, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Emergency Medicine, Fuzhou, China Yu Wang, Yangping Zhuang, Jun Ke contributed equally to this work and shared the first authorship. Sponsorships or competing interests that may be relevant to content are disclosed at the end of this article. Published online ■ ■ *Corresponding author. Address: No.134, Dongjie, Fuzhou 350001, China. E-mail address: [email protected] (F. Chen). This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
Re: ChatGPT encounters multiple opportunities and challenges in neurosurgery
Authors: Chengxing Qian, Yi Fang
Journal: International Journal of Surgery (2024)

aDepartment of Neurosurgery, the Tongling People's Hospital, Tongling, China bDepartment of Neurosurgery, the Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China Sponsorships or competing interests that may be relevant to content are disclosed at the end of this article. Published online ■ ■ *Corresponding author. Address: Department of Neurosurgery, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Peking Union Medical College, No.1Shuaifuyuan, Dongcheng District, Beijing,China, Postal Code:100005. E-mail address: [email protected] (Y. Fang). This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0 (CCBY), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Surgical gender disparity in China: unveiling challenges and charting a course for equality
Authors: Haowen Zhang, Yang Yuan, Yong Yuan
Journal: International Journal of Surgery (2024)

aDepartment of Thoracic Surgery and Institute of Thoracic Oncology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, China bWest China School of Public Health and West China Fourth Hospital,Sichuan University, China Haowen Zhang and Yang Yuan contributed equally as first authors. Sponsorships or competing interests that may be relevant to content are disclosed at the end of this article. Published online ■ ■ *Corresponding author. Address: Department of Thoracic Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China. Tel: (+86)-18980606739. E-mail address: [email protected] (Y. Yuan). This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives License 4.0 (CCBY-NC-ND), where it is permissible to download and share the work provided it is properly cited. The work cannot be changed in any way or used commercially without permission from the journal. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
Real-time classification of tumour and non-tumour tissue in colorectal cancer using diffuse reflectance spectroscopy and neural networks to aid margin assessment
Authors: Scarlet Nazarian, Ioannis Gkouzionis, Jamie Murphy, Ara Darzi, Nisha Patel, Christopher J. Peters, Daniel S. Elson
Journal: International Journal of Surgery (2024)

Background: Colorectal cancer is the third most commonly diagnosed malignancy and the second leading cause of mortality worldwide. A positive resection margin following surgery for colorectal cancer is linked with higher rates of local recurrence and poorer survival. The authors investigated diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (DRS) to distinguish tumour and non-tumour tissue in ex-vivo colorectal specimens, to aid margin assessment and provide augmented visual maps to the surgeon in real-time. Methods: Patients undergoing elective colorectal cancer resection surgery at a London-based hospital were prospectively recruited. A hand-held DRS probe was used on the surface of freshly resected ex-vivo colorectal tissue. Spectral data were acquired for tumour and non-tumour tissue. Binary classification was achieved using conventional machine learning classifiers and a convolutional neural network (CNN), which were evaluated in terms of sensitivity, specificity, accuracy and the area under the curve. Results: A total of 7692 mean spectra were obtained for tumour and non-tumour colorectal tissue. The CNN-based classifier was the best performing machine learning algorithm, when compared to contrastive approaches, for differentiating tumour and non-tumour colorectal tissue, with an overall diagnostic accuracy of 90.8% and area under the curve of 96.8%. Live on-screen classification of tissue type was achieved using a graduated colourmap. Conclusion: A high diagnostic accuracy for a DRS probe and tracking system to differentiate ex-vivo tumour and non-tumour colorectal tissue in real-time with on-screen visual feedback was highlighted by this study. Further in-vivo studies are needed to ensure integration into a surgical workflow.