Background: Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men. With advances in surgery, more and more patients are undergoing radical prostatectomy and one important side effect of surgery is erectile dysfunction. We assess men’s’ post-operative psychosexual needs in two cancer centres in England; co-design and implement a psychosexual pathway in one centre and compare patient experiences and o...

BACKGROUND Hypothalamic obesity (HO) occurs in patients with tumors and lesions in the medial hypothalamic region. In this study, a hyperphagic rat model of combined medial hypothalamic lesions (CMHL) was used to test which specific inflammatory molecules are involved. METHODS In order to target specific homeostatic medial hypothalamic nuclei (arcuate, ventromedial, and dorsomedial nuclei), m...

purpose: to evaluate the efficacy of sub-tenon block (preemptive analgesia) following general anesthesia and before the beginning of scleral buckling and cryopexy in retinal detachment (rd) surgery on decreasing intra- and post-operative complications. methods: sixty eight patients scheduled for rd surgical repair with asa (american society of anesthesiologists) class і or ii were enrolled in t...

* In course for Post-Graduation Master’s Degree in Health Sciences of Hospital Heliópolis Hosphel, São Paulo. Surgeon of the Head and Neck Surgery and Otorhinolaryngology Department of Hospital Heliópolis Hosphel, São Paulo. ** Doctoral Degree in Medicine of the Post-Graduation Course in Oncology at the Medicine College of the University of São Paulo. Professor of the Post-Graduation Course in ...

introduction: laser surgery as an alternative for conventional surgical procedure has gained special attention. using carbon dioxide (co2) laser has some benefits like less post-operative pain, swelling and infection, decrease in risk of metastasis and edema, and less bleeding providing dry sites for surgery. case report: a 12 years old boy with lingual frenum with indication for excision was r...

Post-operative nausea and vomiting (PONV) are complications of surgical procedures, and are of particular relevance in the day-case setting. The aim of this study was to examine the incidence and impact of PONV before and after discharge from day surgery units. Patients recorded the incidence, severity and impact of PONV for 5 days following surgery. The incidence of PONV in the 561 eligible pa...

Changes in active ghrelin levels with time in each group. Active ghrelin levels at 3 hours after surgery were reduced in the surgery/no medication (SNM) group and did not recover by 24 hours after surgery. There was no significant change in the surgery medication (SM) group. Pre-op, pre-operative; Post-op, post-operative; NSNM, no surgery/no medication; NSM, no surgery/medication. The asterisk ...