Transition from Hand-Assisted Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy to Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy on a National Scale.

Objectives: There is a lack of concrete evidence regarding the best approach for donor nephrectomy among transplant centers. We compared donor outcomes during the period of the transition from the hand-assisted laparoscopic donor nephrectomy method to the purely laparoscopic donor nephrectomy method and have provided suggestions to minimize the initial difficulties and to improve donor outcomes.

Materials And Methods: Details (operative time, length of hospital stay, complications, creatinine at hospital discharge, and creatinine at the 1-month follow-up) were compared between the 32 hand-assisted laparoscopic donor nephrectomy cases and 16 purely laparoscopic donor nephrectomy cases.

Mesh Rectopexy or Resection Rectopexy for Rectal Prolapse; Is There a Gold Standard Method: A Systematic Review, Meta-Analysis and Trial Sequential Analysis.

(1) Background: Rectal prolapse is a benign condition that mainly affects females and the elderly. The most common symptoms are constipation and incontinence. The treatment of choice is surgical, but so far, there has been no gold standard method.

The Role of Carbon Nanoparticles as Lymph Node Tracers in Colorectal Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Colorectal malignancies are the third-most common malignancies worldwide, with a rising incidence. Surgery remains the treatment of choice and adequate lymph node dissection is required for accurate staging. The objective of this study is to assess the use of carbon nanoparticles in lymph node tracing and resection in cases of colorectal cancer.

Clinically occult Leydig cell tumor in a cryptorchid man. Report of a case presenting with unilateral gynecomastia and impotence.

Left painful breast enlargement and impotence were the main complaints of a right cryptorchid young man. On ultrasonography a hypoechoic mass was found in the right testis. Postoperatively the increased level of estrogens and the decreased levels of testosterone were normalized 6 months following the orchiectomy, gynecomastia subsided considerably and the impotence improved quite satisfactorily.