BACKGROUND Robot-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy (RALRP) is currently accepted as the preferred minimally invasive surgical treatment for localised prostate cancer, with optimal oncologic and functional results. Despite growing surgical experience, reduced postoperative morbidity and hospital stays, RALRP-related complications may occur, which are severe in 5-7 % of patients and som...

Over the last decade, significant advances have been made in the study and understanding of shoulder mechanics. Much of this may be attributed to the use of more sophisticated technology to improve our ability to assess the shoulder in real-time athletics. As a consequence of these advances, our understanding of the pathophysiology of injury has also increased. Our manual examination skills hav...

context correct timing of diagnostic laparoscopy for unexplained infertility management remains as a debate for clinicians. a cost-effective strategy of diagnostic laparoscopy utilization for unexplained infertile patients is much needed. evidence acquisition detailed evaluation of the articles extracted from a “pubmed” and “cochrane database” search using “unexplained infertility and diagnosti...

this study describes two cases of cervical sympathetic schwannoma operated at department of vascular surgery and review the literature to clarify the demographic, diagnostic, and therapeutic features of these rare lesions for the first time. two 32- and 59-year-old ladies both presenting with a painless cervical mass were referred to our service with the initial diagnosis of carotid body tumor....

Welcome to the new journal Diagnostic Pathology [1]! This journal will be an open access, online journal encompassing all aspects of surgical pathology, including classic diagnostic pathology, prognosis-related diagnosis and therapy-related findings. There will be a focus on the technological aspects of pathology, including molecular biology techniques, morphometry aspects, communication aspect...

This study describes the use of ultrasound in 84 consecutive patients to distinguish between medical (intrahepatic) and surgical (extrahepatic) types of jaundice. Accuracy rates in the 84 patients investigated were compared with those found in 169 patients using the computer-aided diagnostic model for jaundice. In 50 patients in whom both techniques were carried out direct comparison was possib...

introduction:cold dissection (cd) and bipolar cautery dissection (bcd) techniques are two common surgical tonsillectomy procedures used in the clinic. obstruction has become more prevalent as the major surgical indication and is most prominently observed in younger children.case report:  in this report, we aimed to explain the abovementioned surgical techniques in detail and compare the results...

Adrenal masses have become increasingly common due to widespread use of sectional imaging. Urologists are commonly faced with management decisions in patients with adrenal masses. Systemic review of available literature related to surgical adrenal disease was performed to summarise the most pertinent information related to adrenal masses, diagnostic evaluation and surgical treatment. Detailed h...

Neonatal surgery encompasses not only the surgical details and techniques of correction of the congenital malformations, but also understanding of the neonatal physiology, the patho-physiology, the spectrum of anomalies, genetics, the diagnostic modalities and advances in technology and neonatal intensive care. In no other components of pediatric surgery, the pre-operative preparation and post-...