Publications by authors named "Helene Vuarnesson"
Objectives: The optimal number of lymph nodes that need to be analyzed to reliably assess nodal status in distal pancreatectomy for adenocarcinoma is still unknown.
Methods: Two hundred seventy-eight patients who underwent distal pancreatectomy for adenocarcinoma were retrieved from a retrospective French nationwide database. The relations between the number of analyzed lymph nodes and the nodal status of the tumor were studied.
Objective: The aim of this study was to describe the management and outcome of tracheobronchial necrosis (TBN) after caustic ingestion.
Background: Emergency pulmonary patch repair has been reported to be lifesaving in patients with caustic TBN.
Methods: Patients who underwent management of caustic TBN between 1989 and 2013, were included.
Background: Increased awareness of asplenia-related life-threatening complications has led to development of parenchyma sparing splenic resections. The aim of the study was to report a new technique of laparoscopic partial splenectomy, which helps minimize perioperative bleeding risks.
Methods: From November 2004 to October 2012, 12 patients underwent partial laparoscopic resection of the spleen.
Background: The connection between high body mass index (BMI), risk of papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC), and the aggressiveness of PTC is still debated. We aimed to establish the relationship between excess BMI and the risk of PTC in an operative population, and the impact of obesity on histopathologic aggressiveness of PTC and on the outcome of patients.
Methods: All consecutive patients who underwent thyroid operation from June 2002 to December 2009 were reviewed in this retrospective study.
Background: The main purpose of the study was to report a comparative experience with primary and secondary esophagocoloplasty for caustic injuries. Secondary esophagocoloplasty is the main rescue option after graft loss, but data in the literature are scarce.
Methods: The operative characteristics, postoperative course, and functional outcomes of 21 secondary and of 246 primary esophagocoloplasty operations performed for caustic injuries between 1987 and 2006 were compared.