PURPOSE Surgical equipment used in breast cancer surgery that affects wound healing and minimizes complications seems to be a popular investigation topic. The aim of this study is to evaluate the effect of plasmakinetic cautery on wound healing in patients receiving mastectomy. METHODS Forty-six consecutive breast cancer patients receiving modified radical mastectomy were evaluated prospectiv...

has reported similar observations in a human case of postganglionic Homer's syndrome. The clinical application of long posterior ciliary canal cautery has met with equivocal success in the treatment of glaucoma.' °~ We have found it clinically ineffective in secondary glaucoma. Histologic sections of two such eyes did not reveal closure of the long posterior ciliary arteries one month after tre...

Biliary injury during laparoscopic cholecystectomy is still a serious problem. Injury occurs as a result of technical errors or misidentification of ducts. Inexperience, inflammation, and aberrant anatomy are key risk factors. The most serious technical problem is cautery-induced injury. This problem may be avoided by use of cautery under very low power settings in the triangle of Calot. Miside...

Objective This study was performed to compare the success level of laparoscopic ovarian drillind by means of standard and dose-adjusted (on the basis of ovarian volume) treatment methods among infertile clomiphene resistant PCO women. MaterialsAndMethods This randomized clinical trial was conducted on infertile clomiphene citrate resistant PCOS women in the Gynecology department of Imam Reza Ho...

Endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) is a operator-dependent technique for performing en bloc resection of early digestive neoplasms [1]. A panel of experts from Europe reached a consensus that hands-on experience in a model of harvested pig stomach and in live pigs should be a major part of structured training [2]. In the previous training protocol, only a flat target lesion could be conside...

PURPOSE Nerve sparing radical prostatectomy is the gold standard for the treatment of prostate cancer. Over the past decade, more and more surgeons and patients are opting for a robot-assisted procedure. The purpose of this paper is to briefly review different techniques and outcomes of nerve sparing robot assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy (RALP). MATERIALS AND METHODS We performed a MEDLIN...

The clinical manifestation of infection with HPV is determined by multiple factors which include the type of HPV, the type of skin infected, the status of host immunity and smoking. The incubation period for HPV is 3 weeks to 8 months. While there is no specific anti-HPV therapy, local topical therapy, excision, cautery and laser vaporization have all been used with a range of success rates.