Over the last decade the psychological and neurobiological approach to aesthetics has collected relevant data about the experience of art, aesthetic products, natural phenomena, and non-artistic objects—even if these data are somewhat divergent depending on the many differences in the stimuli, procedures, techniques, instructions, and tasks that are used (Chatterjee, 2011; Nadal and Skov, 2013)...

Medical therapeutics has solidly evolved in the last decades based on bright ideas and hard work. Thinking outside the box remains essential if one's idea is to make his/her specific fields move forward. Some years ago we were lucky to become part of the surgical evolution in radical prostatec-tomy; the development of laparoscopic radical prostatectomy followed by the robotic version of the pro...

The formation of linear hypertrophic scars along suture lines is a frequent and undesired event after the conventional thy-roidectomy. 1 Previous reports have described good therapeutic results in minimizing the scars with fractional lasers and intralesional steroid injections. 1-4 However, in the cases of narrow linear scars, the fractional laser can damage the surrounding tissue despite using...

The Institute of Medicine has identified the management of ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) as one of the highest priority topics for comparative effectiveness research. With the rise of mammographic screening, the incidence of DCIS has increased dramatically, and currently about a quarter of all newly diagnosed breast cancers are DCIS. Although DCIS is by definition noninvasive, treatment is ne...

Commentary Gall stones, colorectal and other cancers Johansen and colleagues present the results of a cohort study with a substantial size and a non-differential follow up with regard to different cancer outcomes. However, this paper is, in essence, two different studies. One part constitutes an in depth study of the potential association between gall bladder disease and colorectal cancer and t...

success rate for cannulating the desired duct in surgically altered anatomy status, such as Billroth II gastrectomy has been just above 50%; while the overall success rate for selective cannulation has been about 90% in normal anatomy. 1 In addition to this low success rate, endoscopic retrograde ch-olangiopancreatography (ERCP) procedure has been known as a challenging way even for experts in ...

Authors' disclosures of potential conflicts of interest are found at the end of this article. S kin cancer is the most common cancer in the United States, with more than 3.5 million people diagnosed every year (American Cancer Society, 2013). Melanoma is a life-threatening form of skin cancer that occurs due to genetic and environmental factors. The risk factors most associated with malignant m...

giopancreatography (ERCP) and sphinc− terotomy is an essential diagnostic and therapeutic modality for biliary and pan− creatic diseases, it carries significant mor− bidity. A rare case of bilateral pneumo− thorax along with pneumomediastinum, pneumoperitoneum, pneumoretroperito− neum, and subcutaneous emphysema complicating ERCP with sphincterotomy is reported. A 56−year−old woman with acute c...

of > 1000 U/ml in pancreas cyst fluid is considered almost pathognomonic for a mucinous cystic neoplasm. A 32−year−old woman underwent abdominal computed tomography (CT) for evaluation of right upper quadrant pain, which revealed a 10−mm pancreatic tail cyst (l" Fig. 1a, b). The sharply demarcated cyst without septation did not communicate with the pancreatic duct. Follow−up CT, 4 months later,...

Letters Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura with severe large artery branch involvement Sir, A 36-year-old male patient was admitted to hospital due to diffuse abdominal pain, headache and blurred vision. Physical examination showed a patient with an affected clinical condition but awake. Arterial blood pressure (BP) was 260/140 mmHg with a regular heart rhythm. Abdominal examination revealed s...