BACKGROUND Excisional breast biopsy is associated with presurgical psychological distress. Such distress is emotionally taxing, and may have negative implications for postsurgical side effects and satisfaction with anesthesia. We investigated the ability of a brief hypnosis session to reduce presurgical psychological distress in excisional breast biopsy patients. METHODS Ninety patients prese...

OBJECTIVE Sentinel lymph node (SLN) scintigraphy is used widespread in breast cancer, but the effect of the radionuclide agent, injection technique, the method of biopsy, tumor localization, breast size remain controversial. We examined the effects of the excisional biopsy in the rate of the SLN identification with lymphoscintigraphy (LS) and intraoperative gamma probe (IGP). MATERIAL AND MET...

BACKGROUND Recent studies suggest that the use of octyl cyanoacrylate tissue adhesive for closure of both traumatic lacerations and incisional surgical wounds results in a cosmetic outcome comparable to that achieved with conventional sutures. To date, no studies have looked at the use of tissue adhesive for higher-tension wounds, such as those created during cutaneous excisional procedures. ...

A case of revealing a rare pathology for the mammary glands in men - intraductal papilloma is presented. There features clinical course, mammography and ultrasound visualization results histology. The final diagnosis «intraductal papilloma» established only on basis pathomorphological immunohistochemical studies obtained during excisional biopsy.

The response to major burn injury includes systemic release of mediators that may have an effect on wound healing. The authors evaluated the effect of a burn injury on the contraction of an excisional wound adjacent to the burn, and the effect of plasma derived from burn-injured animals on the contraction of the fibroblast-populated collagen matrix (FPCM). Nine rats (90-100 days old) under anes...

Objective: This study aimed to compare the clinical and economic outcomes between excisional debridement with a local xylocaine block (LAD) under general anesthesia (GAD). Material Methods: retrospective medical record review was designed records of in necrotizing fasciitis (NF) at Sisaket Hospital from January 1, 2017, December 31, 2019. Outcome measures were preoperative time (baseline data, ...

Healing of skin wound is a multi-factorial and complex process. Proper treatment of diabetic wounds is still a major clinical challenge. Although diabetes mellitus can occur in ruminants, healing of wounds in diabetic ruminants has not yet been investigated. The aim of this study was to evaluate healing of ovine excisional diabetic wound model. Eight 4-month-old Iranian Makoui wethers were equa...