Carmelo Loinaz

Incidence, Causes, and Outcomes of Conversion to Open Surgery During Minimally Invasive Left Pancreatectomy: A Prospective Multicenter Study

ABSTRACT Background Minimally invasive left pancreatectomy (MILP) has become the preferred approach to treat lesions of the pancreatic body and tail. However, the procedure may require conversion to open surgery, with reported conversion rates varying widely in the literature. Th...

En Bloc Resection of Inferior Vena Cava Leiomyosarcoma with Prosthetic Caval Reconstruction and Renal Autotransplantation: A Case Report

Background: Inferior vena cava (IVC) leiomyosarcoma is a rare vascular malignancy for which complete surgical resection remains the only potentially curative treatment. Surgical management is technically demanding, particularly when the tumor involves the renal veins and retrohep...