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Review
Christina Mouratidou, Efstathios T Pavlidis, Georgios Katsanos, Serafeim-Chrysovalantis Kotoulas, Athanasios Kofinas, Alexandra G Marneri, Eleni Massa, Georgios Tsoulfas, Ioannis N Galanis, Theodoros E Pavlidis 
World J Gastrointest Surg 18(2):114997. Published online Feb 27, 2026. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v18.i2.114997
Minireviews
Lydia Lazaridou, Alexandra Dimaki, Kalliopi Vakalou, Vasilios Zervas, Panagiotis Papadopoulos, Konstantinos E Koumarelas, Grigorios Christodoulidis 
World J Gastrointest Surg 18(2):115417. Published online Feb 27, 2026. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v18.i2.115417
Sofia Rozani, Vasileios Vougas 
World J Gastrointest Surg 18(2):116957. Published online Feb 27, 2026. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v18.i2.116957
Retrospective Cohort Study
Maryam Hassanesfahani, Dimitrios Giannis, Nana Marfo, Manpreet Kaur, Camille Mai-Phuong Tran Quang, Andrew Miele, Martine A Louis, Nageswara Rao Mandava 
World J Gastrointest Surg 18(2):115744. Published online Feb 27, 2026. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v18.i2.115744
Retrospective Study
Chao Wang, Zhang-Bin Ling, Pan-Pan Sun, Ming Dong, Ting Cao, Xiang Ma, Lan-Jun Lu, Yang Li 
World J Gastrointest Surg 18(2):111845. Published online Feb 27, 2026. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v18.i2.111845
Ying Ling, Jun Wang, Chun-Hui Xi, Juan Liu 
World J Gastrointest Surg 18(2):112776. Published online Feb 27, 2026. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v18.i2.112776
Fei-Fei Kong, Xuan Geng, Ru-Ming Liu, Wen-Tao Zhang, Bin Quan, Yong Zhong, You-Long Zhu 
World J Gastrointest Surg 18(2):112924. Published online Feb 27, 2026. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v18.i2.112924
Lei Xu, Si-Jia Chen, Pin Wang, Liang Mao, Xiao-Ping Zou, Lei Wang, Yi Wang 
World J Gastrointest Surg 18(2):113698. Published online Feb 27, 2026. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v18.i2.113698
Shahin Hajibandeh, Shahab Hajibandeh, Hamish Mckittrick, Usman Imrani, Abin Varghese, Ravivarma Balasubramaniam, Damien Durkin, Tejinderjit S Athwal 
World J Gastrointest Surg 18(2):114743. Published online Feb 27, 2026. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v18.i2.114743
Ya-Na Lü, Dong Liu, Shuai Tao, Ju Wu, Shu-Juan Yu, Hui-Ling Yuan 
World J Gastrointest Surg 18(2):114951. Published online Feb 27, 2026. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v18.i2.114951
Ning-Hui Zhao, Ling-Ran Zhao, Jia Yao, Ling-Yun Niu, Long-Jun Yang, Yu-Jia Lin, Mei Liu 
World J Gastrointest Surg 18(2):115830. Published online Feb 27, 2026. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v18.i2.115830
Wen-Cai Luo, Yuan-Fu Yang, Yao Wang, Zhao-Hong Zhang 
World J Gastrointest Surg 18(2):115902. Published online Feb 27, 2026. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v18.i2.115902
Jian-Zhong Wu, Peng-Fei Liu, Zhi-Gang Gu, Zhi Zhang, Zheng-Yu Zhou, Tao Shen 
World J Gastrointest Surg 18(2):115978. Published online Feb 27, 2026. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v18.i2.115978
Li-Juan Yan, Si-Wen Shen, Ting-Ting Fang 
World J Gastrointest Surg 18(2):116235. Published online Feb 27, 2026. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v18.i2.116235
Clinical Trials Study
Yu-Ping Qian, Hui Cai, Shu-Yin Tang, Hong-Ping Zhou, Qian Han, Hui-Ming Tu 
World J Gastrointest Surg 18(2):113441. Published online Feb 27, 2026. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v18.i2.113441
Xiao-Gang Xu, Yan-Qing Liu, Meng-Long Lan, Fei Liu, Hui-Min Xia, Ji-Xiao Zeng 
World J Gastrointest Surg 18(2):114724. Published online Feb 27, 2026. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v18.i2.114724
Observational Study
Yi Yu, Wei Yuan, Jin Lei, Chun-Bo Zhao, Cheng-Gang Tao, Sheng-Hui Liu, Bai-Lin Wang 
World J Gastrointest Surg 18(2):114378. Published online Feb 27, 2026. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v18.i2.114378
Prospective Study
Basic Study
Fu-Lin Lin, Li-Min Zhou, Yun-Jie Ye, Xiao-Long Luo, Xue-Lin Ji, Si-Qi Chen, Ji-Guang Xie, Bing-Feng Jin, Zhen-Dong Liu 
World J Gastrointest Surg 18(2):114286. Published online Feb 27, 2026. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v18.i2.114286
Meta-Analysis
Xue Li, Cong-Cong Zhi, Xiao-Long Wang, Li-Hua Zheng, Yi-Cheng Cheng 
World J Gastrointest Surg 18(2):113979. Published online Feb 27, 2026. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v18.i2.113979
Case Report
Tong Zhao, Xian-Ru Jia, Kai-Jiang Li, Wen-Feng Zheng, Xue-Jin Liu 
World J Gastrointest Surg 18(2):114137. Published online Feb 27, 2026. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v18.i2.114137
Hao-Xian Gou, Chao Deng, Yi Wen, Zhi-Long Yin, Ting-Yu Yang, Tao Wang, Hao Luo, Long Cheng 
World J Gastrointest Surg 18(2):115072. Published online Feb 27, 2026. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v18.i2.115072
Letter to the Editor
Yu-Xing Liu, Chen-Ming Liu 
World J Gastrointest Surg 18(2):114639. Published online Feb 27, 2026. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v18.i2.114639
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