OBJECTIVE To investigate the clinical usefulness of intraoral sonography-assisted resection for securing adequate deep resection margins in T1-2 tongue cancers. STUDY DESIGN Prospective clinical trial. MATERIALS AND METHODS Twenty consecutive patients with clinical T1-2 tongue cancers were enrolled and their lesions were removed by intraoral sonography-assisted resection. We then retrospect...

bladder cancer is one of the most common cancers of men between the ages of 60 to 70 years, but its occurrence in a young pregnant female is unusual. until now less than 40 cases have been reported. herein we report our experience in the diagnosis and management of a pregnant female with urothelial neoplasm of low malignant potential who has been treated with transurethral resection during preg...

benign fibrous histiocytoma is a rare tumor of nose and paranasal sinuses that originates from histiocytes. ‎‎the main symptoms of patients are nasal obstruction and nasal mass. ‎our patient was presented with chief complaints of nasal obstruction and rhinorrhea non responsive to antibiotic treatment. in computed tomography scan a giant mass in left maxillary sinus and ipsilateral nasal cavity ...

Over the last decade there has been a dramatic rise in use of minimally invasive surgery for rectal cancer, with excellent results terms both functional and oncological outcomes. The need to perform more technically demanding surgeries featuring precise pelvic dissection is probably situation which application robot may offer most distinct advantages over conventional laparoscopy. This chapter ...

PURPOSE The aim of this study was to compare survival in patients that underwent palliative resection treatment versus non-resection for incurable colorectal cancer (ICRC). METHODS The case records of 201 patients with ICRC between January 2000 and December 2009 were reviewed. Demographics, American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) score, carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) level, the location o...

UNLABELLED Ovarian cancer is one of the most aggressive gynecological malignancies and most patients are diagnosed at an advanced stage of disease. In these cases, the best therapeutic approach in order to provide good control remains an aggressive surgical approach leading to complete R0 resection. The experience provided by performing liver resection for colorectal hepatic metastases in assoc...

abstract the purpose of this analysis was to evaluate the technological viability, basic safety and consequence of central pancreatectomy (cp) with pancreaticogastrostomy in properly chosen sufferers with noncancerous central pancreatic pathology. this research is centered on the infirmary charts of west china hospital. we recruited 20 individuals from 2007 to 2009 diagnosed with benign cancero...

results a total of 43 (12 males and 31 females, with mean age of 41.90 ± 8.64 years) patients underwent minithoracotomy for open lung biopsy. minithoracotomy mortality rate was 0% compared to the 0 - 5.2% reported for thoracoscopy. the mean hospital stay for minithoracotomy was 2.3 ± 0.97 days compared to 4.9 ± 1.53 days reported for thoracoscopy (p < 0.05). the complication rate was 0.05% and ...