DCIS of the breast: The value of preoperative MRI.

Introduction: Ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) of the breast is commonly treated surgically. The intent of this study was to evaluate whether preoperative MRI could add to mammography in predicting the extent of the disease.

Methods: A series of patients with DCIS attending our surgical clinic for preoperative assessment were offered MRI as part of a prospective study.

Laparoscopic adrenalectomy for phaeochromocytoma: a case series.

Aim: To describe our 13-year experience in laparoscopic adrenalectomy for phaeochromocytoma.

Method: We performed a retrospective analysis of case notes of 29 patients who underwent laparoscopic adrenalectomy for phaeochromocytoma between 2000 and 2013.

Results: Twenty-nine patients (16 female), aged 16 to 67 years, underwent laparoscopic adrenalectomy for phaeochromocytoma.

International multi-institutional management and outcome of melanoma patients with positive sentinel lymph nodes in more than one nodal basin.

Background: Melanoma patients with palpable nodal disease in more than one basin have a worse prognosis than those with single-basin disease. Little is known about the outcome of patients with microscopically positive nodal disease in more than one basin, or how they are currently managed at tertiary referral centers.

Methods: We identified 97 patients with positive sentinel lymph nodes (SLNs) in more than one lymph node basin from 1994 to 2010 from three tertiary care centers.

Surgical outcomes following laparoscopic adrenalectomy for treatment of Conn's syndrome (primary hyperaldosteronism) between 1999 and 2006.

Background: Primary hyperaldosteronism is a recognised cause of secondary hypertension with its aetiology most commonly due to a secreting aldosterone adenoma of the adrenal gland. Laparoscopic resection of the adrenal tumour has now become the accepted form of intervention. The aim of this study was to assess the effectiveness of such procedures performed by one surgeon over a 7-year period.