Safety and feasibility of pancreaticoduodenectomy in the elderly: a matched study.

Objectives: To compare the clinical outcomes after pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD) in patients older than 70 years old against a matched cohort of patients younger than 70.

Methods: A search of the department database revealed that 285 consecutive patients underwent PD from 1996 to 2009. Forty-one patients (14%) were identified to be older than 70 years (group 1), and they were matched with 41 patients younger than 70 (group 2) according to sex, body mass index, American Society of Anesthesiologists score and tumor staging.

Later outcomes and alpha/beta estimate from hypofractionated conformal three-dimensional radiotherapy versus standard fractionation for localized prostate cancer.

Purpose: Now that the follow-up time has exceeded 5 years, an estimate of the α/β ratio can be presented. The additional late outcomes in patients treated with three-dimensional conformal external beam radiotherapy for localized prostate cancer using a hypofractionated vs. a standard fractionation regimen are reported from this prospective nonrandomized contemporary comparison.

Duodenal adenocarcinoma and Mut Y human homologue-associated polyposis.

Mut Y human homologue-associated polyposis is a recently described colorectal adenomatous polyposis with an autosomal recessive mode of inheritance. Several extracolonic manifestations have been reported in patients affected by Mut Y human homologue-associated polyposis (MAP). Among these, duodenal polyposis, a highly prevalent manifestation of Adenomatous Polyposis Coli related familial adenomatous polypyposis, is undoubtedly part of the clinical spectrum of the disease.

[Use of Eschmann's gum elastic bougie in difficult orotracheal intubation, an audit over eight years of clinical practice].

Objectives: The objective was to check on the effectiveness of difficult orotracheal intubation by Eschmann's gum elastic bougie in our institution.

Study Design: Retrospective observation study led for eight years.

Patients And Methods: All the orotracheal intubations during the inductions in the surgical unit of the hospital of Laon were listed from 1998 to 2005, whether they were achieved in a classical way, with a fibrobronchoscope or with Eschmann's gum elastic bougie.

Prospective evaluation of quality of life (SF-36v2) and nonspecific symptoms before and after cure of primary hyperparathyroidism (1-year follow-up).

Background: Only a minority of patients with primary hyperparathyroidism (pHPT) present with the "classic" symptoms. Most patients have numerous nonspecific symptoms. The aim of this study was to evaluate patients' quality of life and nonspecific symptoms before and after cure for pHPT.