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Valerio Papa, Giada Bracalente, Gaia Altieri, Edoardo Piras, Giuseppe Tropeano, Maria Cariati, Filomena Misuriello, Maria Michela Chiarello, Giuseppe Brisinda 
World J Gastrointest Surg 18(3):114895. Published online Mar 27, 2026. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v18.i3.114895
João P C Freire, Caio F Lopes, Pedro H M Lima, Lucas D Feliciano, Fabrício F de Melo 
World J Gastrointest Surg 18(3):114915. Published online Mar 27, 2026. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v18.i3.114915
Minireviews
Retrospective Cohort Study
De-Hua Zhou, Rui Li, Ding-Tao Xu, Shu Zhang, Nan Zhang, Yi-Ping Ni, Han-Rong Liu, Zhuo Chen, Zhen-Xing Huang, Cheng Chang, Zhi-Hao Shi, Yu-Xiang Xie, Shao-Hua Zhang, Ru-Hong Shi, Ting-Ting Ge, Hui-Ming Zhou, Min-Jun Zhou, Qi-Zhi Liu, Xiao-Huang Tu 
World J Gastrointest Surg 18(3):114661. Published online Mar 27, 2026. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v18.i3.114661
Si-Yuan Liu, Xin-Yue Xie, Kun-Ning Zhang, Yong-Qiang Ma, Abdisamat Ababakri, Hai-Zhou Hao, Li Zhang, Qing-Jun Guo, Xing-Hui Yu, Yan Xie, Wen-Tao Jiang 
World J Gastrointest Surg 18(3):115191. Published online Mar 27, 2026. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v18.i3.115191
Kamthorn Yolsuriyanwong, Sireetorn Jubprang, Nichakan Winiyakul, Siripong Cheewatanakornkul, Piyanun Wangkulangkul, Darawan Promchan 
World J Gastrointest Surg 18(3):116602. Published online Mar 27, 2026. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v18.i3.116602
Retrospective Study
Hang Yin, Yong Liu, Jia-Tong Chen, Zhuang Li, Yue Pan, Feng Zhu 
World J Gastrointest Surg 18(3):113773. Published online Mar 27, 2026. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v18.i3.113773
Yi-Bo Li, Chang Zhu, Li-Gang Xia, Xiao Sun, Ke-Li Zhong, Yang Li 
World J Gastrointest Surg 18(3):115484. Published online Mar 27, 2026. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v18.i3.115484
Jie Tang, Shi-Lin Ding, Ying Wu, Ya-Ping Wu, Xiao-Bing Yuan, Peng-Fei Wu, De-Sheng Sha 
World J Gastrointest Surg 18(3):115906. Published online Mar 27, 2026. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v18.i3.115906
Shuai Huang, Wen-Jing Hu, Zhao-Yang Liu, Jia-Yi Ma 
World J Gastrointest Surg 18(3):117100. Published online Mar 27, 2026. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v18.i3.117100
Clinical Trials Study
Observational Study
Nilanka Wickramasinghe, Ahthavann Thuraisingham, Achini Jayalath, Dharmabandu Nandadeva Samarasekera, Etsuro Yazaki, Ranil Jayawardena, Niranga Manjuri Devanarayana 
World J Gastrointest Surg 18(3):113687. Published online Mar 27, 2026. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v18.i3.113687
Li-Ping Wang, Jing Ye, Xiao-Wei He, Mei-Rong Shi, Gui-Lan Cheng 
World J Gastrointest Surg 18(3):115394. Published online Mar 27, 2026. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v18.i3.115394
Prospective Study
Mei-Lan Jiang, Jian-Ping Bao, Si-Cong Jiang, Fang-Gen Xu 
World J Gastrointest Surg 18(3):115972. Published online Mar 27, 2026. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v18.i3.115972
Randomized Controlled Trial
Yi-Ming Xing, Li-Qun Zhang, Min-Xia Wei, Yi-Qing Shen, Ling-Ling Luan 
World J Gastrointest Surg 18(3):114683. Published online Mar 27, 2026. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v18.i3.114683
Li-Na Wang, Bing-Xin Shi, Man-Jun Liu, Yan-Yan Wang 
World J Gastrointest Surg 18(3):116214. Published online Mar 27, 2026. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v18.i3.116214
Wei-Feng Zhang, Wen-Ting Fan, Wei-Wei Gao, Zheng Wu, Ran-Ran Liu, Cheng-Wei Ruan 
World J Gastrointest Surg 18(3):117693. Published online Mar 27, 2026. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v18.i3.117693
Basic Study
Lei Zheng, Jin Wang, Mao-Qi Xu, Wen Jiang, Long Qian, Yu Ge, Mao-Kun Feng, Yi-Mei Zhu, Meng-Jun Wang, Sha-Sha Sun, Chang-Kuo Liu, Xiao-Ming Wang, Chao Zhang 
World J Gastrointest Surg 18(3):112405. Published online Mar 27, 2026. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v18.i3.112405
Claudio Eduardo Pagano, Sonia Sarnari, Umberto Favetta, Roberto Picheo, Fabrizio Gambarini, Angelo Guttadauro, Michele Schiano di Visconte 
World J Gastrointest Surg 18(3):116575. Published online Mar 27, 2026. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v18.i3.116575
Meta-Analysis
Tauqeer Muhammad, Ting-Ting He, Zhu-Ying Lin, Jia-Lin Shi, Tian-Gui Zhang, Yao Yang, Xiao-Lei Yang, Hashim Nazir Chattha, Jiang Li 
World J Gastrointest Surg 18(3):116913. Published online Mar 27, 2026. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v18.i3.116913
Case Report
Zhuo-Kai Li, Kun Zhang, Heng-Li Zhang, Xin-Liang Lv, Jing-Qiang Guo, Wei Tan 
World J Gastrointest Surg 18(3):115137. Published online Mar 27, 2026. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v18.i3.115137
Kun Huang, Wen Wang, Mei-Ling Xu, Yun-Shen He, Jiang-Ying Zhao, Xiao-Feng Hu 
World J Gastrointest Surg 18(3):115216. Published online Mar 27, 2026. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v18.i3.115216
Ya-Tong Li, Yu-Pei Zhang, Qing-Di Fang, Huan-Wen Wu, Yu Xiao, Wen-Ming Wu, Hua-Dan Xue, Zheng-Yu Jin, Zhi-Wei Wang 
World J Gastrointest Surg 18(3):115320. Published online Mar 27, 2026. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v18.i3.115320
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