AIM To evaluate the effect of abdominal radical trachelectomy on ovarian reserve and compare it with abdominal radical hysterectomy and a control group that did not have surgery. METHOD We enrolled eighteen women who had abdominal radical trachelectomy with pelvic lymphadenectomy and sixteen patients who had abdominal radical hysterectomy for this study. Ten thousand one hundred eighty-six wo...

Lymphangioma circumscriptum is a congenital lymphatic malformation that results in gradual dilatation of lymphatic vessels and development of lymphatic cisterns. The treatment of choice is radical surgery. Other treatment methods including cryotherapy, sclerosing agent injections, radiation therapy and CO2 laser were suggested. We report successful treatment of a 14-year-old boy affected with l...

IATROGENIC ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION AFTER PELVIC SURGERY: PROSTATECTOMY, COLONIC AND RECTAL SURGERY (ABSTRACT): Radical pelvic surgery: radical prostatectomy, colonic and rectal surgery are iatrogenic causes of erectile dysfunction with major impact on healthrelated quality of life. The major cause of erectile dysfunction in such surgical procedures is cavernous nerve injury that leads to apoptosis...

Materials and methods 129 patients who underwent radical surgery for N0 colorectal cancer were selected and grouped into three age classes: <65 years, between 65 and 80, >80. A subpopulation of 44 patients with colorectal cancer in stage II was selected from the initial group for a comparison with a control population consisting of 63 patients who underwent radical surgery and adjuvant chemothe...

Deep venous thrombosis or DVT is a blood clot formation in one or more of the deep veins. The blood clot does not break down and therefore, it can become larger and occlude the blood flow within the affected vein. The most frequent sites are the leg veins (femoral and popliteal) and the deep pelvic veins. Rarely, the arm veins are affected (Paget-Schrötter disease). Pulmonary embolism (PE) is t...

the measures recommended may not always find favor here. The evaluation of chemotherapy, and especially of the uses of penicillin, is more hesitating. Recent progress in bacteriology and immunology is dealt with sketchily, and although contemporary references are cited in the text, no bibliography is available. In spite of its shortcomings, the student may find this volume a useful introduction...

Phacoemulsification and aspiration (PEA) has become the most popular cataract surgery, due to the establishment of safe surgical techniques and development of associated instruments. However, corneal endothelial damage still represents a serious complication, as excessive damage can lead to irreversible bullous keratopathy. In addition to causes such as mechanical or heat injuries, free radical...

Several studies have shown that patients with prior transurethral prostate surgery are associated with greater perioperative complications, as well as inferior oncological and functional outcomes when they undergo robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP). Objectives: To the best of our knowledge, there is no study thus far evaluating the association between prior transurethral prostate surge...

Left-sided cholangiocarcinoma includes hilar cholangiocarcinoma (HC), predominantly involving the left hepatic duct, and intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (ICC) in the left liver. Left hepatectomy, or left hepatic trisectionectomy, is indicated as radical surgery of left-sided HC or ICC with or without hilar bile duct invasion. Left lateral sectionectomy, or left medial sectionectomy, is performe...