Robot-assisted laparoscopic transperitoneal infrarenal lymphadenectomy in patients with locally advanced cervical cancer by single docking: Do we need a backup procedure?

To present our initial experience on the feasibility of robotic transperitoneal para-aortic lymphadenectomy up to left renal vein via single docking approach by high port insertion technique followed by left shoulder docking as a rescue backup procedure in surgically obstructed patients undergoing surgical staging because of locally advanced cervical cancer (LACC). Prospective observational preliminary study. Canadian Task Force classification II-3.

Serum human epididymis protein 4 can be a useful tumor marker in the differential diagnosis of adnexal masses during pregnancy: a pilot study.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to evaluate serum concentrations of human epididymis protein 4 (HE4) and cancer antigen 125 (CA 125) in healthy women and their pregnant counterparts to determine the influence of pregnancy on these biomarkers.

Materials And Methods: Serum concentrations of CA 125 and HE4 were measured in 27 healthy non-pregnant women and 26 healthy pregnant women in the first and second trimesters.

Results: Higher concentration of CA 125 was found in pregnants than in non-pregnant women (p = 0.

Evaluation of Crohn's disease activity by MR enterography: Derivation and histopathological comparison of an MR-based activity index.

Aims: To compose a qualitative magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) activity index showing Crohn disease (CD) activity, and to compare magnetic resonance enterography (MRE) findings with histopathology results.

Materials And Methods: Twenty-six patients (11 male and 15 female; mean age 36.7) who had MRE and colonoscopic biopsy between October 2011 and August 2012 were included in the study.

Primary synovial sarcoma of the kidney.

Synovial Sarcoma (SS) is a soft tissue neoplasm that occurs generally in the proximity of large joints. Here, we report a case of a 45-year-old man who was diagnosed with Primary SS of the kidney which is an extremely rare tumor that accounts for less than 2% of malignant renal tumors. We also review the literature on primary synovial sarcomas of the kidney and focus especially on the renal tumors' differential diagnosis.

Do routine preoperative imaging techniques facilitate the operation in endometrial cancer?

Objective: To assess the role of routine intravenous pyelography (IVP), rectoscopy and additional imaging techniques like computed tomography (CT) and abdominal ultrasonography (USG) for the evaluation of patients with endometrial cancer.

Materials And Methods: A total of 97 women with endometrial cancer (82 endometrioid and 15 non-endometrioid type) of all stages (Stage I = 65, II = 14, III = 13, IV = 5) were included in the study. Of these, 50 women were admitted because of postmenopausal bleeding, 24 with irregular vaginal bleeding and 7 with pain and leucorrhea, whereas the others had no complaints.