BACKGROUND Complete mesocolic excision provides a correct anatomical plane for colon cancer surgery. However, manifestation of the surgical plane during laparoscopic complete mesocolic excision versus in computed tomography images remains to be examined. METHODS Patients who underwent laparoscopic complete mesocolic excision for right-sided colon cancer underwent an abdominal computed tomogra...

sinonasal teratocarcinosarcoma (sntcs) is a rare tumor characterized by mixture architecture of epithelial and mesenchymal components. sntcs is a highly malignant tumor displaying progressive and aggressive growth with poor prognosis. only about 40% of all patients survive after five years. it seems the combination of surgery and radiotherapy currently is the most effective treatment. in this r...

Abstract Aim Patients with malignant melanoma (MM) can develop isolated metastasis years after treatment of the primary. The spleen and small bowel are recognised intra-abdominal sites metastasis. Excision these metastases is recommended as several international case series have shown good prognoses excision. Method This a 10-year retrospective study patients MM diagnoses who underwent excision...

pilonidal disease affects mostly young men during work and educating years and bears a host of complications. after excision of the pilonidal sinus, some surgeons leave the wound open (secondary healing) and others close the wound primarily. the aim of this study is to compare mean duration of stay, length of operative procedure, length of time to return to work, wound infection rate, recurrenc...

BACKGROUND Percutaneous, vacuum-assisted, large-gauge core needle biopsy (VACNB) provides an alternative to open surgical biopsy as an initial diagnostic tool for breast lesions, yet rates of underestimating malignant diagnoses remain sufficiently high to warrant surgical biopsy in some cases. The current study was performed to determine if the Breast Lesion Excision System (BLES) provides a fe...

  Osteochondroma or exostosis is the most common benign bone tumor, and occurring frequently in the proximal humerus, tibia, and distal femur. It rarely affects talus. Osteochondroma of talus is a very rare etiology of tarsal tunnel syndrome (TTS). We report a rare case of extensive osteochondroma of the talus in a 60 year old female presenting with multiple swellings around the ankle and sympt...