Sentinel lymph node biopsy in breast cancer: review on various methodological approaches.

Aims And Background: Sentinel lymph node biopsy has been accepted as a standard procedure for early stage breast cancer. In this retrospective analysis, the results obtained with different methodological approaches using radiocolloid with or without blue dye were examined.

Methods: A total of 158 sentinel lymph node biopsies were performed in 152 patients.

A rare cause of acute abdomen: small bowel obstruction due to phytobezoar.

Background: Phytobezoars are a rare cause of acute small bowel obstruction. The aim of this work was to identify the diagnostic difficulties and treatment of this rare entity.

Methods: Data of 14 patients operated between January 1999-January 2009 with small bowel phytobezoar were retrospectively studied.