Use of thioglycolate broth as a pre-analytic transport medium in the diagnosis of prosthetic joint infection.

Objectives: This study aimed to investigate whether adding tissue samples directly into thioglycolate (TG) broth yielded a greater number of anaerobic organisms than freshly sampled tissue in suspected hip and knee prosthetic joint infections (PJIs).

Patients And Methods: Between January 2017 and December 2020, a total of 90 patients (46 males, 44 females; median age: 71.7 years; range, 50.

Sentinel lymph node biopsy for early oral cancer - accuracy and considerations in patient selection.

Sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) for staging oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) patients presenting with early (T1 and T2 N0) disease in preference to elective neck dissection (END) remains controversial worldwide. A retrospective analysis of 145 patients who underwent sentinel lymph node biopsy for a previously untreated early oral cancer between 2010 and 2020 was performed. The primary outcome measures were predictors of occult metastases, accuracy of SLNB and disease specific plus overall survival.

Temporal Bone Adenoma: A Comprehensive Analysis of Clinical Aspects and Surgical Outcome on a Very Rare Entity.

 The aim of this study is to present our experience in dealing with middle ear adenomas (MEAs), very rare tumors of the middle ear.  The medical notes of individuals with MEAs treated in tertiary referral; academic settings were retrospectively reviewed. We recorded the presenting symptoms, imaging findings, and pathology results.