BACKGROUND The importance of meniscal preservation has become widely accepted, and meniscal repair techniques have evolved over recent years. With new techniques come new complications, which are critical to recognize. PURPOSE To describe a new complication of foreign body reaction from a nonabsorbable suture anchor associated with improper placement of the all-inside meniscal device. STUDY...

When choosing the best method to undertake a biopsy of a lesion in the lung or mediastinum, it is important to consider the entire range of possible options, such as surgical, bronchoscopic/endoscopic, and radiologic techniques. Features to be considered include the anatomic location of the lesion, the amount of tissue needed, cost, availability of specific techniques, safety and risks, and exp...

Despite the development of more sophisticated diagnostic techniques, it remains difficult to detect pancreatic carcinoma in the early stage. The resection rate has been increasing due to recent advances in surgical techniques and the application of extensive surgery. However, the postoperative prognosis has been poor due to commonly occurring liver metastasis. Recent molecular-biological studie...

objectives: presence/absence of cervical lymph node metastasis plays a critical role in prognosis and survival of patients with oral squamous cell carcinoma (scc). this study was designed to assess the diagnostic accuracy of computed tomography (ct) scan for detection of cervical lymph node metastasis in oral scc in comparison with histopathological analysis after neck dissection methods: in th...

Endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR) is an endoscopic alternative to surgical resection of mucosal and submucosal neoplastic lesions and intramucosal cancers. EMR offers both diagnostic and therapeutic capability. Lesions limited to the mucosa and the superficial layers of the submucosa appear to be the most amenable to endoscopic cure. The techniques for EMR can be broadly divided into two group...

background omental cysts are rarely intra-abdominal pathology. we report a case of omental cyst successfully resected by laparoscopy using two ports only with excellent outcome. case presentation our patient was a seven year old girl who presented with complaints of lump in abdomen, in which laparoscopy aided in making a correct final diagnosis and the surgical management. preoperative diagnost...

the treatment of carbuncles is early administration of antibiotics and surgery. the commonest surgical approaches are saucerization, and incision and drainage (i&d;). although these two techniques are vastly different, there is a lack of evidence to determine which one produces a better outcome. three cases of carbuncles are presented to illustrate the contrasting surgical techniques and their ...