OBJECTIVE Thyroid diseases are relatively common problems in patients with cardiac disease. The aim of this study was to evaluate the feasibility of combined interventions in heart and thyroid surgery. METHODS A retrospective study of 2530 cardiac operations yielded six patients who underwent thyroid intervention combined with cardiac surgery (coronary artery bypass grafting, valvular surgery...

INTRODUCTION This study was conducted to address whether staged surgical intervention or primary repair would be preferred for treating patients with tetralogy of Fallot and small left ventricle. METHODS We retrospectively assessed 28 patients with tetralogy of Fallot and small left ventricle at the Chinese PLA 208th Hospital, Changchun, between January 2005 and December 2008. Of this cohort,...

OBJECTIVE To compare two series of patients with breast cancer, one staged using preoperative MRI and the other staged using conventional techniques, analyzing the changes to treatment, the number of mastectomies, and the number of reinterventions due to involvement of the margins. MATERIAL AND METHODS We reviewed 600 patients divided into 300 patients with preoperative MRI (series 1) and 300...

Materials & Methods: During the period from June 2002 to December 2009, I performed 33 cases with proximal hypospadias, at Demerdash hospital; Ain Shams University; department of paediatric surgery. Data were collected retrospectively and included patient's age at operation, degree of the hypospadias, degree of associated chordee, the procedure performed complications and any repeated operation...

We present two similar cases of massive small bowel infarction in which two different surgical approaches were employed, illustrating the advantages of the staged approach of damage control surgery. This comprises an initial operation, limited to bowel resection and temporary closure of the bowel ends, and a second performed after 48 to 72 hours where the bowel continuity is re-established. We ...

There have been major changes in the treatment of anal cancer in past few years with chemoradiotherapy (CRT) is now considered the first line treatment and residual or recurrent disease is best treated by salvage anorectal excision. Anal cancer is now staged clinically with emphasis on tumour size, lymph node status and the presence or absence of metastases. Pathological staging systems of rese...

Methods and materials MR images of 39 patients (15 underwent surgery without pre-operative treatment, while 24 had undergone pre-operative CRT or radiotherapy prior to MRI) with diagnosis of rectal cancer to evaluate tumour stage (T stage), involvement of mesorectal fascia (MRF), and nodal metastasis (N stage) were included in the study. Tumours were staged according to the TNM staging system (...

A staged method of surgical management for congenital talipes equinovarus is described. The hindfoot was corrected and rebalanced early in 125 feet, and in 66 feet a second-stage medial forefoot correction was performed in the second, third or fourth year. The hindfoot relapsed in 19% and the forefoot in 9%; these feet were treated by further soft-tissue surgery. No bony operation was necessary...

Progress in spinal surgery during the second half of twentieth century was made possible by a deeper study three-dimensional nature normal and pathological architecture spine. The problem complex deformities remains one most important clinical vertebrology. In Ukraine, more than 9,000 children need for scoliosis deformities. Of these, 15% have congenital Purpose - to conduct retrospective analy...