Preoperative frailty assessment in older patients with colorectal cancer: use of clinical and radiological tool.

Purpose: The Memorial Sloan Kattering Frailty Index (MSK-FI) and the Skeletal Muscle Index (SMI) have recently gained attention as markers of frailty and decreased physiologic reserve, and are promising as predictors of adverse postoperative outcomes in patients undergoing oncologic surgery. The objective of this study was to establish the prognostic accuracy of these indexes in a cohort of patients with colorectal cancer subjected to surgical intervention.

Methods: We performed an observational study including all patients older than 60 years, subjected to colorectal cancer surgery between January 2010 and May 2020, and stratified our cohort based on the presence of frailty, as defined by MSK-FI ≥ 3.

The Frailty Based on the Memorial Sloan Kettering Frailty Index for Prediction of Surgical Outcome in Advance Epithelial Ovarian Cancer-Experience of a Single Center in Mexico.

Retrospective impact evaluation of frailty as measured by the Memorial Sloan Kettering Frailty Index (MSK-FI) on outcomes in older women surgically treated for advanced epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC). Women ≥ 60 years with stage IIIC/IV EOC who underwent primary debulking surgery (PDS) or interval debulking surgery (IDS) were included. Medical records were reviewed for patients' characteristics and outcomes.

Risk Factors Associated to Residual Tumor in Re-excision for Positive Margins in Breast Conservative Surgery.

Background: Breast conservative surgery (BCS) is an adequate treatment for patients with early breast cancer. Local recurrence is associated with diverse factors. Our objective was to evaluate risk factors associated with finding residual tumor in patients with positive margins in BCS.

Clinical characteristics and surgical treatment of schwannomas of the esophagus and stomach: A case series and systematic review.

Background: Gastrointestinal schwannomas are slow-growing benign mesenchymal neoplasms that originate from Schwann cells of the nerve sheath of Auerbach´s plexus or less frequently from Meissner´s plexus. The main differential diagnosis of gastric schwannomas are the gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs), which are classified by their immunohistochemistry. The treatment of choice for gastric schwannomas is surgery where laparoscopy plays an important role.

"Expanding the limits". Three-year follow-up of renal transplant recipients from a deceased donor with creatinine greater than 5 mg/dl. Report of three cases.

Due the shortage of organ donors and the increase in the waiting list of kidney transplant recipients (KTR), alternative strategies have been considered with the aim of increasing the number of organs available. The use of kidneys from donors with acute renal failure and elevated serum creatinine has been considered as a way to increase the number of donors. The objective of this work is to report the 3-year follow-up of three KTR patients of a deceased donor with serum creatinine greater than or equal to 5 mg/dL.