Outcome Number of comparisons included Effect Length of stay 24 Mean difference: −2.62 days (95% CI −3.22, −2.02) Perioperative morbidity 19 Risk ratio: 0.66 (95% CI 0.54, 0.80) Mortality 22 Risk…
Fig. 26.1 (a, b) Abdominal CT scan images and operative findings in a woman with an adhesive closed loop small bowel obstruction after low-anterior resection for rectal cancer. Given the…
Fig. 20.1 (a, b) Intraoperative identification of the suture marking the rectal stump during laparoscopic Hartmann’s reversal. (a) The suture can be identified, but the rectal stump is tightly adherent…
Fig. 8.1 Graphic representation of practice patterns throughout the United States with regard to mechanical bowel preparation demonstrating that 24% of surgeons omit a mechanical bowel prep, 29% use MBP…
Fig. 11.1 Mesocolic lymph node stations according to the Japanese Society for Cancer of the Colon and Rectum. D1–D4 defined by colors: D1 red, D2 blue, D3 green, and D4 black. Right colic artery…
Study Type N Indications Endpoint Conclusion COST (2007) Fleshman et al. [7] RCT non-inferiority 872 Colon cancer Stage I–III Time to recurrence “Laparoscopic colectomy for curable colon cancer is not…
Symptom None Very mild Mild Moderate Severe Very severe 1 Nausea (feeling sick to your stomach as if you were going vomit or throw up) 0 1 2 3…
Fig. 25.1 Demonstrations of the Overstitch endoscopic suturing device including (a) the Olympus double channel therapeutic gastroscope with needle driver attached, (b) OverStitch system with handle and needle driver (needle…
Fig. 2.1 Example of Barrett’s esophagus using high-definition white-light endoscopy Fig. 2.2 Example of Barrett’s esophagus under narrow-band imaging (NBI) Fig. 2.3 Visible lesion under white-light endoscopy using near focus…
Study N Site Mean size (mm) Indication Success R0 Adverse events Follow-up Recurrence Schmidt et al. [36] (2014) 3 Colon 22 mm Recurrent non-lifting adenoma 100% 100% No 3–6 m…
