INTRODUCTION Extracutaneous glomus tumors occurring in the bronchus is very rare. Complete resection is basic procedure for treatment of glomus tumor. We present a glomus tumor of the left main bronchus that was successfully treated with rigid bronchoscopy followed by sleeve resection of the left main bronchus. PRESENTATION OF CASE A 56-year-old man underwent two term resections to glomus tum...

BACKGROUND For more than a century the extent of surgical treatment of gastric cancer is a matter of debate. Through experience, evaluation and research, the outcome of gastric cancer has improved. Many aspects are of influence of outcome, but only a radical resection can offer long-term outcomes. In this review, we will discuss the history and current status of the extent of lymph node dissect...

BACKGROUND: The extent of the resection, whether clamped or non-clamping resection is factor that influences operating time and intraoperative bleeding, development modern techniques for vascular control determine lesser blood loss, morbidity, mortality. AIM: aim this study was to experience General Hepatobiliary Surgery Clinic at Aleksandrovska Hospital Sofia, Republic Bulgaria in treatment pa...

We evaluate the ability of cryopreserved rabbit amniotic membrane (AM) transplantation to reduce postoperative inflammation and the extent of fibrosis following experimental strabismus surgery. Ten white rabbits underwent bilateral superior rectus (SR) muscle resection. In the left eye, the resected SR muscle was wrapped with cryopreserved rabbit AM. The right eye underwent SR resection only an...

BACKGROUND Recent studies suggest aggressive management combining a grossly total resection (GTR) with adjuvant radiotherapy (RT) as a treatment of choice for intracranial hemangiopericytoma (HPC). However, in these papers, the definitions of complete or GTR are equivocal. In the present study, we reviewed the relevant cases from our experience focused on the clinical efficacy of surgical gradi...

Intraoperative electrocorticography (ECoG) has been traditionally used in the surgical management of medically refractory partial epilepsies to identify the location and limits of the epileptogenic area, to guide the extent of resection, and to assess its completeness. Although in clinical use for many years, the basic questions regarding indications and limitations of this method has remained ...