Surgical instruments hyalinization:Occlusion removal in minimally invasive endoscopic surgery

Minimal invasion is an important trend in surgery.However,the endoscope,as one of the key devices for monitoring the process of minimally invasive surgery,is limited by its size and working space it operates in,which result in a considerably narrow field of view.In particular,when a surgical instrument enters through the tool channel,the instrument occupies most of the area in an endoscopic image.This hampers the surgeon’s field of view and has a negative impact on the surgery.This study proposes a novel method for removing the occlusion caused by surgical instruments in endoscopic images by making foreground occlusions on endoscopic images transparent using image restoration and interframe information filling.Compared with unprocessed images,this method can provide a clearer field of view that is necessary for minimally invasive endoscopic surgeries and improve the quality of surgeries.Clinical endoscopic images are used to verify the feasibility of the proposed method,and the results show that the proposed method improves the visual effect of endoscopic images by removing surgical-instrument occlusions.This demonstrates the considerable potential of the proposed method for use in clinical applications.

Successful treatment of an enormous rectal mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma by endoscopic full-thickness resection:A case report

BACKGROUND Colorectal mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma(MALToma),a rare kind of nongastric MALToma,lacks consensus on its endoscopic features and standard therapies.According to previous studies on the clinical characteristics and outcomes of colorectal MALToma,endoscopic resection remains a good therapeutic strategy.CASE SUMMARY A 71-year-old woman suffered intermittent hematochezia for 1 mo,accompanied with abdominal pains but without weight loss,fever,chills or fatigue.Colonoscopy showed a massive hemispheric mass with rough and hyperemic mucosa in the lower rectum.Narrow-band imaging magnifying endoscopy detected some branching abnormal blood vessels and disappearance of glandular structure,which was similar with the tree-like appearance sign in gastric MALToma.Endoscopic ultrasonography revealed the lesion to be hypoechoic,boundary-defined,and echo uniform inside,originating from the muscularis propria.Abdominal enhanced computed tomography(CT)demonstrated a soft tissue mass with defined boundary.No enlarged superficial lymph nodes were detected by B-mode ultrasound.C13-urea breath test and serum Helicobacter pylori antibody were both negative.The patient underwent endoscopic full-thickness resection.Postoperative pathological analysis indicated colorectal MALToma.The patient remained asymptomatic after discharge,and follow-up positron emission tomography–CT and colonoscopy showed no residual lesion,remnants or lymph node metastasis.CONCLUSION This case provides new information on the specific endoscopic features of colorectal MALToma and an alternative treatment for patients.