Clinicopathological characteristics of cutaneous malignant melanoma in patients at a tertiary hospital in Macaronesia. Survival as a function of locoregional prognostic factors per the American Joint Committee on Cancer.

Background: Despite suffering high ultraviolet radiation levels, few data on malignant melanoma (MM) in Macaronesia are available.

Methods: Observational study of cutaneous MM cases diagnosed during a period of 12 years at a tertiary hospital in Canary Islands.

Results: A total of 532 patients (female/male = 1.

Evaluation of freezing in arterial microsurgical anastomosis.

In this work, the authors discuss the effect of freezing on vascular anastomosis performed in the femoral arteries of the rat. For this purpose, they utilize dimethyl propane ether (-60 degrees C). Two experiments were performed independently from each other.