Eradication of basal cell carcinoma of the head and neck using the surgical excision with a new stained margin technique: a preliminary study.

Background: Basal cell carcinomas (BCCs) are common cutaneous neoplasms that mainly affect fair-skinned subjects, in sun-exposed areas of the body. The treatment of choice of BCCs is represented by surgical excision and different techniques are available, in order to allow the complete eradication of the tumor with the best cosmetic results. In this paper, we describe the surgical excision with stained margin technique (SMET) and we report its efficacy for the treatment of BCCs of the head and neck region.

[Survey of the perceived quality of healthcare in some countries of the former Soviet block].

The health systems of countries of the Former Soviet Union are all based on Semashko's system, which is no longer active since 1991 when the fall of communism occurred. Post-soviet states have tried to create new healthcare systems that maintain universal access to care. The goal of this descriptive study, conducted from August 2009 to June 2012, was to investigate the perceived quality of healthcare services in selected post-Soviet states.

Basal cell carcinoma of the head region: therapeutical results of 350 lesions treated with Mohs micrographic surgery.

Background: Basal cell carcinoma (BCC) is a non-melanocytic skin tumour with a high risk of recurrence after incomplete treatment, especially the aggressive subtypes (basosquamous, micronodular and morphea BCC). The percentage of recurrence also depends on the anatomical site of the tumour. Nose-cheek fold, paranasal fold, retroauricular fold and internal canthus are considered to be critical sites.

Adjustable continence therapy for severe intrinsic sphincter deficiency and recurrent female stress urinary incontinence: long-term experience.

Purpose: ACT was developed to treat female stress urinary incontinence resulting from intrinsic sphincter deficiency by increasing urethral resistance. We evaluated the implantation procedure and assessed patient outcomes at our center.

Materials And Methods: The adjustable continence device consists of 2 silicone balloons on either side of the proximal urethra under the bladder neck, each attached to a titanium port buried in the labia to allow postoperative titration.

Narrow-band imaging in diagnosis of endometrial cancer and hyperplasia: a new option?

Study Objective: To estimate whether the use of narrow-band imaging (NBI) hysteroscopy increases concordance between visual identification and a histologic diagnosis of endometrial cancer and hyperplasia.

Design: Prospective study (Canadian Task Force classification: II-2).

Setting: Department of obstetrics and gynecology, University of Eastern Piedmont, Novara, Italy.

Adjustable continence therapy for treatment of recurrent female urinary incontinence.

Purpose: The Adjustable Continence Therapy (ACT) device has been developed for the treatment of recurrent stress urinary incontinence resulting from intrinsic sphincter deficiency (ISD) by increasing urethral coaptation. We critically evaluated the technique and its results.

Methods: The ACT device consists of two balloons each attached to an injectable port placed in the labia majora.

Prognostic factors in a prospective series of papillary renal cell carcinoma.

Objective: To prospectively assess the clinical outcome of a series of papillary renal cell carcinomas (PRCCs) to identify possible prognostic clinical variables and tumour markers, as previous retrospective series of PRCC do not provide unanimous results on the prognostic utility of clinicopathological variables.

Patients And Methods: Forty-six patients with PRCC (median follow-up 40 months) diagnosed in one institution from 1989 to 2002 were prospectively followed until May 2006. The pathology was reviewed, the PRCC subtyped (type 1 and 2) and immunohistochemistry assessed for MIB-1, vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), CD31 and c-met oncogenic protein, by a referee pathologist.

Adjustable Continence Therapy for the treatment of male stress urinary incontinence: a single-centre study.

Objective: To evaluate the Adjustable Continence Therapy (ProACT) device, a new device for the treatment of male stress urinary incontinence resulting from compromised sphincteric function.

Material And Methods: A total of 64 males with post-prostatectomy incontinence underwent ProACT implantation. Efficacy was assessed by means of a daily pad count, a direct visual stress test, administration of the Incontinence Quality of Life (IQOL) and patient global impression (PGI) questionnaires and use of a visual analogue scale (VAS) to assess improvement in incontinence.

Is radical prostatectomy feasible in all cases of locally advanced non-bone metastatic prostate cancer? Results of a single-institution study.

Objectives: Previous prospective studies of the surgical treatment of locally advanced prostate cancer have enrolled patients selected on the basis of a limited T3 disease extension. The aim of the present study was to assess the feasibility and the oncologic outcome of radical prostatectomy administered to a consecutive unselected series of advanced, non-bone metastatic prostate cancers.

Methods: Between March 1998 and February 2003 radical prostatectomy was offered at our institution to any patient diagnosed with prostate cancer with no sign of extranodal metastatic disease.