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October 202624

Case ReportGeneral Surgery

Fishbone-Induced Gastrointestinal Perforation: A 21-Case Series from Vietnam.

This retrospective series included 21 patients treated for fishbone-induced gastrointestinal perforation at a tertiary hospital in southern Vietnam.

Korean J GastroenterolOct 25, 2026Read case
Clinical ResearchOncology (Medical)Open access

Association between cancer cachexia and treatment-related adverse outcomes in patients with gastrointestinal cancers: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

This systematic review and meta-analysis examined cohort studies of cancer cachexia and treatment-related outcomes in patients with gastrointestinal cancers.

Support Care CancerOct 23, 2026Read summary
Clinical ResearchGeneral SurgeryOpen access

Prophylactic neurectomy versus nerve preservation in open inguinal hernia repair for prevention of chronic postoperative inguinal pain (CPIP): a systematic review and meta-analysis.

This systematic review and meta-analysis assessed prophylactic neurectomy versus nerve preservation in adults undergoing elective open anterior inguinal hernia repair, including 17 randomized trials.

HerniaOct 23, 2026Read summary
Clinical ResearchGeneral SurgeryOpen access

The effect of telephone-based education and counselling on stoma adjustment and complication severity in individuals with a colostomy: a randomised controlled trial.

This randomised controlled trial evaluated telephone-based education and counselling for people with a colostomy, compared with routine stoma care.

Support Care CancerOct 22, 2026Read summary
Case ReportOncology (Medical)

From metastatic disease to no evidence of disease after conversion liver surgery in advanced gastric cancer with liver metastases: A case report.

A 54-year-old woman with initially unresectable, HER2-negative, pMMR-by-IHC, EBER-positive gastric cancer and synchronous liver metastases received tislelizumab-based chemotherapy, with regimen changes after suspected…

Hum Vaccin ImmunotherOct 22, 2026Read case
Case ReportGeneral Surgery

Duplicated Appendix With Mucocele Mimicking an Appendiceal Neoplasm in a 45-Year-Old Woman: A Case Report.

A 45-year-old woman with right lower-quadrant pain and fever had CT evidence of ruptured appendicitis with a loculated peri-appendiceal abscess, which improved after percutaneous drainage and intravenous antibiotics.

Am J Case RepOct 21, 2026Read case
Clinical ResearchGeneral SurgeryOpen access

Systematic review and meta-analysis of mesh versus suture repairs of small umbilical hernias (≤ 2 cm).

This systematic review and meta-analysis compared mesh with suture repair for small umbilical hernias (defects ≤ 2 cm). The primary outcome was postoperative recurrence; secondary outcomes included complications and…

HerniaOct 21, 2026Read summary
Clinical ResearchOncology (Medical)Open access

Feasibility and safety of an exercise-based prehabilitation intervention before cancer surgery: a pilot randomised controlled trial.

This single-centre pilot randomised controlled trial assessed the feasibility and safety of supervised aerobic prehabilitation before surgery in patients with breast, colorectal, or prostate cancer.

Support Care CancerOct 21, 2026Read summary
Clinical ResearchObstetrics & GynecologyOpen access

Robotic-assisted living-donor hysterectomy for uterus transplantation: a systematic review of surgical techniques, donor safety, and recipient outcomes.

This systematic review assessed robotic-assisted hysterectomy in living donors for uterus transplantation, examining surgical methods, donor safety, graft outcomes, and reproductive success.

J Robot SurgOct 20, 2026Read summary
Clinical ResearchOncology (Medical)Open access

Neoadjuvant Therapy for Gastric Adenocarcinoma with Signet Ring Cells: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

This systematic review and random-effects meta-analysis assessed neoadjuvant chemotherapy followed by surgery versus upfront gastrectomy in adults with signet ring cell-containing gastric cancer.

J Gastrointest CancerOct 20, 2026Read summary
Clinical ResearchPediatricsOpen access

Neonatal gastric perforation: a systematic review and meta-analysis of clinical characteristics, risk factors, surgical management and outcomes.

This systematic review and meta-analysis examined clinical features, risk factors, surgical management and outcomes of neonatal gastric perforation using observational studies of neonates aged 28 days or younger.

Pediatr Surg IntOct 20, 2026Read summary
Clinical ResearchGeneral SurgeryOpen access

Comparative perioperative and oncological outcomes of the da Vinci Xi versus Si robotic surgical systems in rectal cancer surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

This systematic review and meta-analysis compared perioperative and oncological outcomes with da Vinci Xi versus Si systems in rectal cancer surgery.

J Robot SurgOct 20, 2026Read summary
Clinical ResearchPediatricsOpen access

Ciliated hepatic foregut cyst in children and adolescents: a systematic review of clinical presentation, diagnosis, management, and outcomes.

This PRISMA 2020 systematic review descriptively synthesised case reports and case series of histopathologically confirmed ciliated hepatic foregut cysts in patients aged 19 years or younger.

Pediatr Surg IntOct 20, 2026Read summary
Clinical ResearchGeneral SurgeryOpen access

Tranexamic acid in laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy: bleeding control amid thrombotic concerns and hemodynamic instability: a randomized double-blinded clinical trial.

This randomized, double-blinded clinical trial assessed tranexamic acid (TXA) for perioperative bleeding prevention in 185 patients with morbid obesity undergoing elective laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy.

Acta Cir BrasOct 19, 2026Read summary
Clinical ResearchRadiology (Diagnostic)Open access

Atypical Stafne bone defect: a systematic review.

This systematic review synthesized English-language case reports and case series of atypically located Stafne bone defects (SBDs), searching four databases through January 2026.

Clin Oral InvestigOct 17, 2026Read summary
Case ReportGeneral SurgeryOpen access

Anatomical Correction of Adult Intestinal Malrotation Using Kareem's Procedure: A Case Report.

A 26-year-old woman presented with sudden severe colicky central abdominal pain, non-bilious vomiting, and complete constipation; she had experienced a similar self-limited episode a month earlier.

Int Med Case Rep JOct 17, 2026Read case
Case ReportOncology (Medical)Open access

Management of extravasations of enfortumab vedotin and pembrolizumab: a case report and mini review of the current literature.

A 56-year-old patient with metastatic urothelial carcinoma developed extravasation of enfortumab vedotin and pembrolizumab during the first treatment cycle after the port catheter dislocated from the cephalic vein.

J Cancer Res Clin OncolOct 16, 2026Read case
Clinical ResearchOrthopedic SurgeryOpen access

Acute management of pelvic ring injuries: identifying common treatment principles across institutional algorithms.

This PRISMA-guided systematic review compared published institutional algorithms for acute pelvic ring injury management. Searches identified 25 studies describing algorithms, pathways, or protocols published from 2006…

Eur J Orthop Surg TraumatolOct 16, 2026Read summary
Case ReportAnesthesiology

Multiple Recurarization Episodes After Sugammadex Reversal in Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy: A Case Report.

A 53-year-old woman undergoing hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) experienced three sequential episodes of recurarization after reversal of rocuronium-induced neuromuscular blockade with sugammadex 5.4…

A A PractOct 16, 2026Read case
Clinical ResearchRadiology (Diagnostic)

Vacuum-Assisted Breast Biopsy and Excision for Breast Lesions: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Malignant Upgrade in B3 Lesions.

This systematic review and meta-analysis examined malignant upgrade in B3 breast lesions assessed through diagnostic vacuum-assisted biopsy (VAB/VABB) or second-line vacuum-assisted excision (VAE).

J Vis ExpOct 16, 2026Read summary
Clinical ResearchNephrology

Peritoneal catheter fixation versus nonfixation in open surgery: A meta-analysis.

This meta-analysis compared fixation with nonfixation of peritoneal dialysis (PD) catheters placed by open surgery. Thirteen studies included 648 patients in the fixation group and 627 in the nonfixation group.

Medicine (Baltimore)Oct 16, 2026Read summary
Case ReportPediatrics

A case of neonatal gastric perforation misdiagnosed as neonatal necrotizing enterocolitis: A literature review.

A male infant born at 33 weeks and 5 days presented on day four of life with abdominal distension, feeding refusal, and no passage of flatus or stool.

Medicine (Baltimore)Oct 16, 2026Read case
Clinical ResearchPlastic Surgery

Efficacy of Stromal Vascular Fraction for Scar Prevention: A Multicenter, Double-Blinded, Randomized Controlled Trial.

This multicenter, double-blinded, placebo-controlled randomized trial evaluated intraoperative stromal vascular fraction (SVF) injections for scar prevention in 45 patients undergoing free tissue transfer at three…

Aesthet Surg JOct 15, 2026Read summary
Clinical ResearchPlastic Surgery

Optimizing Autologous Fat Grafting: A Systematic Review of Enhancement Strategies and Graft Survival.

This systematic review assessed strategies for enriching autologous fat grafts to improve graft survival, drawing on animal and clinical studies published through February 2025.

Aesthet Surg JOct 15, 2026Read summary

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