Neoadjuvant treatment for stage III and IV cutaneous melanoma.

Background: Cutaneous melanoma is amongst the most aggressive of all skin cancers. Neoadjuvant treatment is a form of induction therapy, given to shrink a cancerous tumour prior to the main treatment (usually surgery). The purpose is to improve survival and surgical outcomes.

Frailty as a predictor of adverse outcomes in head and neck reconstruction: A systematic review.

Background: Frailty has been shown to adversely impact outcomes in a number of surgical disciplines. In head and neck reconstructive surgery, frailty may represent a significant risk factor in predicting post-operative outcomes due to the common characteristics of the patient population undergoing these procedures.

Objectives: To summarize the available evidence about frailty as a predictor of post-operative complications, length of hospital stay and quality of life in patients undergoing head and neck reconstructive surgery.

Analysis of Outcomes of Pharyngo-laryngo-esophagectomy and Reconstruction with Longitudinal Comparison in a Single Institution.

Advanced hypopharyngeal tumours present complex clinical challenges, and where resection is attempted, there is a requirement for major reconstruction. Despite advances in surgical technique, outcomes remain poor for this patient group, and optimum treatment has yet to be established. We aimed to assess the treatment and outcomes of patients in our institution in the context of previous studies.

Idiopathic Carpal Spasm (Trousseau's Sign) After Intraoperative Arm Tourniquet Inflation in an Intubated Patient.

We present a case of a 38-year-old male who sustained a laceration from a knife to the volar aspect of his left index and middle fingers. He had clinical injury to his flexor digitorum profundus tendons to both digits. He underwent operative exploration and repair of the tendons under general anaesthetic.

Evaluating the outcomes of temporal bone resection in metastatic cutaneous head and neck malignancies: 13-year review.

Objective: To evaluate the survival outcomes of patients who underwent lateral temporal bone resection as treatment for metastatic skin cancers.

Methods: A single-institute, retrospective chart review was carried out on patients who underwent lateral temporal bone resection between January 2000 and December 2012. Overall survival and disease-free survival rates were calculated.