Bronchial anthracosis was recently defined in the English radiology literature as a luminal narrowing associated with anthracotic pigmentation on bronchoscopy without a relevant history of pneumoconiosis or smoking. Anthracosis refers to the presence of carbon particles in the lungs, not to a disorder per se. Anthracofibrotic lesions carry the potential risk of massive hemorrhage during endobro...

Background Few studies have focused on the optimal threshold of examed lymph nodes (ELNs) for breast cancer patients with more than three positive lymph nodes after modified radical mastectomy. Materials and methods The X-tile and the minimum P-value models were applied to determine the optimal threshold. Cox proportional hazard analysis was used to analyze the cancer-specific survival and pe...

[Purpose] Breast cancer-related upper extremity lymph edema is known to cause physical, functional and psychological impairments in women after modified radical mastectomy. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of phase I Complex Decongestive Physiotherapy (CDP) on physical functions and depression levels in women with breast cancer-related upper extremity lymph edema. [Subjects ...

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...

Aim: To compare mean blood loss between harmonic scalpel and monopolar electrocautry in modified radical mastectomy Methods: This comparative study was conducted from 1 st June 2015 to 31 st December 2015 in the Department of Surgery, Bolan Medical Complex Hospital Quetta. A total of 100 females (50 in two groups) between 20-70 years of age with carcinoma breast were included, Thrombocytopenia,...

Stewart-Treves syndrome is an angiosarcoma that occurs because of chronic lymphedema, which in most cases is a complication after mastectomy with axillary node dissection and postoperative radiation. Prognosis for this rare tumor is poor. The best therapy is early and radical excision. Chronic lymphedema seems to be an important pathogenic factor. We report a 59-year-old patient with chronic ly...

BACKGROUND Stroke causes lasting disability and the burden of stroke is expected to increase substantially during the next decades. Optimal rehabilitation is therefore mandatory. Early supported discharge (ESD) has previously shown beneficial, but all major studies were carried out more than ten years ago. We wanted to implement and study the results of ESD in our community today with compariso...

Title: Suprapubic Tube Versus Urethral Catheter Drainage after Robot-Assisted Radical Prostatectomy: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Authors: Zhongyu Jian ([email protected]) Shijian Feng ([email protected]) Yuntian Chen ([email protected]) Xin Wei ([email protected]) Deyi Luo ([email protected]) Hong Li ([email protected]) Kunjie Wang ([email protected]) Version: 2 Date: 14 Dec 2017 A...