Publications by authors named "B Debras"
Objectives: To evaluate the early clinical experience associated with radio-frequency (RF) ablation in patients with solitary adrenal gland metastasis of renal cell carcinoma (RCC).
Methods: A total of 5 patients were treated with RF ablation of adrenal gland metastasis from RCC under computed tomography (CT) guidance between 2006 and 2007. Radiotherapeutics generator (Boston Scientific, Natick, MA) and Radiotherapeutics RF ablation probe with "umbrella" array tip (Boston Scientific, Natick, MA) were used.
Objective: The prognostic significance of seminal vesicle invasion on the radical prostatectomy specimen was evaluated according to the proximal or distal site of this invasion.
Materials And Methods: 52 consecutive patients undergoing radical prostatectomy for stage pT3b N0 M0 prostatic cancer were classified into two groups: group A (18 patients): patients with invasion limited to the proximal part of the seminal vesicles (stage T3b limited); group B (34 patients): patients with invasion extending to the free part of the seminal vesicles (stage T3b extensive). The PSA progression-free curves were compared between the two groups.
Objective: To allow the diagnosis of pathological stage C prostatic cancer before deciding on treatment.
Method: Seminal vesicle biopsy was performed as an outpatient procedure without anaesthesia. An identical antibiotic prophylaxis to that used for prostatic biopsy was performed.
Objective: To identify patients at high risk of extraprostatic seminal vesicle infiltration, in whom preoperative seminal vesicle biopsies should be performed.
Materials And Methods: We studied the relationship between extraprostatic seminal vesicle infiltration and the available preoperative data [age, clinical stage, prostate-specific antigen (PSA) level, number and site of positive prostatic sextant biopsies, Gleason score] in a total of 75 patients suffering from clinically localized prostatic adenocarcinoma who were candidates for radical prostatectomy.
Results: The chi 2 test showed that the preoperative data most significantly correlated with extraprostatic seminal vesicle infiltration were the presence of positive basal biopsies (p < 0.
Purpose: This study was undertaken to evaluate the potential metabolic complications of 1.5 percent glycine irrigating solution during endoscopic transanal resection (ETAR) of rectal tumors.
Methods: Thirteen consecutive frail patients (mean age, 81 (range, 57-91) years) undergoing 18 ETAR were prospectively studied from July 1993 to January 1995.