Outcomes after repeated resection for recurrent pulmonary metastases from colorectal cancer
Annals of Oncology, 10/30/2009
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Park JS et al. – Repeated resection after initial metastasectomy can be carried out safely and provides long–term survival in patients with recurrent pulmonary metastasis from colorectal cancer ... that close follow–up for the early detection of recurrence and parenchyma–saving resection can improve the results after repeated resection.
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Chemotherapy-induced sclerosing cholangitis as a rare indication for resection: Report of a case
Surgery Today, 10/06/2009
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Kato Y et al. – The authors report a rare case of a CISC–related biliary stricture requiring resection. The patient had been receiving adjuvant HAIC for 11 months after a curative liver resection for hepatocellular carcinoma, when ... biliary stenting was impossible because of her severe biliary sclerosis, necessitating resection of the stricture, which was confirmed histologically to be secondary sclerosing cholangitis. Thus, resection could be a treatment option for a CISC–related biliary stricture in selected patients
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Oropharyngeal reconstruction using a myomucosal uvular transposition flap following transoral resection of oropharyngeal carcinoma
ENT Journal, 11/20/2009
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Hussain A et al. – A paradigm shift has occurred in the management of head and neck cancers. Advanced–stage laryngeal and hypopharyngeal cancers are now being managed with adequate oncologic control by endoscopic laser microsurgical resection ... of the soft palate posterior to the levator veli palatini muscle can be resected without compromising velopharyngeal function (as in uvulopalatopharyngoplasty5), it is imperative to minimize the size of the defect when resecting any part of the velopharynx.
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Resect or not to resect: the role of posterior longitudinal ligament in lumbar total disc replacement
European Spine Journal, 11/11/2009
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Cakir B et al. – The resection of the PLL during TDR results in a significant increase of ROM in all three principle motion planes. But it still remains unclear if this increase which is in ... median not more than 1° may alter the clinical results. Moreover, the destabilizing effect of PLL resection can be reversed using a higher implant. The prosthesis height seems more crucial than PLL preservation to maintain the primary stability after TDR.
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Cardiopulmonary interventions to decrease blood loss and blood transfusion requirements for liver resection
Cochrane Reviews, 10/26/2009
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Gurusamy KS et al. – This review included nine trials with 587 patients. None of the interventions seem to decrease peri–operative morbidity or offer any long–term survival ... resection surgery. However, there is a high risk of type I (erroneously concluding that an intervention is beneficial when it is actually not beneficial) and type II errors (erroneously concluding that an intervention is not beneficial when it is actually beneficial) because of the few trials ... interventions aimed at decreasing blood loss and blood transfusion requirements in liver resections. Trials need to be designed to assess the effect of a combination of different interventions in liver resections.
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Resection of the Inferior Vena Cava Without Reconstruction for Urologic Malignancies
Urology, 10/26/2009
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Duty B et al. – IVC resection without reconstruction is well tolerated in patients with large retroperitoneal masses because most patients have well–established collaterals before surgery due to pre ... One of the factors most important to surgical oncologists is complete tumor resection at the time of initial extirpative surgery. Complete excision of tumors within the retroperitoneum may require resection of major vascular structures, including the IVC.
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Successful Treatment of Infected Residual Pleural Space After Pulmonary Resection With Autologous Platelet-Leukocyte Gel
Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 11/09/2009
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De Giacomo T et al. – Complications of the residual pleural space after pulmonary resection have been reported to be between 5% and 40% depending on the type of resection, and they increase morbidity, mortality ... describe the case of a successful application through a chest tube of platelet leukocyte gel to treat an infected residual pleural space that developed after pulmonary lobectomy for lung cancer.
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Resection Margin and Recurrence-Free Survival After Liver Resection of Colorectal Metastases
Annals of Surgical Oncology, 10/26/2009
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Muratore A et al. – Tumour biology and not the width of the negative resection margin affect RFS.
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Complete Femoral Nerve Resection with Soft Tissue Sarcoma: Functional Outcomes
Annals of Surgical Oncology, 10/23/2009
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Jones KB et al. – Femoral nerve resection appears more morbid than anticipated. The falls to which patients were prone, even years after surgery, subject them to ongoing long–term risks for fractures and ... nerve–specific functional implications should be considered when counseling patients in preparation for possible resection of the femoral nerve when it is directly involved by a soft tissue sarcoma.
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Pathologic characteristics of resected squamous cell carcinoma of the trachea: prognostic factors based on an analysis of 59 cases
Virchows Archiv, 10/27/2009
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Honings J et al. – As surgical resection is the only curative treatment; the surgeon should establish clean lines of resection using, as appropriate
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