Low local recurrence rates following marginal surgical resection of non-coelomic Atypical Lipomatous Tumours/Well-differentiated Liposarcomas.

Introduction: High rates of local recurrence (LR) have been reported following resection of extremity Atypical lipomatous tumours/Well-differentiated liposarcomas (ALTs). This retrospective study of patients who underwent resection of primary deep extremity and trunk ALTs at a specialist sarcoma centre aims to assess morbidity and factors associated with low local recurrence rates (LRR).

Methods: To review a homogeneous cohort of patients with low-grade disease, tumours with known high-risk histological features were excluded.

Retrospective Analysis of Retroperitoneal-Abdominal-Pelvic Ganglioneuromas: An International Study by the Transatlantic Australasian Retroperitoneal Sarcoma Working Group (TARPSWG).

Objective: The Transatlantic Australasian Retroperitoneal Sarcoma Working Group conducted a retrospective study on the disease course and clinical management of ganglioneuromas.

Background: Ganglioneuromas are rare tumors derived from neural crest cells. Data on these tumors remain limited to case reports and single-institution case series.

Frailty in Very Elderly Patients is Not Associated with Adverse Surgical or Oncological Outcomes in Extremity Surgery for Soft Tissue Sarcoma.

Background: While surgery remains the mainstay of treatment for limb sarcoma, extreme old age is a relative contraindication to oncological surgery.

Methods: Patients >80 years referred with primary extremity soft-tissue sarcoma (ESTS) between 2007 and 2016 were retrospectively reviewed. Prognostic variables, including ASA status and Clinical Frailty Scores, were collected.

The dilemma of distance: patients with kidney cancer from regional Australia present at a more advanced stage.

Objective: To determine whether patients from regional areas undergoing surgery for kidney cancer present with more advanced disease as a result of geographic isolation.

Patients And Methods: Retrospective analysis of 221 patients undergoing surgery for renal cell carcinoma (RCC) from January 2004 to June 2012, from both a metropolitan centre and a large inner regional hospital. Data was collected on age, gender, presentation (incidental or symptomatic), clinical stage and pathological features.

Sutured attachment of the implantable Doppler probe cuff for large or complex pedicles in free tissue transfer.

The Cook-Swartz implantable Doppler probe (Cook Medical(®), Cook Ireland Ltd., Limerick, Ireland) has evolved as a useful option for postoperative free flap monitoring. For placement, the probe either is left unattached around the venous pedicle or is secured.