UNASSIGNED: Existing reporting guidelines pay insufficient attention to the detail and comprehensiveness reporting of surgical technique. The Surgical techniqUe rePorting chEcklist and standaRds (SUPER) aims to address this gap by defining reporting standards for surgical technique. The SUPER guideline intends to apply to articles that encompass surgical technique in any study design, surgical discipline, and stage of surgical innovation.
UNASSIGNED: Following the EQUATOR (Enhancing the QUAlity and Transparency Of health Research) Network approach, 16 surgeons, journal editors, and methodologists reviewed existing reporting guidelines relating to surgical technique, reviewed papers from 15 top journals, and brainstormed to draft initial items for the SUPER. The initial items were revised through a three-round Delphi survey from 21 multidisciplinary Delphi panel experts from 13 countries and regions. The final SUPER items were formed after an online consensus meeting to resolve disagreements and a three-round wording refinement by all 16 SUPER working group members and five SUPER consultants.
UNASSIGNED: The SUPER reporting guideline includes 22 items that are considered essential for good and informative surgical technique reporting. The items are divided into six sections: background, rationale, and objectives (items 1 to 5); preoperative preparations and requirements (items 6 to 9); surgical technique details (items 10 to 15); postoperative considerations and tasks (items 16 to 19); summary and prospect (items 20 and 21); and other information (item 22).
UNASSIGNED: The SUPER reporting guideline has the potential to guide detailed, comprehensive, and transparent surgical technique reporting for surgeons. It may also assist journal editors, peer reviewers, systematic reviewers, and guideline developers in the evaluation of surgical technique papers and help practitioners to better understand and reproduce surgical technique.
UNASSIGNED: https://www.equator-network.org/library/reporting-guidelines-under-development/reporting-guidelines-under-development-for-other-study-designs/#SUPER.

During video-assisted thoracic surgery, surgical smoke can interfere with surgeons\' vision and attention. In addition, the harmful substances in the surgical smoke also threaten the health of surgical staff. In practice, we designed an economical and available solution for the smoke in video-assisted thoracic surgery and got satisfactory results. This paper introduces the principle and procedure of this solution.

UNASSIGNED: A retrospective study.
UNASSIGNED: This study aimed to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of the bridge crane technique versus laminectomy for the treatment of thoracic myelopathy caused by ossification of the ligamentum flavum (OLF).
UNASSIGNED: Totally 41 patients who underwent surgical decompression due to thoracic OLF from May 2017 to June 2018 in our institution were enrolled in this study and were divided into group BG (bridge crane technique, n = 19) and group L (laminoectomy, n = 22). Demographic data was collected from medical records and the modified Japanese Orthopaedic Association (JOA) scoring system was used to evaluate the neurological outcomes during the follow-up. Surgery-related complications were analyzed.
UNASSIGNED: The mean duration of follow-up was comparable between group BG (19.4 ± 1.5 months) and group L (19.6 ± 1.4 months). No statistical differences were observed between two groups in terms of gender, age, duration of symptoms, preoperative occupying rate, involved levels, operation time, intraoperative blood loss, and complications. The JOA score significantly increased at the final follow-up in both groups. However, patients in group BG had higher JOA score and recovery rate (P < 0.05). Four patients in group L experienced complications, including 3 cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leakage and one postoperative hematoma. Only one patient in group BG had CSF leakage.
UNASSIGNED: The results of this study suggested that bridge crane technique may be relatively safe and effective for patients with symptomatic thoracic OLF with more satisfactory clinical improvement. However, high-quality studies are still required to validate the results of this study.

Surgery for rectal cancer has obtained quick improvement in techniques and concepts in recent years but still has challenging areas. Colorectal surgeons always seek to make operations clearer and easier, so that surgery can be safer and less time-consuming while guaranteeing surgical goals. With this purpose, our team have explored to make innovations in operations for rectal cancer and translate relevant patents from 2009. We summarize our achievements in this article as follows: (1) Reverse Miles operation (perineal operation first then laparoscopic abdominal operation) with two relevant patents-specialized instruments bag for laparoscopic operations (patent number ZL201520442331.0) and accessory spotlight for ultrasound scalpel (patent number ZL20102 0137689.X). (2) Laparoscopic sphincter-saving surgery for low rectal cancer through marker meeting approach with two patents-vacuum rectal drainage tube with functions of irrigation and ventilation (patent number ZL201520374385.8) and sterile sleeve cover of ultrasound scalpel handle (patent number ZL201920648102.2). (3) Laparoscopic radical resection of colorectal cancer and natural orifice specimen extraction. Different methods were designed according to the location of the tumor that classified as 20-40 cm, 10-20 cm and 5-10 cm to anus. Two relevant patents were specialized instruments for natural orifice specimen extraction (patent application number ZL2017101480141) and plastic film sleeve for natural orifice specimen extraction (patent application number ZL 201921169857.0). Reformation of surgical technique and innovation of surgical instruments should be conducted by surgeons with innovative thinking who always seek the way to translate ideas to patents and then real products to promote surgical treatment.
直肠癌外科治疗的技术和理念近年来发展迅速，但仍存在一些难点。在保证手术目标的基础上，通过创新和改良，使困难手术变得清晰、简便，从而缩短手术时间，降低风险，是结直肠外科医生追求的目标。本团队自2009年以来，针对直肠癌手术的难点，尝试进行术式改进和相关专利转化，具体包括：（1）逆行Miles手术（先行会阴部手术，再行腹腔镜手术）及相关专利[腹腔镜手术器械袋（专利号ZL201520442331.0）、超声刀辅助光源（专利号ZL20102 0137689.X）]。（2）经上下入路会师的低位直肠癌保肛根治术及相关专利[直肠冲水通气负压引流管（专利号ZL20152 0374385.8）、超声刀柄无菌连接套（专利号ZL20192 0648102.2）]。（3）经自然腔道取标本腹腔镜结直肠癌根治术（针对肿瘤距肛门20~40 cm、10~20 cm和5~10 cm进行分类处理）及相关专利[经自然腔道取标本装置（专利申请号ZL 2017101480141）、经自然腔道取标本薄膜套（专利申请号ZL 201921169857.0）]。外科医生是手术方式改进和手术器械创新的主角，应在实际工作中积极思考、勇于创新、总结成果、寻求转化，从而推动外科治疗的前进。.

BACKGROUND: The incidence of biliary complications after living donor adult liver transplantation (LDALT) is still high due to the bile duct variation and necessity reconstruction of multiple small bile ducts. The current surgical management of the biliary variants is unsatisfactory. We evaluated the role of a new surgical approach in a complicated hilar bile duct variant (Nakamura type IV and Nakamura type II) under emergent right lobe LDALT for high model for end-stage liver disease score patients.
METHODS: The common hepatic duct (CHD) and the left hepatic duct (LHD) of the donor were transected in a right-graft including short common trunks with right posterior and anterior bile ducts, whereas the LHD of the donor was anastomosed to the CHD and the common trunks of a right-graft bile duct and the recipient CHD was end-to-end anastomosed.
RESULTS: Ten of 13 grafts (Nakamura types II, III, and IV) had two or more biliary orifices after right graft lobectomy; seven patients had biliary complications (53.8%). Later, the surgical innovation was carried out in five donors with variant bile duct (four Nakamura type IV and one type II), and, consequently, no biliary or other complications were observed in donors and recipients during 47-53 months of follow-up; significant differences (P < 0.05) were found when two stages were compared.
CONCLUSIONS: Our initial experience suggests that, in the urgent condition of LDALT when an alternative live donor was unavailable, a surgical innovation of cutting part of the CHD trunks including variant right hepatic ducts in a complicated donor bile duct variant may facilitate biliary reconstruction and reduce long-term biliary complications.