Why the study?
Anatomic variations significantly impact general and oncological surgery, often requiring modified techniques or contributing to surgical errors and intraoperative complications.
How do anatomical variations influence surgical procedures and contribute to surgical errors in general and oncological surgery?
How do anatomical variations influence surgical procedures and contribute to surgical errors in general and oncological surgery?
Anatomical variations are a significant contributing factor to surgical errors and intraoperative complications in general and oncological surgery.
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May inform preoperative planning in variant anatomy cases; leaves open whether technique modifications improve outcomes in oncological surgery.
Anatomic variations have a significant impact in general and oncological surgery, often necessitating modification of surgical techniques or leading to intraoperative complications. Difficult or variant anatomy is often cited as a significant contributing factor to injuries attributed to surgical errors. In order to investigate the influence of anatomical variations on surgical procedures, a literature search was conducted based on key words and potentially eligible articles were assessed for relevance and quality of data. In this review, we attempt to highlight some major and clinically significant abnormal anatomy that can influence the outcome of a surgical procedure, including cholecystectomy, hepatobiliary, breast and axillary, pancreatic, spleen, gastric, colon, and thyroid surgery, as well as hernia repair.
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