Pilonidal Sinus Operations Performed Under Local Anesthesia versus the General Anesthesia: Clinical Trial Study.

Backgrounds: Various methods were defined to prepare patients for the pilonidal sinus surgery including local, spinal, and general anesthesia. But there is no powerful evidence to differ these procedures. Therefore, in the current study, we compared local and general anesthesia in the pilonidal sinus surgery.

Impact of gender on cellular immunity following gastrectomy in gastric cancer patients.

Aim: To investigate the impact of sex on white blood cells count after gastrectomy in patients with gastric cancer.

Methods: The study population included 48 patients who underwent total or subtotal gastrectomy for gastric cancer. Total white blood cells, neutrophils and lymphocytes counts of pre and postoperative day 1, 3, and 5 were reviewed from hospital database from 15 March 2009 to 1 December 2011 retrospectively.