Sacrocolpopexy after sub-total hysterectomy vs. sacral hysteropexy for advanced urogenital prolapse: A propensity-matched study.

Objective: To compare objective and subjective outcomes of laparoscopic sacral colpopexy with supracervical hysterectomy (L-SCP) and robotic sacral hysteropexy (R-SHP).

Methods: This is a multicenter retrospective propensity score matched study. In the period between January 2014 and December 2018, we enrolled 161 patients with apical prolapse stage 2 or above, alone or with multicompartment descensus.

Should radical prostatectomy be encouraged at any age? A critical non-systematic review.

Elderly men are likely to be diagnosed with clinically localized prostate cancer, however only few studies have assessed the appropriate treatment in such patients. Radical prostatectomy is one valid alternative. Perioperative outcomes, functional outcomes and oncological outcomes have to be carefully discussed in patient counselling.

Right Colectomy for Cancer: A Matched Comparison of Three Different Surgical Approaches.

Purpose: The standard approach to right colon cancer resection is still a matter of debate and includes laparoscopy, open midline incision, or open transverse incision. We aimed this study to compare the short- and long-term results of laparoscopic right-colectomy with those provided by the open approaches.

Methods: Of the 176 patients who underwent right-colectomy at our Department for nonmetastatic colon cancer, 40 patients treated by laparoscopy, 40 treated by transverse incisions, and 40 treated by midline incisions were selected and matched using the propensity score method.

Evidence based medicine and surgical approaches for colon cancer: evidences, benefits and limitations of the laparoscopic vs open resection.

Aim: To report a meta-analysis of the studies that compared the laparoscopic with the open approach for colon cancer resection.

Methods: Forty-seven manuscripts were reviewed, 33 of which employed for meta-analysis according to the PRISMA guidelines. The results were differentiated according to the study design (prospective randomized trials vs case-control series) and according to the tumor's location.

Ancillary studies in determining human papillomavirus status of squamous cell carcinoma of the oropharynx: a review.

Squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) of the oral cavity and pharynx represents the sixth most common form of malignancy worldwide. A significant proportion of these cases are related to human papillomavirus (HPV) infection. In general, HPV-associated SCC is more commonly nonkeratinizing and poorly differentiated, whereas non-HPV-associated SCC is typically keratinizing and moderately differentiated.

Cytologic features of sclerosing hemangioma of the lung on crush preparations.

Sclerosing hemangioma of the lung is a rare benign neoplasm. The majority of the literature published on sclerosing hemangioma has focused on the histologic features, while only a few case reports have described the cytologic features. We report two additional cases of sclerosing hemangioma of the lung in which the cytologic material was prepared at the time of frozen section.