Treatment outlines for the management of primary leiomyosarcoma of the inferior vena cava.

Primary venous Leiomyosarcoma (LMSs) are extremely rare tumours with poor survival rates. Surgery is currently the only potentially curative therapy in non-metastatic disease, but it consists in challenging interventions. The authors report the experience of one single centre in the treatment of LMS and a literature overview focusing on the diverse methods of vessels repair.

Laparoscopic versus open right hepatectomy: a comparative study.

Background: The safety of laparoscopic major liver resections is still uncertain. The aim of this study was to compare our results for laparoscopic right hepatectomy (LRH) with those for open right hepatectomy (ORH).

Methods: Patients undergoing LRH were compared with retrospectively selected patients from our ORH database.

Surgical treatment of rectal cancer: results of a strategy for selective preoperative radiotherapy.

Aim: The indications for preoperative adjuvant therapy in rectal cancer are still a subject of debate. The objective of this study was to analyze the results of surgical resection and selective radiotherapy in a group of high-risk patients (Dukes B and C) taken from a series of 148 consecutive patients with rectal cancer.

Methods: All patients with rectal cancer considered for resection during the period 1994-2004 were prospectively included.