Gastrointestinal Surgery: Clinical Innovation and Future Directions
A special issue of Medicina (ISSN 1648-9144). This special issue belongs to the section "Surgery".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 27 August 2026
Special Issue Editors
Interests: digestive surgery; emergency surgery; oncologic surgery; surgical risk
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: colorectal surgery; proctology; minimally invasive and robotic surgery; hereditary colorectal tumor syndromes; surgical outcomes; early-onset colorectal cancer; microbiome and EOCRC; evidence synthesis (systematic reviews/meta-analyses)
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Gastrointestinal surgery is undergoing rapid and significant transformation, driven by advances in minimally invasive, robotic, and image-guided techniques, as well as continuous refinements in perioperative care. These developments have reshaped standard practice across upper gastrointestinal, small-bowel, colorectal, and emergency surgery, enabling safer procedures, faster recovery, and more individualized treatment strategies. At the same time, enhanced recovery pathways, improved understanding of gut physiology, and the integration of precision medicine are contributing to better functional and long-term outcomes for patients with benign and malignant gastrointestinal diseases.
This Special Issue aims to provide a comprehensive and updated overview of current trends, challenges, and future directions in gastrointestinal surgery. By integrating clinical research, translational insights and technological innovation, this issue seeks to highlight best practices and emerging strategies that are redefining surgical care.
We encourage contributions on novel surgical techniques, robotics, artificial intelligence, and machine learning in surgery, 3D navigation, biomarker-driven decision-making, enhanced recovery, microbiome–host interactions in abdominal diseases, and the genetics of hereditary syndromes. Studies focused on surgical quality indicators, long-term outcomes, and comparative effectiveness research are strongly welcomed.
We invite original clinical studies, systematic reviews and meta-analyses, high-quality narrative reviews, technical notes, and short communications addressing innovations, controversies, and forward-looking perspectives in gastrointestinal surgery. Multidisciplinary work integrating surgery, oncology, radiology, pathology, and computational sciences is particularly encouraged.
Dr. Roberto Cirocchi
Dr. Sara Lauricella
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- gastrointestinal surgery
- minimally invasive surgery
- colorectal surgery
- surgical oncology
- robotics
- ERAS
- gastrointestinal diseases
- surgical innovation
- outcome research
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