The British journal of surgery
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Multicenter Study Comparative Study
Gastrectomy with or without omentectomy for cT3-4 gastric cancer: a multicentre cohort study.
Omentectomy is performed widely for locally advanced gastric cancer to prevent disease recurrence. However, its clinical benefit is unknown. ⋯ Overall survival and disease recurrence were comparable in patients with cT3-4 gastric cancer who underwent GPO or GRO.
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The ability to compare findings across surgical research is important. Inadequate description of participants, interventions or outcomes could lead to bias and inaccurate assessment of findings. The aim of this study was to assess consistency of description of participants using studies comparing laparoscopic and open repair of peptic ulcer as an example. ⋯ Study participants are described inconsistently in studies of a single example surgical condition.
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The growing volume of studies of robot-assisted nipple-sparing mastectomy requires critical assessment. This review synthesizes the data on safety, feasibility, oncological and cosmetic outcomes, and patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) for robot-assisted nipple-sparing mastectomy. ⋯ Robot-assisted nipple-sparing mastectomy is feasible with acceptable short-term outcomes but it remains in the assessment phase.