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Contents Volume 13 Issue 12 December 27, 2021

Frontier

Photodynamic therapy: A next alternative treatment strategy for hepatocellular carcinoma?

Feng Zhu, Bi-Rong Wang, Zheng-Feng Zhu, Si-Qin Wang, Chu-Xing Chai, Dan Shang, Min Li

World J Gastrointest Surg 13(12):1523-1535. Published online Dec 27, 2021. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v13.i12.1523

Abstract (919) | Core Tip (1490) | Full Article (HTML) (4259) | Figures (1-2) (496) | Tables (1-2) (526) | Full Article (PDF)-1384K (526) | Audio-851K (43) | Peer-Review Report-204K (197) | Answering Reviewers-134K (330) | Received: 04/25/2021 | Revised: 06/20/2021 | Accepted: 09/08/2021 | RCA | PubMed Central | PubMed | CrossRef | Google Scholar | Times Cited (11) | Total Visits (14740) | Similar Articles (1899) | Timeline of Article Publication (4) | Authors Evaluation (3) | Article Quality Tracking (1) | Reader Comments (2) | Cite |

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Review

Role of mesenteric component in Crohn’s disease: A friend or foe?

Yi Yin, Zhen-Xing Zhu, Zhun Li, Yu-Sheng Chen, Wei-Ming Zhu

World J Gastrointest Surg 13(12):1536-1549. Published online Dec 27, 2021. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v13.i12.1536

Abstract (930) | Core Tip (893) | Full Article (HTML) (5060) | Figures (1-2) (683) | Full Article (PDF)-3495K (574) | Audio-1211K (8) | Peer-Review Report-215K (172) | Answering Reviewers-167K (191) | Received: 01/29/2021 | Revised: 08/01/2021 | Accepted: 11/25/2021 | RCA | PubMed Central | PubMed | CrossRef | Google Scholar | Times Cited (13) | Total Visits (13420) | Similar Articles (192) | Timeline of Article Publication (1) | Authors Evaluation (4) | Article Quality Tracking (2) | Cite |

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Neoadjuvant treatment strategies for hepatocellular carcinoma

Lei Xu, Lin Chen, Wei Zhang

World J Gastrointest Surg 13(12):1550-1566. Published online Dec 27, 2021. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v13.i12.1550

Abstract (921) | Core Tip (885) | Full Article (HTML) (5161) | Figures (1-1) (504) | Tables (1-2) (582) | Full Article (PDF)-1463K (592) | Audio-872K (35) | Peer-Review Report-175K (290) | Answering Reviewers-64K (214) | Received: 04/19/2021 | Revised: 06/27/2021 | Accepted: 12/03/2021 | RCA | PubMed Central | PubMed | CrossRef | Google Scholar | Times Cited (15) | Total Visits (13505) | Similar Articles (1878) | Timeline of Article Publication (1) | Authors Evaluation (1) | Article Quality Tracking (1) | Cite |

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Mucinous adenocarcinoma: A unique clinicopathological subtype in colorectal cancer

An Huang, Yong Yang, Jing-Yi Shi, Yu-Kun Li, Jing-Xuan Xu, Yu Cheng, Jin Gu

World J Gastrointest Surg 13(12):1567-1583. Published online Dec 27, 2021. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v13.i12.1567

Abstract (1117) | Core Tip (1001) | Full Article (HTML) (9631) | Figures (1-3) (824) | Tables (1-1) (549) | Full Article (PDF)-5190K (796) | Audio-2266K (41) | Peer-Review Report-206K (216) | Answering Reviewers-39K (216) | Received: 05/29/2021 | Revised: 07/02/2021 | Accepted: 08/30/2021 | RCA | PubMed Central | PubMed | CrossRef | Google Scholar | Times Cited (62) | Total Visits (19691) | Similar Articles (1161) | Timeline of Article Publication (1) | Authors Evaluation (3) | Article Quality Tracking (1) | Cite |

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Minireviews

Endoscopic therapy of weight regain after bariatric surgery

Milutin Bulajic, Salvatore Francesco Vadalà di Prampero, Ivo Boškoski, Guido Costamagna

World J Gastrointest Surg 13(12):1584-1596. Published online Dec 27, 2021. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v13.i12.1584

Abstract (995) | Core Tip (948) | Full Article (HTML) (4217) | Figures (1-2) (550) | Full Article (PDF)-9534K (485) | Audio-320K (15) | Peer-Review Report-426K (197) | Answering Reviewers-183K (194) | Received: 02/09/2021 | Revised: 03/14/2021 | Accepted: 08/02/2021 | RCA | PubMed Central | PubMed | CrossRef | Google Scholar | Times Cited (23) | Total Visits (11241) | Similar Articles (52) | Timeline of Article Publication (1) | Authors Evaluation (1) | Article Quality Tracking (1) | Cite |

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Patient-centered developments in colon- and rectal cancer with a multidisciplinary international team: From translational research to national guidelines

Karl-Heinrich Link, Marko Kornmann, Ludger Staib, Ernst-Dietrich Kreuser, Wilhelm Gaus, Erwin Röttinger, Peter Suhr, Catharina Maulbecker-Armstrong, Peter Danenberg, Kathleen Danenberg, Miriam Schatz, Silvia Sander, Zhen-Ling Ji, Jiang-Tao Li, Shu-You Peng, Reinhard Bittner, Hans Günther Beger, Benno Traub

World J Gastrointest Surg 13(12):1597-1614. Published online Dec 27, 2021. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v13.i12.1597

Abstract (1054) | Core Tip (906) | Full Article (HTML) (3172) | Figures (1-3) (578) | Tables (1-2) (561) | Full Article (PDF)-3104K (404) | Audio-2745K (8) | Peer-Review Report-222K (181) | Answering Reviewers-181K (185) | Received: 05/10/2021 | Revised: 08/07/2021 | Accepted: 11/25/2021 | RCA | PubMed Central | PubMed | CrossRef | Google Scholar | Times Cited (3) | Total Visits (10061) | Similar Articles (1) | Timeline of Article Publication (0) | Authors Evaluation (1) | Article Quality Tracking (1) | Cite |

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Advances in liver transplantation for unresectable colon cancer liver metastasis

Xiao Cui, Xiao-Ping Geng, Da-Chen Zhou, Ming-Hao Yang, Hui Hou

World J Gastrointest Surg 13(12):1615-1627. Published online Dec 27, 2021. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v13.i12.1615

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Retrospective Study

Pediatric T-tube in adult liver transplantation: Technical refinements of insertion and removal

Gabriele Spoletini, Giuseppe Bianco, Antonio Franco, Francesco Frongillo, Erida Nure, Francesco Giovinazzo, Federica Galiandro, Andrea Tringali, Vincenzo Perri, Guido Costamagna, Alfonso Wolfango Avolio, Salvatore Agnes

World J Gastrointest Surg 13(12):1628-1637. Published online Dec 27, 2021. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v13.i12.1628

Abstract (929) | Core Tip (1306) | Article Highlights (943) | Full Article (HTML) (4932) | Figures (1-2) (755) | Tables (1-3) (505) | Full Article (PDF)-5241K (325) | Audio-238K (14) | Peer-Review Report-331K (159) | Answering Reviewers-140K (216) | Received: 03/17/2021 | Revised: 05/17/2021 | Accepted: 11/25/2021 | RCA | PubMed Central | PubMed | CrossRef | Google Scholar | Times Cited (2) | Total Visits (15511) | Similar Articles (537) | Timeline of Article Publication (2) | Authors Evaluation (1) | Article Quality Tracking (1) | Cite |

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Preoperative calculation of angles of vision and working area in laparoscopic surgery to treat a giant hiatal hernia

Francisco Javier Perez Lara, Rogelio Zubizarreta Jimenez, Francisco Javier Moya Donoso, Jose Manuel Hernández Gonzalez, Tatiana Prieto-Puga Arjona, Arturo del Rey Moreno, Maria Pitarch Martinez

World J Gastrointest Surg 13(12):1638-1650. Published online Dec 27, 2021. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v13.i12.1638

Abstract (888) | Core Tip (845) | Article Highlights (917) | Full Article (HTML) (2689) | Figures (1-9) (561) | Tables (1-6) (457) | Full Article (PDF)-10347K (297) | Audio-917K (17) | Peer-Review Report-215K (206) | Answering Reviewers-27K (174) | Received: 03/27/2021 | Revised: 06/21/2021 | Accepted: 11/28/2021 | RCA | PubMed Central | PubMed | CrossRef | Google Scholar | Times Cited (3) | Total Visits (11466) | Similar Articles (7) | Timeline of Article Publication (2) | Authors Evaluation (1) | Article Quality Tracking (1) | Cite |

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Effect of aluminum phosphate gel on prevention of early rebleeding after ligation of esophageal variceal hemorrhage

Zhu-Liang Zhang, Min-Si Peng, Ze-Ming Chen, Ting Long, Li-Sheng Wang, Zheng-Lei Xu

World J Gastrointest Surg 13(12):1651-1659. Published online Dec 27, 2021. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v13.i12.1651

Abstract (862) | Core Tip (1370) | Article Highlights (894) | Full Article (HTML) (2717) | Figures (1-1) (388) | Tables (1-3) (470) | Full Article (PDF)-2867K (384) | Audio-1569K (24) | Peer-Review Report-135K (182) | Answering Reviewers-72K (274) | Received: 04/27/2021 | Revised: 07/27/2021 | Accepted: 11/15/2021 | RCA | PubMed Central | PubMed | CrossRef | Google Scholar | Times Cited (1) | Total Visits (11138) | Similar Articles (0) | Timeline of Article Publication (4) | Authors Evaluation (1) | Article Quality Tracking (1) | Cite |

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Postoperative complications after robotic resection of colorectal cancer: An analysis based on 5-year experience at a large-scale center

Zhi-Xiang Huang, Zhen Zhou, Hao-Ran Shi, Tai-Yuan Li, Shan-Ping Ye

World J Gastrointest Surg 13(12):1660-1672. Published online Dec 27, 2021. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v13.i12.1660

Abstract (1022) | Core Tip (929) | Article Highlights (986) | Full Article (HTML) (4502) | Figures (1-3) (906) | Tables (1-2) (483) | Full Article (PDF)-2249K (434) | Audio-1312K (18) | Peer-Review Report-216K (225) | Answering Reviewers-121K (196) | Supplementary Material-229K (225) | Received: 05/21/2021 | Revised: 07/16/2021 | Accepted: 12/08/2021 | RCA | PubMed Central | PubMed | CrossRef | Google Scholar | Times Cited (13) | Total Visits (16433) | Similar Articles (55) | Timeline of Article Publication (2) | Authors Evaluation (3) | Article Quality Tracking (2) | Cite |

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‘Short’ pancreaticojejunostomy might be a valid option for treatment of chronic pancreatitis in many cases

Marko Murruste, Ülle Kirsimägi, Karri Kase, Tatjana Veršinina, Peep Talving, Urmas Lepner

World J Gastrointest Surg 13(12):1673-1684. Published online Dec 27, 2021. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v13.i12.1673

Abstract (949) | Core Tip (1242) | Article Highlights (1514) | Full Article (HTML) (2820) | Figures (1-5) (600) | Tables (1-1) (1035) | Full Article (PDF)-1686K (326) | Audio-1319K (12) | Peer-Review Report-220K (160) | Answering Reviewers-620K (154) | Received: 05/28/2021 | Revised: 07/07/2021 | Accepted: 11/03/2021 | RCA | PubMed Central | PubMed | CrossRef | Google Scholar | Times Cited (1) | Total Visits (13208) | Similar Articles (103) | Timeline of Article Publication (3) | Authors Evaluation (1) | Article Quality Tracking (2) | Reader Comments (1) | Cite |

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Risk factors for perioperative complications in laparoscopic surgeries of retrorectal cystic lesions

Pei-Pei Wang, Chen Lin, Jiao-Lin Zhou, Kai-Wen Xu, Hui-Zhong Qiu, Bin Wu

World J Gastrointest Surg 13(12):1685-1695. Published online Dec 27, 2021. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v13.i12.1685

Abstract (1287) | Core Tip (1387) | Article Highlights (906) | Full Article (HTML) (2178) | Figures (1-1) (492) | Tables (1-3) (542) | Full Article (PDF)-5274K (360) | Audio-449K (22) | Peer-Review Report-358K (199) | Answering Reviewers-221K (184) | Received: 07/19/2021 | Revised: 09/14/2021 | Accepted: 10/31/2021 | RCA | PubMed Central | PubMed | CrossRef | Google Scholar | Times Cited (4) | Total Visits (13681) | Similar Articles (233) | Timeline of Article Publication (9) | Article Quality Tracking (2) | Cite |

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Liver resection vs radiofrequency ablation in single hepatocellular carcinoma of posterosuperior segments in elderly patients

Antonella Delvecchio, Riccardo Inchingolo, Rita Laforgia, Francesca Ratti, Maximiliano Gelli, Massimiliano Ferdinando Anelli, Alexis Laurent, Giulio Vitali, Paolo Magistri, Giacomo Assirati, Emanuele Felli, Taiga Wakabayashi, Patrick Pessaux, Tullio Piardi, Fabrizio di Benedetto, Nicola de'Angelis, Javier Briceño, Antonio Rampoldi, Renè Adam, Daniel Cherqui, Luca Antonio Aldrighetti, Riccardo Memeo

World J Gastrointest Surg 13(12):1696-1707. Published online Dec 27, 2021. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v13.i12.1696

Abstract (965) | Core Tip (938) | Article Highlights (946) | Full Article (HTML) (2694) | Figures (1-1) (419) | Tables (1-2) (368) | Full Article (PDF)-1089K (497) | Audio-1175K (21) | Peer-Review Report-300K (193) | Answering Reviewers-199K (215) | Received: 07/22/2021 | Revised: 08/30/2021 | Accepted: 11/15/2021 | RCA | PubMed Central | PubMed | CrossRef | Google Scholar | Times Cited (11) | Total Visits (11305) | Similar Articles (2108) | Timeline of Article Publication (3) | Authors Evaluation (1) | Article Quality Tracking (1) | Reader Comments (3) | Cite |

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Observational Study

Expression of adipokine ghrelin and ghrelin receptor in human colorectal adenoma and correlation with the grade of dysplasia

Sanja Stojsavljevic-Shapeski, Lucija Virovic-Jukic, Davor Tomas, Marko Duvnjak, Vedran Tomasic, Davor Hrabar, Dominik Kralj, Ivan Budimir, Neven Barsic, Neven Ljubicic

World J Gastrointest Surg 13(12):1708-1720. Published online Dec 27, 2021. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v13.i12.1708

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Systematic Reviews

Right sided diverticulitis in western countries: A review

Angelo Gabriele Epifani, Diletta Cassini, Roberto Cirocchi, Caterina Accardo, Francesca Di Candido, Massimiliano Ardu, Gianandrea Baldazzi

World J Gastrointest Surg 13(12):1721-1735. Published online Dec 27, 2021. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v13.i12.1721

Abstract (1442) | Core Tip (898) | Article Highlights (1455) | Full Article (HTML) (3858) | Figures (1-3) (855) | Tables (1-4) (658) | Full Article (PDF)-1719K (414) | Audio-625K (16) | Peer-Review Report-246K (170) | Answering Reviewers-419K (298) | Received: 03/30/2021 | Revised: 05/28/2021 | Accepted: 11/30/2021 | RCA | PubMed Central | PubMed | CrossRef | Google Scholar | Times Cited (9) | Total Visits (12977) | Similar Articles (24) | Timeline of Article Publication (0) | Authors Evaluation (1) | Article Quality Tracking (2) | Cite |

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Platelet rich plasma effectiveness in bowel anastomoses: A systematic review

Georgios Geropoulos, Kyriakos Psarras, Dimitrios Giannis, Eirini Chrysovalantou Martzivanou, Maria Papaioannou, Christos Dimitrios Kakos, Efstathios Theodoros Pavlidis, Nikolaos Symeonidis, Georgios Koliakos, Theodoros Efstathios Pavlidis

World J Gastrointest Surg 13(12):1736-1753. Published online Dec 27, 2021. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v13.i12.1736

Abstract (1205) | Core Tip (934) | Article Highlights (1014) | Full Article (HTML) (2912) | Figures (1-2) (553) | Tables (1-3) (593) | Full Article (PDF)-1306K (377) | Audio-638K (13) | Peer-Review Report-218K (169) | Answering Reviewers-560K (182) | Supplementary Material-667K (164) | Received: 04/19/2021 | Revised: 08/11/2021 | Accepted: 11/18/2021 | RCA | PubMed Central | PubMed | CrossRef | Google Scholar | Times Cited (7) | Total Visits (11220) | Similar Articles (6) | Timeline of Article Publication (0) | Authors Evaluation (2) | Article Quality Tracking (1) | Cite |

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Current and future role of three-dimensional modelling technology in rectal cancer surgery: A systematic review

Anna Przedlacka, Gianluca Pellino, Jordan Fletcher, Fernando Bello, Paris P Tekkis, Christos Kontovounisios

World J Gastrointest Surg 13(12):1754-1769. Published online Dec 27, 2021. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v13.i12.1754

Abstract (922) | Core Tip (935) | Article Highlights (944) | Full Article (HTML) (4192) | Figures (1-1) (554) | Tables (1-3) (546) | Full Article (PDF)-1624K (698) | Audio-576K (46) | Peer-Review Report-206K (203) | Answering Reviewers-97K (248) | Received: 04/28/2021 | Revised: 07/09/2021 | Accepted: 11/15/2021 | RCA | PubMed Central | PubMed | CrossRef | Google Scholar | Times Cited (17) | Total Visits (11492) | Similar Articles (238) | Timeline of Article Publication (0) | Authors Evaluation (2) | Article Quality Tracking (1) | Cite |

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