Background—Surgical resection is the recognised treatment of choice for patients with stage I or II non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). In the UK surgical resection rates have remained far lower (<10%) than those achieved in Europe and the USA (>20%), despite the recent introduction of fast access investigation units. It remains unclear therefore why UK surgical resection rates lag so far behin...

Study Design Retrospective review. Objective To describe the surgical outcomes in patients with high preoperative Spinal Instability Neoplastic Score (SINS) secondary to spinal giant cell tumors (GCT) and evaluate the impact of en bloc versus intralesional resection and preoperative embolization on postoperative outcomes. Methods A retrospective analysis was performed on 14 patients with GCTs o...

Introduction: Tracheal chondrosarcoma (TCS) is a rare malignancy, with only 19 cases described in the literature to date. Case presentation: Herein, we presented the third-largest TCS with such an airway compromise that neither orotracheal intubation nor jet ventilation or even tracheostomy was possible. So, extracorporeal circulation was needed to excise the tumor in a one-stage procedure. Th...

INTRODUCTION Debate continues as to the optimum treatment for craniopharyngioma; radical surgical resection or partial resection followed by radiotherapy. Radical surgical resection may be complicated by intraoperative injury to surrounding structures and stormy postoperative hormonal problem. This study aims to examine the result of safe maximal surgical resection. MATERIALS AND METHODS Retr...

The surgical resection of intracerebral lesions, and particularly those in the dominant hemisphere, is often a challenge. Standard approaches require significant brain retraction or resection of normal neural tissue. However, the type of surgical approach affects on the postoperative recovery and complications. The introduction of the microsurgery and computer-led stereotactic laser resection, ...

Portal vein tumor thrombus (PVTT) is a complication of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Our aim was to determine if sorafenib given postoperatively prolongs the survival of HCC patients with PVTT who undergo hepatic resection. Between 2009 and 2013 advanced HCC with PVTT who underwent surgical resection were given the option to take sorafenib postoperatively. Overall survival (OS) and disease-fr...

BACKGROUNDS/AIMS Prognostic factors for colorectal cancer with hepatic metastasis are not well-established. We investigated the factors that predicted survival following surgical resection of hepatic metastases in patients with colorectal cancer. METHODS Fifty-three patients underwent resection of hepatic metastases of colorectal cancer between January 2000 and December 2005, with follow-up p...