Background Few studies have focused on the optimal threshold of examed lymph nodes (ELNs) for breast cancer patients with more than three positive lymph nodes after modified radical mastectomy. Materials and methods The X-tile and the minimum P-value models were applied to determine the optimal threshold. Cox proportional hazard analysis was used to analyze the cancer-specific survival and pe...

[Purpose] Breast cancer-related upper extremity lymph edema is known to cause physical, functional and psychological impairments in women after modified radical mastectomy. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of phase I Complex Decongestive Physiotherapy (CDP) on physical functions and depression levels in women with breast cancer-related upper extremity lymph edema. [Subjects ...

Background: Breast cancer is among the commonest of causes death caused due to in females throughout world. Objective: To determine frequency Seroma formation patients undergoing Modified Radical Mastectomy after neoadjuvant therapy. Methodology: Study Design: Comparative cross-sectional study. Place and Duration Study: Department Surgery, Chandka Medical College Hospital, Larkana from November...

Background: Lymphedema post-mastectomy remains a challenging problem. This study aimed to investigate the efficacy of shock wave electrohydraulic treatment (ESWT) for patients with pain and lymphedema.Methods: Thirty (30 women) & lymphedema post-radical mastectomy were evaluated participate in this Clinical trial. They recruited from Minia Cancer Institute- University Deraya outpatient clin...

OBJECTIVE It has been proposed that young women should not be treated by breast conservation treatment because of a higher risk of local recurrences and worse survival. We therefore examined whether breast conservation treatment in young Chinese women yielded inferior clinical outcomes compared to modified radical mastectomy. DESIGN Retrospective study. SETTING Clinical oncology department ...

Radical prostatectomies are one of the most commonly performed operations for the robotic urologist. When a rare anatomic anomaly leads to an unrecognized intraoperative injury, standard postoperative management becomes complicated. We present the case of a patient with an iatrogenic injury to an ectopic ureter that under went a robotic assisted common sheath ureteroneocystostomy three days pos...

Perhaps no other disease or its treatment has evoked such strong feelings as has breast cancer. The reasons for this are to be found both in our culture in general and in medicine in particular. The breast, in certain contexts, is the symbol of motherhood, nourishment, and security while in others it rep resents beauty and femininity. There are equally compelling medical connotations which have...

PURPOSE To review the literature and present a current picture of the evolution in radical prostatectomy from the laparoscopic point of view. MATERIALS AND METHODS We conducted an extensive Medline literature search. Articles obtained regarding laparoscopic radical prostatectomy (LRP) and our experience at Institut Montsouris were used for reassessing anatomical and technical issues in radica...

CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE Modified radical mastectomy is widely utilized in breast cancer treatment. However, no prospective comparison has yet been made between the Madden technique (preservation of the pectoralis minor muscle) and the Patey technique (resection of this muscle). The aim of this work was to compare these two modified radical mastectomy techniques, by analyzing their degrees of diff...