Study Aim: Cutaneous melanoma accounts for approximately 4% of all skin cancers diagnosis
each year in the USA but is responsible for 75% of skin cancer deaths. Physicians need to …

Objective: The aim of this work is to formulate recommendations based on global expert
consensus to guide the surgical community on the safe resumption of surgical and endoscopic …

Aim There is scant evidence regarding surgical outcomes of patients with colon cancer in
Latin America. The aim of this work was to compare perioperative (30 day) outcomes of …

Discussion Gangliocytic paragangliomas are rare tumours that were first described by Dahl
and associates in 1957. 6 These tumours occur most frequently in the second portion of the …

Laparoscopy using miniature (2-3.5 mm) instruments was introduced in the late 1980s and
early 1990s. Though mini laparoscopy (Mini) created new opportunities for surgical diagnosis …

… At our institution, we perform LC with regular use of ED using minilaparoscopic … ED [2],
we have not encountered any CBD injury and not observed any objective adverse effect of ED …

Mini-laparoscopy (Mini) was pioneered more than 20 years ago, initially with instruments
borrowed from other specialties and subsequently with tools designed specifically for Mini. …

Background Mini-laparoscopy (Mini) was pioneered more than 20 years ago. Newer generation
mini instruments have recently become available with improved effector tips, a choice of …

Introduction Gastric schwannomas are an extremely rare presentation of mesenchymal
tumors originating from Schwann cells, accounting for 0.2% of all gastric tumors. Patients are …

Background: Academic surgery has been a traditionally male-dominated field. Female
contribution remains challenging. In Mexico, there is no published evidence regarding gender …