Background: The cornerstone of glioma treatment is the surgical resection of the visible tumor, knowing fully that the disease extends beyond what magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is able to show and the efficacy of the surgery is highly dependent on the surgeon's expertise. Different intraoperative technologies have emerged to aid in the goal of optimizing the extent of resection for glial tumors. Intraoperative ultrasound (iUS) is an attractive option due to its low cost and real-time imaging.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Neutropenic enterocolitis (NEC) is a well recognised clinical-pathological and life-threatening complication in patients suffering from several conditions, including solid and haematological malignancies or aplastic anaemia.
Objective: This review was aimed at evaluating overall NEC mortality rate, describing clinical diagnostic findings and therapeutical interventions reported in the literature and generating a hypothesis regarding factors influencing mortality and surgical intervention.
Materials And Methods: An advanced search was made in Medline, Embase, Lilacs and Google.