Postoperative drainage management and wound complications following resection of lower limb soft tissue tumors: a retrospective cohort study.

Purpose: Postoperative wound complications are common in patients undergoing resection of lower extremity soft tissue tumors. Postoperative drainage therapy ensures adequate wound healing but may delay or complicate it. The aim of this study is to evaluate the incidence of postoperative wound complications and delayed or prolonged drainage treatment and to propose a standardized definition and severity grading of complex postoperative courses.

Accuracy and Safety of Ultrasound-Guided Core Needle Biopsy of Soft Tissue Tumors in an Outpatient Setting: A Sarcoma Center Analysis of 392 Consecutive Patients.

Background: The aim of this study was to investigate diagnostic accuracy, safety and histologic results of ultrasound guided core needle biopsy (CNB) in patients with soft tissue lesions (STL) at a tertiary referral center.

Methods: A retrospective analysis of all consecutive patients undergoing ultrasound guided CNB for STL at our sarcoma outpatient service between January 2015 and August 2020 was performed.

Results: A total of 392 patients were identified.

Fusion imaging to evaluate the radiographic anatomical relationship between primary tumors and local recurrences in retroperitoneal soft tissue sarcoma.

Background: Local recurrence (LR) of retroperitoneal soft tissue sarcoma (RPS) is a common and life-threatening event. The evaluation of the exact anatomical patterns of local recurrence might help to improve local treatment in RPS.

Methods: Of our local database we extracted ten patients with LR of RPS with axial MRI and/or CT datasets of the primary tumor (PT) and the LR.

Transcranial Doppler sonography and intracranial pressure monitoring in children and juveniles with acute brain injuries or hydrocephalus.

Transcranial Doppler sonography is a noninvasive method of obtaining information about changes in cerebral hemodynamics and intracranial pressure. After severe head injuries the development of brain swelling and brain edema can be assessed and the efficacy of treatment monitored. Development of severe brain edema accompanied by a rapid increase in intracranial pressure can be recognized by a decrease in blood flow velocity and rise in the pulsatility index.