Adenoid cystic carcinoma (ACC) of the breast is very rare in males. There have been only eight previous articles published on breast ACC in males. Here, we will report on the first case of this type of tumor in the Chinese province of Hainan. The patient was a 19-year-old male, and he underwent a radical mastectomy (RM) with axillary lymph node dissection. The histopathological examination spec...

In the late 1890, William Halsted, the American surgeon who started the use of gloves in the operating room devised a new operation for breast cancer called radical mastectomy (RM). The operation was called “radical” because it involved, not only the removal of the breast, but also the lymph nodes and muscles. Despite the drawback of disfigurement, this operation was the standard procedure for ...

Objectives: To compare the modified radical mastectomy with breast conservative surgery in term of recurrence cancer. Material and methods: Between April 2021 to October 2021, total 60 women having age 30 years were selected from Department Surgery, D.G Khan Hospital, Kahn. Type study was randomized controlled trial. Recurrence rate cancer compared between both groups. Results: Mean 43.83 ± 9.6...

BACKGROUND In the literature on nipple-sparing mastectomy (NSM) with one-stage immediate implant reconstruction, contralateral symmetrisation has drawn little attention, with many surgeons still performing standard cosmetic mammaplasty procedures. However, standard implant-based mammaplasty usually does not result in proper symmetry with the mastectomy side, especially regarding breast projecti...

UNLABELLED It is presumed that bilateral mastectomy is so far the most efficient way how to prevent development of breast carcinoma among BRCA positive patients. This mutilating intervention might be unacceptable for cosmetic reasons for most women. The purpose of this study was to determine the influence of prophylactic mastectomy on the quality of life of BRCA positive patients by comparing r...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES We sought to provide informed recommendations on transitioning from laparoscopic radical prostatectomy (LRP) to robotic-assisted radical prostatectomy (RAP) through a study of the da Vinci robot. METHODS We performed a cost-benefit analysis to determine the impact that purchasing a dollars 1.5 million da Vinci robot with a dollars 112,000 service contract per year an...

Large series on radical cystectomy in female are being reported with increasing frequency, but vaginal evisceration does not attract attention as a significant long-term complication. We herein present a case with vaginal evisceration and protrusion of intestinal loops per introitus, 8 months following radical cystectomy.

I am glad to comment on position papers by Dr. Moul and by Drs. Patel and Sivaraman concerning the current status of robot-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy (RALP) and open retropubic radical prostatectomy (ORP). It is interesting that two well-informed prostate cancer surgeons have such different perspectives on the relative merits—or lack of merit—of RALP. There is some validity to ...

On 7 January 1948, a meeting was held at the Royal Society of Medicine in London. Its purpose was to settle a controversy. Robert McWhirter, an Edinburgh-based radiotherapist, had been invited to defend the scandalous position advocated by Geoffrey Keynes ten years previously: that radical mastectomy offered no survival advantage when compared to simple mastectomy plus local radiotherapy. The n...