id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-033829-56ka60bc Lau, Joseph W.Y. Editor’s Perspective November 2020 2020-10-16 .txt text/plain 1154 58 38 In the October 2020 issue of Editor's Perspective, I focused on the major advances in fibre-optic endoscopic surgery, a branch of minimally invasive surgery which marks the major developments of Surgery 3.0. The third article is a systematic review and meta-analysis on 22 randomized trials looking at the "effect of acute normovolemic hemodilution on coronary artery bypass grafting". The fourth article on "Robotic surgery for gastric cancer in the west" concluded that robotic gastrectomy had comparable short-term outcomes as open and laparoscopic approaches. The fifth article comparing "the efficacy and safety of thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR) versus open repair or optimal medical therapy for acute type B aortic dissection" concluded that TEVAR produced better 30 days/in-hospital mortality than open surgery and better long-term mortality than optimal medical therapy. The fifth article determined whether laparoscopic surgery to be safe and effective for management of patients with colorectal cancer liver metastases in a population-based analysis in Ontario, Canada. ./cache/cord-033829-56ka60bc.txt ./txt/cord-033829-56ka60bc.txt