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Kengo Kanetaka, Susumu Eguchi, Kaito Tasaki, Shun Yamaguchi, Shunsuke Murakami, Shinichiro Kobayashi, Lu-Yang Li 
World J Gastrointest Surg 18(1):113363. Published online Jan 27, 2026. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v18.i1.113363
Theodoros Kolokotronis, Dimitrios Pantelis 
World J Gastrointest Surg 18(1):114059. Published online Jan 27, 2026. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v18.i1.114059
Arvind Mukundan, Hsiang-Chen Wang, Pratham Gade, Riya Karmakar 
World J Gastrointest Surg 18(1):114574. Published online Jan 27, 2026. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v18.i1.114574
Minireviews
Marco Maria Pascale, Jacopo Gervasoni, Giuseppe Bianco, Silvia Persichilli, Lorenzo Ferri, Aniello Primiano, Salvatore Agnes, Andrea Urbani 
World J Gastrointest Surg 18(1):114662. Published online Jan 27, 2026. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v18.i1.114662
Case Control Study
Xue-Cheng Zhang, Jian-Xiong Ma, Zhang-Yun Zhou, Jia-Nan Li, Yan-Mei Wang, Yue Wang, Yi-Hao Chen, Jia-Hua Qian, Huang-Fu Ma 
World J Gastrointest Surg 18(1):113855. Published online Jan 27, 2026. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v18.i1.113855
Retrospective Cohort Study
Abdullah Sultan, Zaidi Zakaria, Samiya Riaz, Mohammed Dauda Goni, Andee Dzulkarnaen Zakaria 
World J Gastrointest Surg 18(1):113040. Published online Jan 27, 2026. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v18.i1.113040
Murat Demir, Baki Ekci, Sadik Peker, Ali Bekraki, Ali Levent Isik, Huseyin Kilavuz, Idris Kurtulus 
World J Gastrointest Surg 18(1):114336. Published online Jan 27, 2026. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v18.i1.114336
Retrospective Study
Cristian Alejandro Bautista-Mondragón, Alejandra Madeleine Mijangos-Trejo, Octavio González-Chon, Pablo Mondragón-Ratkovich, Norberto Carlos Chávez-Tapia 
World J Gastrointest Surg 18(1):112767. Published online Jan 27, 2026. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v18.i1.112767
Rawan Al-Rubaye, Mohamed Elshaer, Karim R Moawad, Rohit Gaurav 
World J Gastrointest Surg 18(1):112906. Published online Jan 27, 2026. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v18.i1.112906
Qi Huang, Yue Li, Shi-Dong Feng, Yu-Chen Fang, Yuan-Hang Zhou, Da-Wei Li, Zhi-Wei Liao 
World J Gastrointest Surg 18(1):113046. Published online Jan 27, 2026. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v18.i1.113046
Fumio Asano, Ryusei Matsuyama, Takafumi Kumamoto, Masato Shinkai, Daisuke Morioka, Satoru Shinoda, Itaru Endo 
World J Gastrointest Surg 18(1):113350. Published online Jan 27, 2026. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v18.i1.113350
Chen-Yang Zhou, Jing-Yuan Chen, Dan Wang, Shu Zhu, Hong-Chang Luo 
World J Gastrointest Surg 18(1):113518. Published online Jan 27, 2026. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v18.i1.113518
Yan Guo, Ming Zhang, Na Liu, Xing-Kai Meng, Jun Li 
World J Gastrointest Surg 18(1):113967. Published online Jan 27, 2026. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v18.i1.113967
Liu-Liu Zhou, Chun-Ling Li, Jin-Feng Zhang, Chun Wu, Zhi-Jun Cheng 
World J Gastrointest Surg 18(1):113989. Published online Jan 27, 2026. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v18.i1.113989
Nouf Akeel, Charlotte Mary Rajasingh, Michelle Earley, Sydni Au Hoy, Leila Neshatian, Ekene Enemchukwu, Kavita Mishra, Brooke Gurland 
World J Gastrointest Surg 18(1):114452. Published online Jan 27, 2026. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v18.i1.114452
Gokhan Demirtas, Gunay Ekberli, Huseyın Tugrul Tiryaki 
World J Gastrointest Surg 18(1):115171. Published online Jan 27, 2026. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v18.i1.115171
Observational Study
Krerkrit Kijpongpans, Shunichi Ariizumi, Yusuke Ome, Yusuke Kawamoto, Yutaro Matsunaga, Goro Honda 
World J Gastrointest Surg 18(1):114262. Published online Jan 27, 2026. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v18.i1.114262
Xi Zhang, Qiang Zhang, Min-Jie Wang, Yan-ting Sun, Jin-Gen Lu 
World J Gastrointest Surg 18(1):114445. Published online Jan 27, 2026. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v18.i1.114445
Prospective Study
Gizem Güneş, Esra Fırat Oğuz, Ilgaz Kayılıoğlu, Tolga Dinç 
World J Gastrointest Surg 18(1):115444. Published online Jan 27, 2026. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v18.i1.115444
Randomized Controlled Trial
Basic Study
Rupan Paramasivam, Claudia Jaensch, Nickolai M Kristensen, Susie Sarah Paramasivam, Helen Woldeselassie, Louise Kruse Jensen, Anders Husted Madsen, Mai-Britt Worm Ørntoft 
World J Gastrointest Surg 18(1):111928. Published online Jan 27, 2026. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v18.i1.111928
Meta-Analysis
Roberto de la Plaza Llamas, Diego Ribera Díaz, Paula Betancor Díaz, Daniel A Díaz Candelas, Raquel A Latorre-Fragua, Ludovica Gorini, Rodrigo Arellano González, Ignacio A Gemio del Rey 
World J Gastrointest Surg 18(1):115285. Published online Jan 27, 2026. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v18.i1.115285
Case Report
Cheng-Kun Li, Rong-Rong Cao, Dong-Shuai Su, Jian Ming, Ying-Chun Li, Xiao-Dong Shao, Xing-Shun Qi 
World J Gastrointest Surg 18(1):112416. Published online Jan 27, 2026. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v18.i1.112416
Jia-Qi Yu, Xue-Song He, Yu-Zhe Xue, Ling-Yu Hu, Xu Wen, Xiao-Dan Yang, Xue Zhou 
World J Gastrointest Surg 18(1):114477. Published online Jan 27, 2026. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v18.i1.114477
Se-Niu Jizhi, Xing-Yu Chen, Shan-Shan Wu, Zhong-Lu Chen, A-Niu Liu, Shu-Mei Zheng 
World J Gastrointest Surg 18(1):114697. Published online Jan 27, 2026. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v18.i1.114697
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