The total removal of a lesion via excisional biopsy causes gingival recession, resulting in dentin hypersensitivity and esthetical problems. In this case report, a gingival recession defect resulting from an excisional biopsy was treated with a free gingival grafting procedure performed during the same appointment, and its 12-year follow-up was presented. A 44-year-old female patient was presen...

PURPOSE to evaluate the concordance rate of ultrasound-guided core needle biopsy followed by excisional biopsy in palpable breast lumps, suggestive of fibroepithelial tumors. METHOD a retrospective study included 70 biopsies with a histological diagnosis of fibroepithelial tumor in 67 out of 531 patients with breast lesions submitted to ultrasound-guided core needle biopsy with a high frequen...

IMPORTANCE Conjunctival papilloma is a benign epithelial tumor occurring in both children and adults with varying clinical features and outcomes. In this article, we describe our experience regarding the difference in the clinical features and outcomes of conjunctival papilloma based on age at initial examination. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the clinical features, treatment, and outcomes in patient...

Figure 1. Preoperative aspect and the excisional pattern.

AIM To assess the outcomes of rectal excisional procedures in adults with chronic constipation. METHOD Standardised methods and reporting of benefits and harms were used for all CapaCiTY reviews that closely adhered to PRISMA 2016 guidance. Main conclusions were presented as summary evidence statements with a summative Oxford Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine (2009) level. RESULTS Forty-se...

Radial scar is a distinctive disease not only because of its similarity with breast cancer but also because of the controversy of diagnosing methods. Here we report two cases of radial scar with different clinical approaching strategies. We pose two questions based on the inconsistency between these two cases and review recent studies to come up with some reasonable answers. The first question ...

OBJECTIVE A major controversial issue in the sentinel node biopsy of the breast is the applicability of sentinel node mapping in patients with the history of previous excisional biopsy of the breast lesions. In the current study, we evaluated the reproducibility of lymphoscintigraphy before and after excisional biopsy of the primary breast lesions using superficial peri-areolar injection of the...

Objective is to investigate the effect of topical tinospora cordifolia (TC) on excisional wound in albino rats. Excisional wounds were inflicted by excising the full thickness circular skin (approximately 500 mm) from the nape of neck in albino rats under light ether anesthesia taking aseptic precautions. Treatment group received 1% tinospora cordifolia cream for 16 days from the day of woundin...