Objective: Myxofibrosarcoma (MFS) is a relatively rare tumor that is histologically characterized by myxoid stroma and spindle cell proliferation. This tumor most commonly arises as a slow growing, enlarging painless mass in the extremities of elderly patients. Methods: We report a case of a primary, low-grade MFS in the rectus abdominis muscle infiltrating the abdominal cavity of a 75-year-old...

PURPOSE To elucidate the relation between certain preoperative physical parameters and walking with a limp after total hip arthroplasty (THA) and determine whether it is possible to predict the walking ability of patients 6 months after THA. METHODS The subjects of this study comprised 74 female patients who had undergone unilateral THA. Before surgery, the hip abductor and knee extensor stre...

BACKGROUND Due to biomechanical differences, various patterns of muscle contraction are expected to occur while walking over ground versus when walking on a treadmill. OBJECTIVES This study aimed to compare amplitude and duration of activation of selected trunk and lower extremity muscles during over-ground and treadmill walking. MATERIALS AND METHODS Through a simple sampling method, 19 se...

The nutritional regulation of glucose transporter GLUT4 was studied in eight muscles and four adipose tissues from two groups of preruminant (PR) or ruminant (R) calves of similar age (170 d), empty body weight (194 kg) at slaughter, and level of net energy intake from birth onwards. Isocitrate dehydrogenase (EC 1.1.1.41) activity in muscles was not different between PR and R except in masseter...

Becoming aware of the article of Cibula et al. (Cibula et al., 2017) entitled “Pelvic floor reconstruction by modified rectus abdominis myoperitoneal (MRAM) flap after pelvic exenterations” in Gynecologic Oncology made me curious: Has the rectus musculoperitoneal flap, a slimmed version of the transversus and rectus abdominis musculoperitoneal flap developed by us 20 years ago (Höckel, 1996; Ko...

DESCRIPTION A 65-year-old woman visited the emergency department due to severe right lower quadrant pain of sudden onset after intense coughing due to bronchitis. She had been receiving haemodialysis for glomerulonephritis for 25 years. Physical examination revealed severe and rebound tenderness on the right lower quadrant area. Complete blood count revealed a white cell count of 4700/μl, haemo...

Recent reports of breast reconstruction with the deep inferior epigastric perforator (DIEP) flap indicate increased fat necrosis and venous congestion as compared with the free transverse rectus abdominis muscle (TRAM) flap. Although the benefits of the DIEP flap regarding the abdominal wall are well documented, its reconstructive advantage remains uncertain. The main objective of this study wa...

BACKGROUND: Dermatologic surgeons routinely harvest pedicled flaps at distance with an axial or random pattern to repair facial defects. These types of skin flaps are time-consuming and have high economic, social and personal costs. These drawbacks could be avoided with the introduction of a single-step transfer of free flaps to the recipient site, with microvascular anastomosis. OBJECTIVE: To ...

Colorectal carcinoma is one of the most common causes of cancer-related death, worldwide. Recently, due to the introduction of novel imaging and therapeutic techniques, five-year survival of patients has increased. However, distant metastasis is still expected in half of the patients. Colorectal cancer tends to target the abdominal cavity, liver, lungs, and bones as the common sites of metastas...

Results Overall, 6 leads were removed from 4 patients. The commonest indication for extraction was infection (endocarditis) in three patients (75 %). The other patient was operated because of massive thrombus on the leads. Removal was complete and safe for all the patients. All the patients received epicardial lead with pacemaker pocket located in the rectus abdominis muscle. The postoperative ...