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  1. This retrospective observational research evaluates the potential applicability of artificial intelligence models to predict the length of hospital stay for patients with pleural empyema who underwent uniporta...

    Authors: Issa Alnajjar, Baraa Alshakarnah, Tasneem AbuShaikha, Tareq Jarrar, Abed Al-Raheem Ozrail and Yousef Abu Asbeh
    Citation: BMC Surgery 2025 25:218
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  2. Obesity and accompanying comorbidities are serious diseases that impair the quality of life and even threaten human life. Today, the most effective method for providing sustainable weight loss in the treatment...

    Authors: Vahit Mutlu, Mahmut Arif Yüksek, Bülent Koca and Gökhan Selçuk Özbalcı
    Citation: BMC Surgery 2025 25:217
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  4. Alginate-based dressings are widely used in burn care for their absorptive and healing properties; however, inconsistencies in clinical outcomes remain.

    Authors: Jiaqi Lou, Ziyi Xiang, Xiaoyu Zhu, Jingyao Song, Neng Huang, Jiliang Li, Guoying Jin, Shengyong Cui, Pei Xu, Xin Le, Youfen Fan and Sida Xu
    Citation: BMC Surgery 2025 25:215
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  5. Caroli disease is an uncommon congenital condition characterized by non-obstructive intrahepatic bile duct dilation. When coupled with liver fibrosis or cirrhosis, it is termed Caroli syndrome. This disorder c...

    Authors: Soukayna Bourabaa, Talha Laalou, Abderrahman Mansouri, Mohamed Hamid and Abdellatif Settaf
    Citation: BMC Surgery 2025 25:214
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  6. Anastomotic leakage (AL) is a common and severe complication after colon cancer resection, but studies investigating various treatment strategies and factors influencing outcomes are scarce.

    Authors: Jobbe M. G. Lemmens, Sander Ubels, Nynke G. Greijdanus, Kiedo Wienholts, Marleen M. H. J. van Gelder, Albert Wolthuis, Jérémie H. Lefevre, Kilian Brown, Matteo Frasson, Nicolas Rotholtz, Quentin Denost, Rodrigo O. Perez, Tsuyoshi Konishi, Martin Rutegård, Susan L. Gearhart, Thomas Pinkney…
    Citation: BMC Surgery 2025 25:213
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  7. The application of robot-assisted technology in gastric cancer surgery is gradually gaining attention from surgeons. In this meta-analysis, our main objective was to assess whether robot-assisted techniques ar...

    Authors: Jianhua Chen, Fei Wang, Yong Wang, Jie Zhou, Yapeng Yang, Ziming Zhao, Rongfan Wu, Liuhua Wang and Jun Ren
    Citation: BMC Surgery 2025 25:212
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  8. Patient-specific instrumentation for total hip arthroplasty (PSI-THA) is an emerging technology that improves the accuracy of femoral neck osteotomy and implant positioning. Unlike conventional 2D radiograph-b...

    Authors: Laurentiu Cosmin Focsa, Giacomo Galanzino, Philippe Gerard, Vincent Le Strat, Luc Lhotellier and Thomas Aubert
    Citation: BMC Surgery 2025 25:211
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  9. Minimally invasive spinal surgery techniques, such as Percutaneous Endoscopic Interlaminar Lumbar Discectomy (PEID) and Unilateral Biportal Endoscopy (UBE), have been developed to reduce surgical morbidity and...

    Authors: Weidong Guo, Shikong Guo, Xiaoping Zhang, Weiliang Zhang, Guifeng Xia and Bo Liao
    Citation: BMC Surgery 2025 25:210
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  10. The objective is to investigate the relationship between the type and approaches of hysterectomy and the oncological survival outcomes in women diagnosed with stage II endometrial carcinoma (EC), as classified...

    Authors: Jianhao Sun, Zhenzhen Wu, Jiayu Chen, Qinglei Hang, Yaqin Zhao, Juan Li, Jie Huang, Xiaoli Zhao, Ji Xia, Xinjuan Jiao, Qing Liu and Dan Lu
    Citation: BMC Surgery 2025 25:209
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  12. This study aimed to examine the consistency of resource consumption (cost homogeneity) and influencing factors of the diagnosis-related group (DRG) “major operations for malignant tumors of the male reproducti...

    Authors: Zhengyu Zhang, Xiaolin Yao, Ying Li, Ruiyin Dong, Wen Jin and Yunhe Li
    Citation: BMC Surgery 2025 25:207
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  13. This study aimed to investigate the feasibility and clinical benefits of indocyanine green (ICG) inhalation for detecting air leak sites during video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS).

    Authors: Zhenfan Wang, Xue Tian, Zihan Wei, Hao Xu, Kunshan He, Chongwei Chi, Songjing Zhao, Ruiheng Jiang, Fan Yang, Yun Li and Jian Zhou
    Citation: BMC Surgery 2025 25:206
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  14. A growing cohort of malignant cerebral infarction (MCI) patients after decompressive craniectomy (DC) required cranioplasty (CP). However, few studies have reported the effect of CP on functional improvements ...

    Authors: Zhifeng Yan, Zecheng Xue, Maolin Wang, Linjun Wang, Hongmin Che and Zhongnan Yan
    Citation: BMC Surgery 2025 25:205
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  15. Neoadjuvant chemotherapy is used in borderline resectable (BR) and locally advanced (LA) pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) to increase resection rate and improve cancer outcome. However, there is a need ...

    Authors: Luís Filipe Abreu de Carvalho, Filip Gryspeerdt, Wim Ceelen, Karen Geboes, Suzane Ribeiro, Anne Hoorens, Nele Vandenbussche, Kathleen B.M. Claes, Clarisse Lecluyse, Aliaksandr Anisau, Johan Van Ongeval, Willem Lybaert, Lars Triest, Andrew Vervaecke, Steven Sas, Barbara Claerhout…
    Citation: BMC Surgery 2025 25:204
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  16. In the field of liver disease treatment, liver transplantation (LT) has become an effective option for end-stage liver disease. However, issues such as immune rejection and graft damage remain important factor...

    Authors: Yiwu Zhong, Xu Hu, Xiaoping Li, Yinbiao Qiao, Haoyu Li, Shijie Zhou, Shusen Zheng and Jianhui Li
    Citation: BMC Surgery 2025 25:203
    Content type: Review Published on:

  18. A leaking pancreaticojejunal anastomosis is typically the cause of major problems following pancreaticoduodenectomy. To stop fistula formation, omental flaps were positioned around the pancreaticojejunal anast...

    Authors: Hesham A. Elmeligy, Ahmed M. Azzam, Yousra Ossama and Mahmoud Rady
    Citation: BMC Surgery 2025 25:201
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  19. Single superior symphyseal plating is the most effective method for managing vertically unstable Tile C1-2 and C1-3 pelvic ring injuries. However, high rates of implant failure were more frequently observed in...

    Authors: Islam Sayed Moussa, Ibrahim Mahmoud Abdelmonem and Amr Mohammed Nagy
    Citation: BMC Surgery 2025 25:200
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  20. Acute calculus cholecystitis affects 10 to 20% of untreated individuals. Thus, the surgical community has argued for decades over whether an earlier or later cholecystectomy is better for this condition.

    Authors: Azhy Muhammed Dewana, Amanj Jalal Namq, Baderkhan Saeed Ahmed and Ahmed Abdulkadir Baban
    Citation: BMC Surgery 2025 25:199
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  21. Wound healing is crucial for maintaining healthy skin and preventing complications. Topical administration is a preferred method for delivering therapeutic medicines at the surgery site, as it is simple, affor...

    Authors: Behrooz Heydari, Ali Basiratian, Farahnaz Hoseinzade, Saeed Kargar, Vahid Ramezani, Amirhossein Zahmatkesh and Fatemeh Saghafi
    Citation: BMC Surgery 2025 25:198
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  22. Achieving the global spinal alignment, especially the pelvis, in spine surgeries is considered the most important factor in the success of these surgeries, which requires an accurate evaluation of the correcti...

    Authors: Hasan Toghraei Semiromi, Mohammadreza Chehrassan, Mansour Bahardoust, Hasan Ghandhari, Abbas Esmaeli and Farshad Nikouei
    Citation: BMC Surgery 2025 25:197
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  23. Demands upon surgeons are increasing, especially in the care of the terminally ill. Fronting patient care, supporting families and guiding multi-disciplinary care teams facing the loss of patients see surgeons...

    Authors: Si Ying Tan, Jun Rong Tan, Yun Ting Ong, Yaoyi Ng, Annushkha Sinnathamby, Nur Amira Binte Abdul Hamid, Simon Yew Kuang Ong and Lalit Kumar Radha Krishna
    Citation: BMC Surgery 2025 25:196
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  24. To investigate the predictive efficacy of dynamic level changes of plasma endothelial microparticles (EMP) and plasma soluble thrombomodulin (sTM) on the prognosis of severe acute pancreatitis (SAP).

    Authors: Hu Chen and Xiao Yuan
    Citation: BMC Surgery 2025 25:195
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  25. To evaluate the preventive effects of varying doses of heparin sodium injection on peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC)-related venous thrombosis during postoperative chemotherapy in patients with non...

    Authors: Shanquan Li, Xiaolin Zhu, Shuang Liu and Yanting Ning
    Citation: BMC Surgery 2025 25:194
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  26. Gastric cancer (GC) remains one of the leading causes of cancer-related mortality worldwide. While laparoscopic gastrectomy (LG) has been widely adopted for early and locally advanced gastric cancer (AGC), its...

    Authors: Tran Quang Dat, Dang Quang Thong, Doan Thuy Nguyen, Nguyen Viet Hai, Nguyen Lam Vuong, Nguyen Hoang Bac and Vo Duy Long
    Citation: BMC Surgery 2025 25:193
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  27. Laparoscopic surgery for rectal cancer remains challenging because of limited joint motion during dissection in the deep and narrow pelvis. Handheld multiarticulated instruments have been developed to address ...

    Authors: Jong-Sung Ahn, Jesung Park, Seung-Bum Ryoo, Min-Jung Kim, Ji-Won Park, Seung-Yong Jeong and Kyu-Joo Park
    Citation: BMC Surgery 2025 25:192
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  28. Clinically relevant postoperative pancreatic fistula (CR-POPF) following laparoscopic pancreaticoduodenectomy (LPD) is a critical complication that significantly worsens patient outcomes. However, the heteroge...

    Authors: Qianchang Wang, Zhe Wang, Fangfeng Liu, Zhengjian Wang, Qingqiang Ni and Hong Chang
    Citation: BMC Surgery 2025 25:191
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  29. This study investigated the accessibility of 3D reconstruction in the fixed coordinate system(3D-R-FCS) based on the basal anterior cortex of the femoral neck in measuring the femoral neck anteversion angle (F...

    Authors: Ruibao Yang, Jie Lin, Guibin Han, Guangliang Jiang and Yingsheng Deng
    Citation: BMC Surgery 2025 25:190
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  31. To investigate the perioperative outcomes, clinical manifestations, and radiographic indicators in patients who underwent oblique lateral lumbar fusion (OLIF) and posterior instrumentation, compared with those...

    Authors: Qingyang Huang, Weiguo Zhu, Peng Cui, Shuaikang Wang, Di Han, Peng Wang and Shibao Lu
    Citation: BMC Surgery 2025 25:188
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  32. To compare the long-term survival outcomes, recurrence patterns and morbidity of type B and type C radical hysterectomy (RH) for stage IB2 cervical cancer (FIGO 2018).

    Authors: Jiaxin Fu, Pengfei Li, Jilong Yao, Zhonghai Wang, Shaoguang Wang, Qiubo Lv, Xiaonong Bin, Jinghe Lang, Chunlin Chen and Ping Liu
    Citation: BMC Surgery 2025 25:187
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  33. Postoperative urinary retention (POUR) was reported as a common complication in patients undergoing primary total knee arthroplasty (pTKA), but descriptions of its prevalence and negative outcomes vary widely ...

    Authors: Jing Li, Qiuhong Li, Jianping Zhang, Xianhui Chen, Lin Yang, Yang Zhang and Yuhang Chen
    Citation: BMC Surgery 2025 25:186
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  35. Despite radical surgery, gastric cancer (GC) survival rates remain low in Western countries. Randomised trials suggest that perioperative chemotherapy downstages disease, improving long-term survival without i...

    Authors: Johan Back, Ville Sallinen, Akseli Bonsdorff, Arto Kokkola and Pauli Puolakkainen
    Citation: BMC Surgery 2025 25:184
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  36. Pancreatic cancer is probably the most thrombotic malignancy, with an incidence of venous thromboembolism (VTE) of up to 18%. However, the exact pathophysiological mechanisms involved in the development of VTE...

    Authors: Maria P. Ntalouka, Dimitrios Symeonidis, Paraskevi Kotsi, Efthymia Petinaki, Miltiadis Matsagkas, Konstantinos Tepetes, Dimitrios Zacharoulis and Eleni M. Arnaoutoglou
    Citation: BMC Surgery 2025 25:183
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  38. To investigate the value of fibro-bronchoscopic cryosurgery combined with medication in the treatment of tracheobronchial tuberculosis (TBTB).

    Authors: Yue-Ying Zhou, Hui-Juan Li, Kai-Jia Wu, Ji-Chan Shi, Xian-Gao Jiang, Gui-Qing He, Ning Pan, Chao-Chao Qiu, Hong-Ye Ning and Zheng-Xing Wu
    Citation: BMC Surgery 2025 25:181
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  41. Laparoscopic hepatectomy is a less traumatic, minimally invasive procedure that has been widely used to address liver tumors because of its association with a faster recovery and less bleeding. Although adequa...

    Authors: Xu Yang, Ayiguli Ruoman, Jin Wu, Sheng Yan and Bo Zhou
    Citation: BMC Surgery 2025 25:178
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  42. This study aimed to evaluate the clinical effectiveness and biomechanical properties of perforated orthopedic bone pins in conjunction with metal wire for the management of large fragment patella fractures.

    Authors: Xuewu Chen, Enli Li, Jiaru Chen and Wei Zhang
    Citation: BMC Surgery 2025 25:177
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  43. Cardiothoracic surgery (CTS) remains one of the least diverse surgical specialties, marked by significant gender and racial disparities. Despite increased medical school enrollment and the inclusion of more wo...

    Authors: Samuel Mesfin Girma, Tsion Hiwot, Nanati Jemal Aliye, Elham Yimam and Ahmed K. Awad
    Citation: BMC Surgery 2025 25:176
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  44. Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury affects individuals, and successful ACL helps patients return to an active lifestyle. This study compared the clinical effects of two treatment schemes of retention leng...

    Authors: Chunrong Chen, Zhang Jing, Zhimin Li, Minghua Hu, Chaoyong Bei and Linwei Xin
    Citation: BMC Surgery 2025 25:175
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  45. Severe thoracic ossification of the ligamentum flavum often leads to thoracic spinal canal stenosis and spinal cord injury, which generates severe symptoms. Generally, patients still require surgery and aggrav...

    Authors: Cheng Zhong, Peng Xiu, Hua Chen, Yueming Song, Jiancheng Zeng and Tao Li
    Citation: BMC Surgery 2025 25:174
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  46. Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) programs improve postoperative outcomes through evidence-based practices. However, implementing ERAS in resource-limited settings like Rwanda remains challenging. This st...

    Authors: Martin Nyundo, Miguel Gasakure, Esperance Muhawenayo, King Kayondo, Paulin Banguti, Jean Damascene Twagirumukiza, Julien Gashegu and Olivier Detry
    Citation: BMC Surgery 2025 25:173
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  47. This study aims to emphasize the importance of paranasal tomography imaging before septorhinoplasty surgery. Preoperative evaluation of nasal bone structure, including medial and lateral bone thickness, guides...

    Authors: Sevilay Hançer Tecimer, Zeynep İskender Emekli, Pınar Tekin and Ayla Çimen
    Citation: BMC Surgery 2025 25:172
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  48. Ileo-sigmoid knotting (ISK) is a rare cause of intestinal obstruction, characterized by the twisting of the ileum around the sigmoid colon or vice versa. This study aimed to assess the clinical characteristics...

    Authors: Dawit Alemayehu Bitewa, Tirufat Dagmawi, Mandante Bogale, Mezgebu Miskir, Dagmawi Abiy and Megbar Dessalegn
    Citation: BMC Surgery 2025 25:171
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  49. The decision to perform a second surgery in staged bilateral total knee arthroplasty (BTKA) remains undetermined. While previous studies have investigated the timing of the second surgery, they have not reache...

    Authors: Yang Lv, Zhijian Pan, Chunjian Zi, Hongliang Liu, Xin Li, Dingkun Lin, Da Guo and Xiaojie Zheng
    Citation: BMC Surgery 2025 25:170
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  50. While surgery remains an important part of the multimodal treatment of gastric cancer, laparoscopy is increasingly being used in these procedures. The aim of our study is to compare open and laparoscopic total...

    Authors: Yasir Musa Kesgin, Sezer Bulut, Burak Atar, Ahmet Sürek, Turgut Dönmez, Alpen Yahya Gümüşoğlu and Mehmet Karabulut
    Citation: BMC Surgery 2025 25:169
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