Smooth muscle tumors of unknown malignant potential (STUMP) represent a group heterogeneous uterine neoplasms showing worrisome histological features, raising concerns for behavior, but do not satisfy the diagnostic criteria leiomyosarcoma. The existing literature remains scarce due to its rarity; therefore, there is no consensus regarding criteria, potential, treatment choice, and follow-up. a...

Farabloc is a product promoted for the relief (not cure) of intermittent phantom limb pain. It is a linen fabric with ultrathin steel threads to be worn over the stump and claimed to shield nerve endings from external electrical and magnetic fields. In a double blind, cross-over design, 34 subjects reported their pain relief level on a Visual Analogue Scale during a pretreatment period, Farablo...

A randomized control trial was performed to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of absorbable polymeric clips for appendicular stump closure in laparoscopic appendectomy (LA). Patients were randomly enrolled into an experimental group (ligation of the appendicular base with Lapro-Clips, L-C group) or control group (ligation of the appendicular base with Hem-o-lok Clips, H-C group). We identif...

Stromal tumors of uncertain malignant potential (STUMP) are rare diagnoses in the evaluation of elevated PSA. The management of STUMP in the setting of an elevated PSA is challenging, as STUMP may have a benign clinical course. In this report, we describe a patient who was found to have a PSA >500 ng/ml and a large STUMP. We review the critical findings and review the relevant literature on dia...

The advantages of immediate postsurgical fitting in the management of upperextremity amputees have been pointed out by Sarmiento et al. (4) and Loughlin et al. (3). These advantages, which are similar to those for the lower-extremity amputee, are: reduction of postoperative pain, control of postsurgical edema, early use of a prosthetic appliance, early psychological adjustment to the disability...

Supraspinatus tendon tearing is one of the most common causes of the shoulder pain and dysfunction, which often requires a surgical repair. In this situation, proximal tendon stump is usually retracted medially from its original insertion. For successful reduction of the retracted tendon stump to its original insertion, the elasticity of the tendon-muscle unit should be preserved by the time of...

The dimensions and healing of 93 consecutive below-knee stumps were studied and based on observations a standard formula of stump classification was constructed (and discussed at the ISPO Meeting in Bologna 1980). Muscular atrophy and redistribution of oedema caused a mean reduction of calculated arbitrary stump volume of about 7% during the first 12 post-operative weeks accompanied by a change...

INTRODUCTION Numerous cases are described of patients in whom foreign objects were found after surgery. Foreign body granuloma caused by retained surgical sponge, also called gossypiboma, mostly occur in the abdominal cavity but very seldom in limbs. CASE PRESENTATION A 29-year-old Caucasian man presented with asymmetrical walking pattern and progressive pain in his leg, which was severely in...

A prospective, randomized trial on 416 consecutive cases of appendicectomies was carried out in which half of the cases had simple ligation of the stump and the rest had invagination of the stump in addition. The two groups were matched for age, sex, state of personal hygiene and nutrition. The incidence of wound infection, and early and late post-operative complications remained comparabl...