Background: To assess the annual incidence, surgical technique preferred (i.e. external versus endonasal) and the characteristics of patients undergoing a Dacryocystorhinostomy (DCR) in France over a 10-year-period.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Few studies have examined the differential impact of sublobar resection (SL) and lobectomy (L) on quality of life (QoL) during the first postoperative year.
Methods: We used a prospective cohort of Stage IA lung cancer patients undergoing video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) from the Initiative for Early Lung Cancer Research on Treatment. QoL was measured before surgery, and within 4, 6, and 12 months post-surgery using three validated instruments: SF-12 [physical (PCS) and mental health (MCS)], FACT-LCS (lung-cancer-symptoms), and the PHQ-4 (anxiety and depression subscales).
Background: Massage therapy's ability to mitigate breast imaging associated anxiety has not been previously studied. Anxiety is, however, often cited as a harm of screening mammography with few options offered to diminish anxiety other than not screening. Reducing anxiety may improve compliance, and reduce breast cancer mortality and morbidity.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: conjunctival melanomas have high local relapse rates. Oncologic and visual outcomes can be improved with proton therapy and no-touch surgery.
Material And Methods: a monocentric retrospective study of consecutive patients treated with surgery and proton therapy for conjunctival melanoma was conducted.
Purpose: To determine patterns of progression of probable Usual Interstitial Pneumonitis (UIP).
Methods: This HIPPA compliant, IRB-approved study draws patients from our Fibrosis Registry. All patients with a consensus diagnosis of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF) were included.
Introduction: To maximize the benefits of computed tomographic screening for lung cancer, optimal treatment for small, early lung cancers is needed. Limiting the extent of surgery spares lung tissue, preserves pulmonary function, and decreases operative time, complications, and morbidities. It also increases the likelihood of resecting future new primary lung cancers.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Silent sinus syndrome is an unusual cause of progressive enophthalmos and hypoglobus due to atelectasia of the maxillary sinus associated with osteolysis of the orbital floor. This syndrome is classically idiopathic, but the term is also used to describe traumatic or iatrogenic (surgical orbital decompression) cases.
Case Report: We report the case of a 33-year-old man who presented with a left orbital trauma without functional disorder.