Sinonasal teratocarcinosarcoma (SNTCS) is a rare tumor characterized by mixture architecture of epithelial and mesenchymal components. SNTCS is a highly malignant tumor displaying progressive and aggressive growth with poor prognosis. Only about 40% of all patients survive after five years. It seems the combination of surgery and radiotherapy currently is the most effective treatment. In this r...

Atrial fibrillation (AF) can be found in an increasing number of cardiac surgical patients due to a higher patient's age and comorbidities. Atrial fibrillation is known, however, to be a risk factor for a greater mortality, and one aim of intraoperative AF treatment is to approximate early and long-term survival of AF patients to survival of patients with preoperative sinus rhythm. Today, surge...

For most solid tumors therapy has evolved from surgery alone to a multidisciplinary approach. Malignant melanoma remains an exception, with surgery maintaining the principal role not only for treatment of the primary lesion but also staging and the management of advanced disease. The surgical management of melanoma has evolved over the years, resulting in a substantial decrease in the morbidity...

conclusions prognosis of patients that underwent surgery and medical therapy was significantly better than medical therapy alone (90% vs. 50% patient’s survival). results the study included 20 patients with a biopsy-proven diagnosis of mucormycosis. regarding the findings, the mean age was 51.4 ± 9.7 years. eighty-five percent of patients had uncontrolled diabetes mellitus. findings showed that...

Hashimoto's thyroiditis (HT) is usually considered to be manageable by levothyroxine (L-T4) administration, which can reduce the thyroid volume and supplement the lack of hormone. However, we sometimes encounter a huge goiter that has not shrunk in response to L-T4 therapy. These goiters continue to produce symptoms of compression and an unsightly appearance. Here we discuss the surgical indica...

Periodontal therapy has proven to be effective in the control and rehabilitation of periodontal diseases.1 Although initial therapy or the debrided phase is indicated for all types of periodontal diseases, it is not the only treatment that can or should be provided for patients suffering from moderate to advanced forms of periodontitis to achieve the appropriate goal of an environment that the ...

Neoadjuvant treatment in terms of preoperative radiotherapy reduces local recurrence in rectal cancer, but this improvement has little if any impact on overall survival. Currently performed optimal quality-controlled total mesorectal excision (TME) surgery for patients in the trial setting can be associated with very low local recurrence rates of less than 10% whether the patients receive radio...

The aim of this case report is to describe the importance early diagnosis and treatment prevent progression localized aggressive periodontitis. A 16 years old systemically healthy female patient with a chief complaint increased mobility spacing in relation mandibular anteriors was successfully treated initial non-surgical periodontal therapy antimicrobial (as an adjunct therapy), followed by su...