Low-Friction Minilaparoscopy Outperforms Regular 5-mm and 3-mm Instruments for Precise Tasks

Low-Friction Minilaparoscopy Outperforms Regular 5-mm and 3-mm Instruments for Precise Tasks

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Therapeutic laparoscopy was incorporated into surgical practice more than 25 y ago. Several modifications have since been developed to further minimize surgical trauma and improve results. Minilaparoscopy, performed with 2- to 3-mm instruments was introduced in the mid 1990s but failed to attain mainstream use, mostly because of the limitations of the early devices. Bu...

Buccal mucosa carcinoma: surgical margin less than 3 mm, not 5 mm, predicts locoregional recurrence

BACKGROUND Most treatment failure of buccal mucosal cancer post surgery is locoregional recurrence. We tried to figure out how close the surgical margin being unsafe and needed further adjuvant treatment. METHODS Between August 2000 and June 2008, a total of 110 patients with buccal mucosa carcinoma (25 with stage I, 31 with stage II, 11 with stage III, and 43 with Stage IV classified accordi...

Differences in the characteristics of papillary thyroid microcarcinoma ≤5 mm and >5 mm in diameter.

BACKGROUND The behavior and optimal management of papillary thyroid microcarcinomas (PTMCs) after thyroidectomy remain unclear. The purpose of this study was to compare the clinicopathologic features and tumor recurrence rates of patients with PTMCs ≤5 mm and >5 mm in diameter after total thyroidectomy. METHODS A group of patients with PTMCs ≤5 mm (n=83) has been compared to a group with >5 m...

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